Well it has taken some time, but I am now reading the final novel: "Forward the Foundation".
I should finish it in the coming days and I'll record some of my thoughts on the series here.
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Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Last Book of Asimov's Foundation Series
In December of last year I blogged that I was going to read all 15 of Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels. In July I blogged that I was on book eleven.
Well it has taken some time, but I am now reading the final novel: "Forward the Foundation".
I should finish it in the coming days and I'll record some of my thoughts on the series here.
Well it has taken some time, but I am now reading the final novel: "Forward the Foundation".
I should finish it in the coming days and I'll record some of my thoughts on the series here.
Sunday, 13 July 2014
Asimov's Foundation Series
I mentioned in a post back in December that I was going to read the 15 books of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.
Well I have finished 10 books and I am half way through book 11 (the last book of the original trilogy).
I am enjoying the series very much so far.
But I need to point out 3 areas where (IMHO) Asimov's vision of the future is going to prove very erroneous.
The first is the fact that lots of people smoke. Cigarettes and cigars. That can't be true. I never see anyone smoking in Star Trek or Star Wars. It seems unlikely that this will be commonplace thousands of years in the future.
The second is the delivery of messages by canister: people receive important messages delivered to them in canisters which travel through tubes. Now the canisters themselves are very high-tech apparently (they can be keyed to the recipient's DNA to prevent others from accessing the content) but the idea of messages arriving in a physical format seems crazy.
The third is in relation to the importance of microfilm in the future. Asimov mentions this in a number of his books.
So, in summary, Asimov did not see that smoking was something which would (hopefully) die out and he missed the whole area of the Internet and digital storage.
Well, of course, nobody's perfect!
Well I have finished 10 books and I am half way through book 11 (the last book of the original trilogy).
I am enjoying the series very much so far.
But I need to point out 3 areas where (IMHO) Asimov's vision of the future is going to prove very erroneous.
The first is the fact that lots of people smoke. Cigarettes and cigars. That can't be true. I never see anyone smoking in Star Trek or Star Wars. It seems unlikely that this will be commonplace thousands of years in the future.
The second is the delivery of messages by canister: people receive important messages delivered to them in canisters which travel through tubes. Now the canisters themselves are very high-tech apparently (they can be keyed to the recipient's DNA to prevent others from accessing the content) but the idea of messages arriving in a physical format seems crazy.
The third is in relation to the importance of microfilm in the future. Asimov mentions this in a number of his books.
So, in summary, Asimov did not see that smoking was something which would (hopefully) die out and he missed the whole area of the Internet and digital storage.
Well, of course, nobody's perfect!
Friday, 18 April 2014
Star Trek Continues!
The most exciting thing to happen in the world of Star Trek in the last while (and much more exciting than the movie "reboot") is the appearance of "Star Trek Continues".
The team have made 2 episodes and 3 "vignettes" so far.
They're not bad at all. Very true to the original.
And Vic Mignogna not only puts in an excellent performance as Kirk (he even has his walk!) but he also has credits for writing, directing, producing, and composing additional music! That's some contribution!
Other examples of the team's love for the original series are:
My hat is off to all involved.
You can watch the episodes and find out more information here.
The team have made 2 episodes and 3 "vignettes" so far.
They're not bad at all. Very true to the original.
And Vic Mignogna not only puts in an excellent performance as Kirk (he even has his walk!) but he also has credits for writing, directing, producing, and composing additional music! That's some contribution!
Other examples of the team's love for the original series are:
- James Dohan's son Chris takes on the role of Mr. Scott
- Michael Forest reprises his original role as Apollo
My hat is off to all involved.
You can watch the episodes and find out more information here.
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