also but not in the same league as the last post
i would like to take this moment and say ASIMOV yes him of the large pulsateing brain full of ideas and plots who predicted things like video recorders in the early 50's, and his foundation trilogy is a master piece of scifi and a bookset that i still read
( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 20:54, 6 replies)

If he's gonna get kudos for that I'm going to write an article tomorrow predicting the iphone.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Wed 11 Jan 2012, 21:25, closed)

i grew out of asimov very quickly
he's a bit safe and dull.
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:56, closed)

This
Someone once described the Foundation Trilogy as a galaxy-spanning epic involving the death and rebirth of civilisations over a period of millenia...written in the style of "Minutes of the Podunk Parent Teacher Association".

Try instead "Consider Phlebas", particularly the hot unauthorised launch from the GSV Smallbay halfway through, and the missile train crash at the end.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 23:11, closed)

He didn't predict computers very well, did he?
I guess, robots with "positronic brains" might count. But here we have a sci-fi author - possibly the first or second one I ever read (it's a choice between him and Arthur C Clarke) who wrote about technology that would allow walnut-sized nuclear-powered personal force fields (Foundation and Empire) but could not conceive of technology allowing computers to become smaller. Indeed, the "AC" range of computers culminated in the Universal AC (The Last Question) which was so large it took up several orders of higher dimensions.

It's funny that he just didn't see computers becoming tiny, and ubiquitous.
(gordonjcp, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 23:34, closed)

I have a certain lasting fondness for his novels
But his short stories leave me cold. Here's the plot to every single one:

Entirely male cast are presented with a technological problem! They have a bit of a think, and try a solution. It doesn't work. They have a second think and find a better one. It works! THE END.
( Zoroastermouse thinks therefore he am, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 23:46, closed)

True!
I hate Asimov's fiction, but love his science non-fiction writing.
( Norbert Lightowler, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 9:18, closed)