Why is she a horrible writer?
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > You made it that far. I have Atlas on my tablet and didn't make it past > page 2. What a horrible writer. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > [email protected] > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:47 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy > > > I tried reading Rand about 4 times, I could not get past page 10 once. > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Asimov and Heinlein were big influences for me. I never cared for Rand > > even when I was young. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Yeah, Asimov and Heinlein had a lot to do with my life and my > >> philosophy for living it. > >> > >> And Rand of course, but you guys mostly don't care for her, and I'll > >> admit with time and age and experience I've certainly come to see > >> some of the draw backs of objectavism, but still follow it's main > >> tenets as much as a human can. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson > >> <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > The Dorsai novels also had a lot of good talk about open vs closed > >> > workforce/societies > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons > >> > <[email protected] > >> > >wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > I've always wondered whether Asimov when he started the Robots > >> > > series and the Foundation novels ever intended to merge the two > >> > > as he later did. For that matter the prequel trilogy written by > >> > > David Brin and Gregory Benford sort of thoroughly changed the > >> > > entire meaning of the first trilogy. > >> > > > >> > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Judah McAuley > >> > > <[email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > I thought this was a pretty good review of the Foundation > >> > > > Trilogy. It reminds me that I really ought to go reread those. > >> > > > Just the first > >> > three, > >> > > of > >> > > > course. The later additions..eh, not so much. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/04/paul-krugman-asimov-econo > >> mics > >> > > > > >> > > > Cheers, > >> > > > Judah > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359127 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
