tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post7089392041993830337..comments2024-02-05T01:55:53.566-08:00Comments on Gently Mad: Robots and Murder by Isaac AsimovSharon Wilfonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-757327359873854632016-09-09T12:31:21.569-07:002016-09-09T12:31:21.569-07:00Hi R.T. I did not know that Asimov wrote anything ...Hi R.T. I did not know that Asimov wrote anything other than S/F. I will have to investigate these books.<br /><br />Incidentally, I bought the books of poems by Louis Simpson. I'm enjoying them.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-50817793193824876292016-09-09T06:53:34.511-07:002016-09-09T06:53:34.511-07:00Confession: I've read only one thing by Asimov...Confession: I've read only one thing by Asimov -- his two volume guide to Shakespeare. Perhaps I will dabble in his speculative S/F for a change of pace, so I thank you for highlighting some of the options. However, I know that his Shakespeare books will remain among my all-time favorite books.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-47587861872087005252016-09-04T16:47:02.796-07:002016-09-04T16:47:02.796-07:00Hi Carol. I think Asimov's books are great fo...Hi Carol. I think Asimov's books are great for young people because they spark the imagination. I think as we get older we start to see the wooden writing style, at least if we have read a good number of classic lit by then.<br /><br />I didn't realize he wrote non fiction. That's interesting.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-26451061204093919092016-09-04T03:31:25.472-07:002016-09-04T03:31:25.472-07:00I read Asimov in my late teens but I can't rem...I read Asimov in my late teens but I can't remember anything about them, except that I liked them at the time. We've used a couple of his science books - Understanding Physics was one my son liked. I liked your comment about Asimov being better at dialogue between robots than humans!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-17713637975985234342016-09-02T07:58:27.268-07:002016-09-02T07:58:27.268-07:00Hi Brian. I have not read the Foundation books al...Hi Brian. I have not read the Foundation books although I have one of them. You have peaked my curiosity and I will now have to give them a try.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-74076033631611503562016-09-02T02:14:34.881-07:002016-09-02T02:14:34.881-07:00It has been a very long time since I read these bo...It has been a very long time since I read these books. I remember really liking them when I was in my teens. However, at that period of my life I would not have been bothered by the shortcomings that you mention. Those shortcomings are unfortunately very common in the science fiction genre.<br /><br />I will not give anything away, and I do not know if you read all of the Foundation Books, but at the very end of that series a major connection with this series is established. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com