28 Mar 05
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What is the controversial part of that response. Surely you know if you liked it or not. By the way the so called Holy Bible is not a book, but is a book of books. Which book(s) did you not like?
I didn't like Numbers, ... poor character development ... so-so plot .... at least Andrew Lloyd Webber hasn't turned it into a musical ... yet
28 Mar 05
Originally posted by gambit3I just didn't like the way it was forced down our throats at school. Neither of my parents brought me up in a religious way, but still they instilled a good sense of morality in me. i think perhaps, it is not the bible i dislike, but the way some people interpret it, and use it for their own means, and as a way of passing judgment on other people, which flies in the face of what the book is all about. So maybe i take my comment back.
What is the controversial part of that response. Surely you know if you liked it or not. By the way the so called Holy Bible is not a book, but is a book of books. Which book(s) did you not like?
28 Mar 05
Originally posted by Joe FistShame on you!
Asimov is a sci-fi writer, I don't recall him having anything to do with Rand. Both the Fountainhead and Atlas were pretty boring overall.....
John Galt
Read 'The Stars In Their Courses' and or 'Robots and Empire'
Asimov is fantastic because he puts compliated science into simple language. PLease remember he was a scientist before he was an author and he's pretty good at both.
28 Mar 05
Originally posted by StarrmanStarrman, bro....
Shame on you!
Read 'The Stars In Their Courses' and or 'Robots and Empire'
Asimov is fantastic because he puts compliated science into simple language. PLease remember he was a scientist before he was an author and he's pretty good at both.
Sorry I know I didn't clarify in my response but I meant to say Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead" are pretty boring. I have not read any of Asimov's stuff.....
my bad 🙂
29 Mar 05
Now then, back to the subject of crap books.
Well, I could barely finish "In Search of the Dice Man". Possibly, it wasn't all THAT bad. Except that is was total crap!
My honest opinion is that Luke Rheinhart didn't even write it. I can understand the logic of such a book. "The Dice Man" was a total classic, and why wouldn't you want to cash in my whacking out a sequel a few years later? On the other hand, what more would there be to say?
The whole exercise smacked of trying to make a profit. The writing was nothing at all like the original. I'm thinking that Rheinhart just took the cash, and let someone else write the blessed thing. If this is the case he must be feeling sick about it now.
If Rheinhart actually DID write this dross, then I suspect he's now retired from writing. At least he can look back on his career with some satisfaction. "The Dice Man" has got to be one of the most "uncrap" books ever written.
Going back a few years, my Mum gave me this book to read because it was about chess. I don't remember who wrote it, but it was called "The 8" I think. How I ever managed to force my way through this pile of shizen I'll never know. It was all mystic this, and bollocks that, blah blah blah. And when ever anyone had a meal there was about fifteen pages talking about food and how it was cooked. Some chapters were just like reading a menu at a restaurant you didn't want to be in!
The thing was about a million pages long too. I can't remember what happened in it. Oh that's right, I can! Nothing.
29 Mar 05
Originally posted by VandalizerI thought you were talking about "Andrew Dice Clay", a.k.a. "The Dice Man". If that's the case, I can't understand how anything would not be total crap 🙂
Now then, back to the subject of crap books.
Well, I could barely finish "In Search of the Dice Man". Possibly, it wasn't all THAT bad. Except that is was total crap!
My honest opinion is that Luke Rheinhart didn't even write it. I can understand the logic of such a book. "The Dice Man" was a total classic, and why wouldn't you want to cash i ...[text shortened]... million pages long too. I can't remember what happened in it. Oh that's right, I can! Nothing.
29 Mar 05
Originally posted by Joe FistLol, my bad too, I thought instead of 'Fountainhead' you put 'Foundation' (I wasn't paying attention 🙂). The Foundation series is fantastic and well worth a read, in fact any of Asimov's stuff is 🙂
Starrman, bro....
Sorry I know I didn't clarify in my response but I meant to say Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead" are pretty boring. I have not read any of Asimov's stuff.....
my bad 🙂
29 Mar 05
Originally posted by ChessNut"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
I started "Atlas Shrugged" by good ole' Assimov. Just couldn't get into it.
— John Galt
Atlas Shrugged
by
Ayn Rand
not that I thought it was great but credit where credit is due
29 Mar 05
Originally posted by shavixmirFICTION
Yeah. I just checked. He did.
So who's this Assimov character and what did he write?
