On 2/14/2015 4:08 PM, John wrote:
On 2/14/2015 3:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently
published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and
unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed, and I've never
understood the Douglas Adams worship.
I heard the radio series when it was first broadcast back in the 1970s.
I think I read the original book. I thought the radio series was very
funny, but as an advanced sci-fi fan with many books under my belt
already, I took it as just a bit of fun - a lampoon of the SF genre.
I always thought Asimov was overrated. I was a big fan of Larry Niven,
Clarke, Farmer, Heinlein, and a good dozen more.
I plan to dig out my (boxed up) SF library when I retire and re-read the
lot. After a lifetime's experiences, I think it will be a whole new
ballgame :-)
Our local public library is having a talk Sunday March 1, featuring
David Drake & Mark Van Name discussing Heinlein.
http://www.amazon.com/David-Drake/e/B000AP8T1C/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1423947872&sr=1-2-ent
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-L.-Van-Name/e/B001JS1L1O/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1423948015&sr=1-2-ent
I met Asimov once, after he gave a talk at the University of Rhode
Island. He was nice personable and a bit amoral, though in a civilized
progressive sort of way, at least that was my impression, I shot a
couple of photos of him for the school newspaper, that they didn't run
unfortunately.
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