Early Novels of Asimov Reading Idea

[Extollager]

The cover image just looks like an offshore oil rig to me with a generic little spaceship to the left.

 

[Extollager]

Finished The Currents of Space -- a first reading. In reading a lot of classic Asimov for the first time recently, as well as revisiting things I read when I was a youngster, I've been struck by how Asimov often seems to be using elements that I associate mystery fiction. In Currents, for example, you get the climactic scene in which "all the suspects" are gathered in one room (this time, with holograms), leading to exposure of the person who did the criminal deed.

This completes my first reading of his Galactic Empire trilogy. I'd probably assign 3/5 to each book. Next will probably be The End of Eternity.

 

[psikeyhackr]

I've been struck by how Asimov often seems to be using elements that I associate mystery fiction.

I don't know who said it first but long ago I read that anything that can be done in any other form of fiction can be done in science fiction.

Will human beings be less inclined to commit murders 1,000 years from now just because technology will have advanced? Are they less inclined today than 1,000 years ago? They just didn't do DNA and fingerprint tests back then. When did they start DNA test? It's science fiction! LOL

Since the advent of DNA testing in 1985, biological material (skin, hair, blood and other bodily fluids) has emerged as the most reliable physical evidence at a crime scene, particularly those involving sexual assaults.

http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1905706,00.html

psik

 

[Extollager]

I've just started The End of Eternity.

 

[Extollager]

Finished The End of Eternity, now I think I'll pause for some Asimov short stories (and other things) before deciding whether to get into the Foundation trilogy -- the remaining truly "early Asimov novels") or turning to Fantastic Voyage.

I kind of got lost with End of Eternity, which I read mostly a few pages at a time over about two weeks that had lots of other reading including Plato's Republic.

 

[Bick]

I kind of got lost with End of Eternity, which I read mostly a few pages at a time over about two weeks that had lots of other reading including Plato's Republic.

EoE may be the sort of book that repays better with a quick read. I read it very quickly a few years ago, and enjoyed it, but I can see how the leaping about in time might be a slight strain to keep straight if you were to read just a little bit now and then.