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caraher

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3. I was just talking about this to an SF fan at work today

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 11:00 PM

Dec 2012

He also had trouble warming to the Foundation books upon re-reading them many decades later. In his view, part of it is that Asimov is really at his best in short stories. It's been a few decades since I've read the Foundation series myself, and I suspect the books glow brighter in my memory than they would upon re-reading.

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Hmm. I'm a huge fan of science fiction, SheilaT Dec 2012 #1

I was just talking about this to an SF fan at work today caraher Dec 2012 #3

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