I tried reading Rand about 4 times, I could not get past page 10 once. On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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