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jwharris28
Posted 2015-01-30 6:58 AM (#9400 - in reply to #9399)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Dustydigger, if we compare these old 1951 books to modern books, they don't hold up well. The best of them might be V-2 rockets, whereas the current book I'm reading, The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert would be a Saturn 5. And most of those old science fiction stories would only be small sounding rockets.

I concur with your assessment. I also have a lot of trouble with the Foundation stories. I'm trying again, because I read so many essays about people's love for that series, but I struggle to find anything to like. I've only read the original trilogy though. What's funny is I love the opening of Foundation where we see Trantor for the first time, and then it's all downhill from there. The whole psychohistory thing just seems silly.


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