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Hi everyone,

I'm new and am not sure if this has been discussed before, although a quick search did not bring up any results. In any case, I've been thinking a lot about free will and morality and such stuff. Eventually in my mental meanderings a specific plot point in Forward the Foundation came to mind, and I'd like your opinions. I suppose that this may spoil a bit so I'll cut it off anyway. :)

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As for the intro stuff, I've only read the whole Foundation series (some books twice), and Asimov's non-fiction book Our Angry Earth. I'm possibly interested in the Empire series, although I'm not sure if I'd like the robot ones. The thing I loved about Foundation was that most of the time it was about brilliant people doing brilliant things, and thats what gets me going. Salvor Hardin is my hero, for his ingenious ways of avoiding violence: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." :D Would any of the other books be similar in this way? Or are they all like that, Asimov being brilliant himself? I guess that I am assuming that the different series would be in different styles.

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Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has been some time. I figured I'd break the silence. I'm just not a quiet person.
Now that I am on "academic break" which is really not true, I decided to pick up one of my favorite pasttimes: reading Asimov. It's been entirely too long, and I feel much better after reading a few stories. So a couple of months ago, I bought The Edge of Tomorrow for $1.99 at a quaint little bookstore. It's a great book thus far, though I'm only on Chapter 7. The book is half short stories and half scientific history. I never thought I would enjoy it as much as I do.
I think one of the things I like most about Asimov is his very humourous way of writing. I love those little paragraphs in italics right before the stories. I still have to read his autobiography, which I seem to have misplaced in that dark hole I call a bedroom. He died when I was in fifth grade, and I so wish I had been able to meet such a great man.

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I was wondering....

Does anyone know of any authors who are going to be at the Boston Science Fiction convention that runs from September 2nd to the 6th?

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Hi, my name is Estrella and I am 27 years old. I am a fan of Asimov, since the first time I read one of his books, in 1995, when I was 18. The first book I ever read was "The End of Eternity", closely followed by "Foundation". Since then I became Asimov addict. :D
So, here's some random data, about what books I read/like the most.
Favorite Novel: "The End of Eternity"
Favorite Short Story: "Reason" (from "I, Robot")
Asimov Books I have read:
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Also I read several books of "Lucky Starr" series, and lots of books of short stories, including "The Complete Robot", "Bicentenial Man", "The Martian Way", and many others (don't remember the exact titles).
Also I have read three books of authorized continuators:
"Caliban" and "Inferno" by Roger McBride Allen (I haven't read "Utopia" yet).
"Foundation's Fear" by Gregory Benford (haven't read "Foundation and Chaos" by Greg Bear nor "Foundation's Triumph" by David Brin yet).
From the continuators' books I liked better the Caliban series so far, because I believe it is more close to Asimov's style than the Foundation second Trilogy (of course, I haven't finished either series, so my judgement is uncomplete).
The only movie based in an Asimov work I've seen so far is "Bicentenial Man" and I liked it, despite it was pretty changed from the original. I haven't seen "I, Robot" yet but I plan to see it in the near future.
Regarding the non-fiction books, I haven't read much, other than a Science Encyclopedia, and it was very good. :)
Well, that's all for now.
See you,
:)
esicardi