you could also start with a collection of his essays ans short stories, just to get the flavor.
On 2/2/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:226641 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
