It might have been a painting of "dogs playing poker", but it is still a painting by Peale.
Even his bad stories are readable. But, I am not too hard on writers even if they are bad. They lose points, but can pick them back up with a great premise, good plot, interesting twists, plays with my emotions, keeps me spellbound, or if I actually learn something. Otherwise, Ian Fleming would be unreadable. On 2/2/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > God, Fantastic Voyage was crap. Even Asimov said so. If you read the > preface to FV2, he wrote it as an apology for FV. It's the only time he > ever did the novelization of a movie, AFAIK. > > --Ben > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Love the Foundation series. > > I Robot > > Shameful, but I still enjoy the Lucky Starr juveniles. > > Pebble in the sky. > > and, of course, Fantastic Voyage. > > > > > > On 2/1/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Asimov books are cool. > >> Hhm, not sure when I will have free time to do some reading again, but > >> always looking for something good and haven't read any of his stuff > yet. > >> What would you recommend for a newbie? > >> > >> MJ > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
