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I like your choice of book for the backdrop :)
Thanks! Im looking forward to it, I’ve enjoyed most his other stories. I’ve got a couple more to go before reading this one I believe. Next is robot and empire, I’ve read the three robots and the entire foundation series already.
He's in my top three favourite authors, so it's always nice to see another Isaac Asimov enjoyer in the wild :)
Asimov once called it his least favorite book, and I tend to agree. Its ending nearly made my eyes roll out of their sockets. I wanted to throw the book in the trash.
Yeah, it's uh.. not his best work. Still, it was the only book I was missing from him for several years, and now my collection is finally complete! It has a special place for me just because of that, and because of the anticipation of finally being able to read it
You can tell in a few story lines and parts he had to specifically twist some stuff to get it to get it to fit into the singular universe.
Looking forward to it regardless though. I’m done foundations and the three robots books already!
It's not about what he tried into that universe, it's what he shoehorned into the book for no reason other than to appeal to US nationalists. He has said he regrets writing that nonsensical subplot and was sorta strong armed into it, but what's done is done and it's so insanely dumb that it ruins the entire book, which is admittedly not that great without it either.