I just read two asimov books in two days, so that was a hark back to the olden days when i used to read a book a day, i have not done that in ages. The ones I read just now were, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation.
I liked them, would I recommend someone to read them - sure, only if you are the kind of person who reads a lot of books, then you should read these, but if you are the kind of person who is only going to read say ten books in your whole life, then no, I don't think this needs to be one of those ten. this is in no way me being disrespectful of Mr. Asimov, I think he is a very fine writer, it is just that I do know people who do not read books at all, and I love them regardless, so this is just my opinion for them.
Asimov is brilliant in his conceptions of different worlds, he is brave enough to put his thoughts in to shape and then diligent enough to put in the time and energy it takes to fill in those shapes with details. I think i was not surprised by anything this time, When i had read foundation's edge I was surprised at the end on finding that the girl Novi was not the simple hamishwoman she was pretending to be, but this time, since I knew his MO I could pretty much suspect and predict those twists in the plot, so that did ruin my fun a bit, and i was a litlle bit (with all due respect) dissapointed in Asimov because of that. I just expected this brilliant man to not have an MO :) Patternless is what I was hoping he would be.
