Asimov and Heinlein were big influences for me. I never cared for Rand even when I was young.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, Asimov and Heinlein had a lot to do with my life and my philosophy > for living it. > > And Rand of course, but you guys mostly don't care for her, and I'll admit > with time and age and experience I've certainly come to see some of the > draw backs of objectavism, but still follow it's main tenets as much as a > human can. > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > The Dorsai novels also had a lot of good talk about open vs closed > > workforce/societies > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > I've always wondered whether Asimov when he started the Robots series > > > and the Foundation novels ever intended to merge the two as he later > > > did. For that matter the prequel trilogy written by David Brin and > > > Gregory Benford sort of thoroughly changed the entire meaning of the > > > first trilogy. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I thought this was a pretty good review of the Foundation Trilogy. It > > > > reminds me that I really ought to go reread those. Just the first > > three, > > > of > > > > course. The later additions..eh, not so much. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/04/paul-krugman-asimov-economics > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359092 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