Science Fiction Novels
1 Pebble In The Sky Doubleday 1950
3 The Stars, Like Dust-- Doubleday 1951
4 Foundation Gnome Press [1] 1951
5 David Starr, Space Ranger [2] Doubleday 1952
6 Foundation and Empire Gnome Press [1] 1952
7 The Currents of Space Doubleday 1952
9 Second Foundation Gnome Press [1] 1953
10 Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids [2]
Doubleday 1953
11 The Caves of Steel Doubleday 1954
12 Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus [2] Doubleday 1954
15 The End of Eternity Doubleday 1955
17 Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury [2]
Doubleday 1956
20 The Naked Sun Doubleday 1957
21 Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter [2] Doubleday 1957
26 Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn [2] Doubleday 1958
67 Fantastic Voyage Houghton Mifflin 1966
121 The Gods Themselves Doubleday 1972
262 Foundation's Edge Doubleday 1982
278 Norby, the Mixed-up Robot [21] Walker 1983
281 The Robots of Dawn Doubleday 1983
298 Norby's Other Secret [21] Walker 1984
318 Norby and the Lost Princess [21] Walker 1985
328 Robots and Empire Doubleday 1985
333 Norby and the Invaders [21] Walker 1985
349 Foundation and Earth Doubleday 1986
351 Norby and the Queen's Necklace [21] Walker 1986
364 Norby Finds a Villain [21] Walker 1987
365 Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain Doubleday 1987
379 Prelude to Foundation Doubleday 1988
404 Norby Down to Earth Walker 1988
429 Nemesis Doubleday 1989
437 Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure [21] Walker 1989
445 Norby and the Oldest Dragon [21] Walker 1990
456 Nightfall [32] Doubleday 1990
The Ugly Little Boy [32] Doubleday 1992
Norby and the Court Jester [21] Walker 1991
Forward the Foundation Doubleday 1993
The Positronic Man [32] Doubleday 1993
Mystery Novels
28 The Death Dealers (A Whiff of Death) Avon 1958
172 Murder at The ABA Doubleday 1976
Science Fiction Short Stories and Short Story Collections
2 I, Robot Gnome Press [1] 1950
14 The Martian Way and Other Stories Doubleday 1955
23 Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction
Tales of Our Own Planet Doubleday 1957
29 Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future Doubleday 1959
60 The Rest of the Robots Doubleday 1964
82 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library 1967
87 Asimov's Mysteries Doubleday 1968
98 Nightfall and Other Stories Doubleday 1969
113 The Best New Thing World Pub. Co. 1971
125 The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of
Trying Doubleday 1972
146 The Best of Isaac Asimov Sphere 1973
150 Have You Seen These? NESRAA 1974
164 Buy Jupiter and Other Stories Doubleday 1975
167 The Heavenly Host Walker 1975
170 "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" &
"Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" Benjamin Franklin Keeps. 1976
174 Good Taste Apocalypse Press 1976
176 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Doubleday 1976
229 Three by Asimov Targ 1981
249 The Complete Robot Doubleday 1982
267 The Winds of Change and Other Stories Doubleday 1983
323 The Edge of Tomorrow Tor/Tom Doherty Associates 1985
332 It's Such a Beautiful Day Creative Education 1985
336 The Alternate Asimovs Doubleday 1986
345 Science Fiction by Asimov Davis Publications 1986
347 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Doubleday 1986
350 Robot Dreams Byron Preiss 1986
376 Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov Avenel 1987
409 All the Troubles of the World Creative Education 1989
410 Franchise Creative Education 1989
411 Robbie Creative Education 1989
412 Sally Creative Education 1989
421 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of
Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest 1989
450 Robot Visions Byron Preiss 1990
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------460 The Complete Stories Volume 1 Doubleday 1990
467 Cal [35] 1991
The Complete Stories Volume 2 Doubleday 1992
Gold HarperPrism 1995
Magic HarperPrism 1996
Fantasy Short Story Collection
395 Azazel Doubleday 1988
Mystery Short Story Collections
155 Tales of the Black Widowers Doubleday 1974
178 More Tales of the Black Widowers Doubleday/Crime Club 1976
190 The Key Word and Other Mysteries Walker 1977
212 Casebook of the Black Widowers Doubleday 1980
277 The Union Club Mysteries Doubleday 1983
303 Banquets of the Black Widowers Doubleday 1984
327 The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries Walker 1985
348 The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov Doubleday 1986
444 Puzzles of the Black Widowers Doubleday 1990
Anthologies (Edited by Isaac Asimov)
47 The Hugo Winners [6] Doubleday 1962
52 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales [7] Collier 1963
76 Tomorrow's Children: Eighteen Tales of
Fantasy and Science Fiction [6] Doubleday 1966
110 Where Do We Go from Here? [6] Doubleday 1971
115 The Hugo Winners, Volume II [6] Doubleday 1971
147 Nebula Award Stories Eight [6] Harper & Row 1973
151 Before The Golden Age: A Science Fiction
Anthology of the 1930s [6] Doubleday 1974
186 The Hugo Winners, Volume III [6] Doubleday 1977
192 One Hundred Great Science Fiction
Short-Short Stories [11] Doubleday 1978
202 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF
Stories, 1: 1939 [13] DAW Books 1979
205 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF
Stories, 2: 1940 [13] DAW Books 1979
208 The Science Fictional Solar System [14] Harper & Row 1979
209 The Thirteen Crimes of Science
Fiction [14] Doubleday 1979
213 The Future in Question [11] Fawcett Crest 1980
214 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF
Stories, 3: 1941 [13] DAW Books 1980
217 Who Done It? [15] Houghton Mifflin 1980
218 Space Mail [11] Fawcett Crest 1980
219 Microcosmic Tales: 100 Wondrous Science
Fiction Short-Short Stories [11] Taplinger 1980
220 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF
Stories, 4: 1942 [13] DAW Books 1980
221 The Seven Deadly Sins of Science
Fiction [16] Fawcett Crest 1980
224 The Future I [11] Fawcett Crest 1981
226 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF
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