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

[Jason Howe]

Because certain things are best revealed through the course of time, and 
you can better appreciate the back story after exposure to the primary 
events.  I've read the series twice, with about 12 years between, so I 
didn't remember a thing.  The first time was Chrono, the second 
publication.  I enjoyed it more the second time through.

Much like, you shouldn't watch Star Wars Episodes 1-3 until you see 
Episodes 4 & 5, if only to preserve the cinematic mike drop of "Luke, I 
am your father."  I'm not saying there is anything that dramatic at play 
here though.

--Jason

On 7/1/20 9:38 PM, Jeffrey Brace wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:55 PM Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic 
> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org 
> <mailto: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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