She can certainly be pretty dry, and she really likes to hammer and hammer away at the same points over and over again in her fiction. That being said if someone is actually interested in the philosophy, her non-fiction is really the place to go. On Dec 11, 2012 4:47 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:359099 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
