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Isaac Asimov: He wrote about robots and stuff.
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I know there's a lot of Asimov fans here, so let's talk about him.
So I just started reading my first Asimov book today. I'm reading Nemesis, and so far, I'm really, really enjoying it. I can't understand why a lot of people hate on this book.
I can't believe it's taken this long for me to get into Asimov. I plan to read the Foundation series and The Robot series and The Gods Themselves, asap.
I'm also trying to find a copy of I, Robot that doesn't have that black guy on the cover. Movie editions of novels piss me off.
So I just started reading my first Asimov book today. I'm reading Nemesis, and so far, I'm really, really enjoying it. I can't understand why a lot of people hate on this book.
I can't believe it's taken this long for me to get into Asimov. I plan to read the Foundation series and The Robot series and The Gods Themselves, asap.
I'm also trying to find a copy of I, Robot that doesn't have that black guy on the cover. Movie editions of novels piss me off.
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DO IT NOW
The ending must not be ruined
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I don't get why people hate movie editions so much. The book itself is the same. The closest thing I've heard to an explanation is that it might make some people who see you reading it think that you're only reading it because you heard about the movie, and that's just silly.
i only have Robot Dreams at the moment, need to get i, robot
this one looks fine:
http://www.amazon.com/I-Robot-Isaac-Asimov/dp/055338256X/ref=ed_oe_p
i really haven't read most of his stuff since childhood, i'm terrible
look at his bitching sideburns
Somebody do one for Robert E. Howard then.
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Perhaps you don't understand just how badly Will Smith ruins everything.
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I'm actually a fan of will smith, I like the cut of his jib.
But yeah the movie version of I, Robot was pretty much terrible.
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still, though
I'm sorry I can't hear you over how much this movie sucked
and this one
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Why do you buy paperbacks for a collection?
Paperbacks are for tossing in a bag, reading a couple times, then throwing away because it fell apart already.
If you want to collect, I'd stick to sewn hardbound. Even the cheapest will be more durable and more attractive than the best paperback. The only real problem is when they try to gilt the pages but are too cheap to do it properly and it winds up with this gunky grainy crap all over the edges, like the HHGG omnibus. I prefer plain-edged pages anyway. Harper-Collins does a rough-cut edge on some of theirs that I really like. It's very attractive laid open, and the pages separate more easily with dry fingertips, with can be a problem for me in the winter.
I think you can buy the first 3 Foundation books in one single book.
Oh I'm with you, but I don't judge actors based on what movies they are in. I base it off of how much I like their acting.
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I hate the I Am Legend movie with all my being.
Then I didn't like it any more.
I knew after seeing the I am legend trailer,
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Pfft if anything everyone around Will Smith ruined those movies.
Anyone want to recommend books he wrote that are not part of the foundation/robot/empire series'?
there isn't even anyone else in i am legend for the most part.
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That shit made my brow crease so hard.
Those fucking retarded CGI vampires. Oh and that stupid CGI lion. The dog was pretty cool though
This is something everyone should do.
That's why I don't collect books. It's expensive. I have a few nice ones, pretty much all gifts, but mostly cheap paperbacks. They're readable, but not collectible.
It really bugs me when they try to make a high-end paperback. They almost always stop printing the regular paperback, and they're more expensive but not really any better. I don't care what kind of paper you use if the cover's going to fall apart.
I have a whole bookshelf of them.
High five.
It's been so long
And the Foundation series I only ever got one book into, I don't even know why really, I should read that again too
Christ I have way too many books to read
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Movie editions are a physical form, but you'll own a hardback a lot longer.
but Smith had some fucking amazing scenes
It's like fresh Prince
sure it was ham handed for the most part
but
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=mad50W6oaxU
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i don't mind it being a movie edition, i mind when it's a photo of the fucking actor on the cover. and i just fucking said, i can't afford hardcovers for all my books.
If you're going to go cheap, you can't afford to be picky.
If you're going to be picky, you may as well make it worth it.
If you want something just to read and have, and price is your main concern, you can't really complain about the cover. Sometimes they put really stupid covers on books. A picture of an actor isn't bad at all compared to some of the stuff they do.
It's getting to the point now where hardbacks are barely more expensive than paperback. There have been several times where they've actually been cheaper- never with good hardbacks, but still thick board and a cloth binding.