Well to add to Josephs defense - I am about 12 years older and have never read any Asimov - Have kind of heard of him, but did not even know that he had written a whole lot - mostly because I had no desire to read anything written by Asimov - I prefer Fantasy over Science Fiction - so not everyone wants to know about Asimov
Graham From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Green Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:04 AM To: Feistfans Subject: RE: Audiobooks Oh and that is another good point - not that it's of any real consequence - but I'm Scottish. Not necessarily Asimov, but some other 'trends' you refer to may not apply over here. Joe _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Audiobooks Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:57:19 -0400 Well, I was born in '65 and Wells, Burroughs,Twain, Doyle, Baum, and a passel of other authors I enjoyed reading had already passed also. Maybe it was because others in my family read for pleasure also that there was no shortage of books to read next. I steered my nephews and cousins torwards various books to read and if they didn't like one, I could name another they did. Part of the "age" question was so I'd have an idea of what he'd probably read given the trends from the past few years. Then again, that would be here in the USA. Scott45 ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond E. Feist <mailto:[email protected]> To: feistfans-l <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: Re: Audiobooks On Oct 1, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Dan Henby wrote: On 02/10/2011, at 10:30 AM, Joseph Green wrote: I'm 23. Just because I read Feist doesn't mean I know every fantasy/science fiction writer out there - or should. Yes, that even means the greats. That's not to say I've not had a diverse reading preference over the years however. I've read some of Joyce's more obscure works, to the usual culprits like Plath, Golding, Hopkins and Hardy. In terms of current 'fan favourites' - and mine included - I've read Rowling, King, Rankin, Pullman, Goddard, and yes I've even ventured into scary teenage girl territory such as Meyer, and loved it. So no, I hadn't heard of Asimov before now, but that's not to say I've not read a good few books! Giuseppe Verdi Well, I guess that the question regarding your age was because Asimov is, perhaps, THE name in sci fi. Asimov has been around for a long, long time, and much mythology today regarding robots etc relies very heavily on him (and acknowledges his influence also). Perhaps this was more of a surprise, because many have heard of Asimov but not read him. You stated that you'd never heard of him, which for me was a "wow!" moment. I had read most of Asimov's Robot works before I hit 18. So, don't take anything personally. But get yourself some Asimov. If you can get your hands on the anthology "I, Robot", that's an excellent place to start. Except if you're a physics major. Then I'd start with his articles. Peace! Dan, Joseph was 4 when Isaac died. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
