I *have* read several of them--DUNE, DHALGREN, 1984, the FOUNDATION trilogy, JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL--some more than once. When I was much, much younger, I sought out huge books, the more pages the better. Now, though, I look for the promise of good storytelling, not just a massive info-dump, no matter how entertaining. And comparing a book to Joyce is not a compliment, as far as I'm concerned.
I've read Jonathan Strange, Dune, Dhalgren, Foundation, 1984 and The Long Tomorrow. Didn't much care for the Foundation books. Asimov just isn't a very good writer. And I felt Jonathan Strange too long.
I've actually read all of most of them and some of all of them. I'd just say that I thought The Star Maker and The Long Tomorrow were magnificent on their own terms. The others, not so much.
I've read four--and I don't pretend to have read any of the others. Oh, and I loved how Leigh Brackett's contribution to sf (not to mention mystery) is reduced to "co-writer of The Empire Strikes Back."
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I *have* read several of them--DUNE, DHALGREN, 1984, the FOUNDATION trilogy, JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL--some more than once. When I was much, much younger, I sought out huge books, the more pages the better. Now, though, I look for the promise of good storytelling, not just a massive info-dump, no matter how entertaining. And comparing a book to Joyce is not a compliment, as far as I'm concerned.
I've read Jonathan Strange, Dune, Dhalgren, Foundation, 1984 and The Long Tomorrow. Didn't much care for the Foundation books. Asimov just isn't a very good writer. And I felt Jonathan Strange too long.
Five I've read and 2 I've tried to...
The Foundation books don't re-read very well. But the ideas remain interesting.
I've actually read all of most of them and some of all of them. I'd just say that I thought The Star Maker and The Long Tomorrow were magnificent on their own terms. The others, not so much.
I've read four--and I don't pretend to have read any of the others. Oh, and I loved how Leigh Brackett's contribution to sf (not to mention mystery) is reduced to "co-writer of The Empire Strikes Back."
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