Question for all you sci fi readers...

[jaqua99]

Love it, love the genre. From what I've been told by my father, Isaac Asimov, is great. He's given me some suggestions, but my father and I are obviously different people. So since this is a community, and I have been here for a while, I figured I'd ask some outside opinions, where would be a good place to start with some of his Novels? For those of you who have read any of em?

 

[Victarion]

My dad's got the Foundation Trilogy, so you can try starting there. As far as I know that's all the Asimov he has read; he enjoyed it, so it must be pretty accessible. I'm more into the New Wave/cyber punk side of the genre, so I can't comment on the Foundation Trilogy.

 

[Godzilla2000]

I Robot is a good series of shory stories compiled into one book as an anthology series.

 

[Cosmic]

I read I, Robot in the 8th grade and loved it. I didn't get far with Foundation, but I'm sure I'd appreciate it a lot more now than I did back then. I recommend starting off with his robot stories before diving into the heavier stuff.

 

[redmarvel]

I think the place to start is for jaqua99 to tell us what types of books he enjoys reading.

Asimov's Robot series involves mysteries in some instances and since I like both SF and Mysteries those are among my favourite Asimov stories.

 

[jaqua99]

okay. I enjoy obvious the scifi genre, somewhat mix of space with mystery, if you will. I loved Dreamcatcher by King. My favorite Novel, to date. Time travel as well

 

[redmarvel]

Then you would probably like "The End of Eternity" by Asimov.

 

[Silvermoth]

Start with 'The Caves of Steel'. I love Asimov. He's one of my favourites.

 

[:eek:]

okay. I enjoy obvious the scifi genre, somewhat mix of space with mystery, if you will. I loved Dreamcatcher by King. My favorite Novel, to date. Time travel as well

Hmmm, then I think you should try 11/22/63 by Stephen King (if you haven't already). It's about time travel.