[vcf-midatlantic] OT: Foundation movie, Robot and foundation book series Isaac Asimov

[Jeffrey Brace]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:55 PM Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> I would highly recommend reading the foundation series in publication
> order, rather than "chronological" order.
>

Why in publication order?


>
> --Jason
>
> On 7/1/20 8:24 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > I have always been a science fiction fan, but have neglected reading the
> > "great" novels. So I saw a trailer for The Foundation movie based on
> Isaac
> > Asimov's book. It will be coming on Apple TV:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gdm40MPYnw
> >
> > So I was like now's a good time to read the books. Then I find out that
> not
> > only were there the trilogy, but two prequels and two sequel books. Then
> I
> > get the audio book and the author says, wait, the I, Robot series is
> > connected to these books and you should read those first, ugh.
> >
> > So here is the recommended order of the books:
> > The Complete Robot (1982)
> > I, Robot (1950)
> > Caves of Steel (1954)
> > The Naked Sun (1957)
> > The Robots of Dawn (1983)
> > Robots and Empire (1985)
> > The Currents of Space (1952)
> > The Stars, Like Dust (1951)
> > Pebble in the Sky (1950)
> > Prelude to Foundation (1988)
> > Forward the Foundation (1993)
> > Foundation (1951)
> > Foundation and Empire (1952)
> > Second Foundation (1953)
> > Foundation's Edge (1982)
> > Foundation and Earth (1986)
> >
> > So I already have:
> > I, Robot
> > Prelude to Foundation
> > Foundation's Edge
> > Foundation and Earth
> >
> > And I ordered:
> > The Complete Robot
> > Caves of Steel
> >
> > I may have some others, but definitely not all of them.
> >
> > I was just wondering if anyone wanted to give or sell very cheaply their
> > copies of their books?
> >
>


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