I'm not necessarily saying don't read it. I'm just saying, if you want to get someone hooked on ol' Isaac, don't start them there, for God's sake! There are so many better books.....
--Ben "protecting Asimov's rep" Doom Jerry Johnson wrote: > 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:226583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
