Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-13 Thread GMoney
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Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-12 Thread Dana
--------------- > > > > -Original Message- > > From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:55 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy > > > > > > Yeah

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-12 Thread GMoney
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RE: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-12 Thread Eric Roberts
AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy Yeah well...there's a difference between espousing crappy ideas, and being a crappy writer. Curious if people can separate the two. I had a flaming liberal girlfriend back in college...and she LOVED Atlas Shrugged. So i dunno.

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-12 Thread GMoney
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Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-12 Thread LRS Scout
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Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-12 Thread GMoney
ns [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > 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 >

RE: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread Eric Roberts
http://www.threeravensconsulting.com -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] 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

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread LRS Scout
She can certainly be pretty dry, and she really likes to hammer and hammer away at the same points over and over again in her fiction. That being said if someone is actually interested in the philosophy, her non-fiction is really the place to go. On Dec 11, 2012 4:47 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote:

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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 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 wrote: > >> >> Yeah,

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread Judah McAuley
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 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

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread LRS Scout
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 a

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
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 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

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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,

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread LRS Scout
Foundation and Robots are some of my favorite books of all time. I need to get over to amazon and get some of the old pulp. On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I thought this was a pretty good review of the Foundation Trilogy. It > reminds me that I really ought to go re

Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-11 Thread Judah McAuley
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-economics Cheers, Judah ~~