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I was a big Asimov fan way back, especially his Robot series but they really are a bit outdated.

His Foundation series got a bit watered down starting with Forward Foundation onward, and his family allowing 3 more foundation books retelling the Foundation after his death just didn't do anything to help.

I never read anything past the original Foundation trilogy as far as Foundation goes. Never had any desire to give the others a shot because even those are further down on my list of his books anyway.

The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are my two favorite Asimov books. The Baley and R Daneel doesn't seem too outdated imo.

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Posted by hogfly

Fayetteville, AR

Member since May 2014

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Posted on 11/27/23 at 12:14 pm to iwyLSUiwy

Been on an Anthony Ryan kick lately.

I really enjoyed the Covenant of Steel books. I also liked the Raven's Shadow books despite everyone seeming to hate the last book. I also really liked the Raven's Blade books.

I'm reading the Draconis Memoria books now, and I'm kind of torn on them. Seems like they might have been earlier in his career...

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Posted by 1loyalbamafan

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Posted on 12/1/23 at 11:36 am to iwyLSUiwy

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The Baley and R Daneel doesn't seem too outdated imo.The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are my two favorite Asimov books

I thoroughly enjoyed all those books. Outdated is more in reference to the futuristic revolving sidewalks on Earth.(Caves of Steel) "Giskard" was maybe my favorite "Robot" character. The 3rd book "Robots of Dawn" was one of my favorites and also enjoyed "Robots and Empire"
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Science fiction writer and futurist Isaac Asimov first used the word "robotics" in 1941 to describe the technology of robots. Asimov is credited with introducing the word Robotics into our vocabulary.

Later in Asimovs autobiography he states "The Mule" was one of his favorite characters.

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