Who do you like bettter Clarke or Isaac Asimov?

[Dave Vicks]

CLARKE is a better fiction writer ,Asimov is really good at non-fiction .

 

[BAYLOR]

They've both written great stuff. But I would gave the edge to Clark. His books and stories alway seemed ahead of the curve.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Didn't Clarke have a TV miniseries?

 

[BAYLOR]

Didn't Clarke have a TV miniseries?

Yes , Childhoods End was adapted by the Syfy Channel . It was a very good adaptation.

 

[dask]

They both great but if I were on my deathbed I’d probably ask for Asimov.

 

[Rodders]

Personally, i prefer Asimov.

 

[Droflet]

I like stories with involving characters. Clarke, generally delivers on that front. Asimov, is a brilliant world builder and futurist but character-wise not so strong. IMHO.

 

[Robert Zwilling]

I like Isaac Asimov over Clarke.

 

[tobl]

clarke is better lol

 

[Dave Vicks]

Didn't Clarke host a TV show non-fiction?

 

[tobl]

Didn't Clarke host a TV show non-fiction?

yes, the strange world of arthur c clarke

 

[Extollager]

Asimov's been the one I preferred of the two.

 

[mosaix]

Asimov for me, just because of the ‘robot’ books.

 

[ChezSalna]

Asimov I am still fascinated with Foundation

 

[Vince W]

This a tough one, but I think I have to go with Asimov.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Was Asimov s favorite Author Clifford Simak?

 

[Bick]

Was Asimov s favorite Author Clifford Simak?

One of his favourites, yes. He admired his simple direct style.

 

[Littlelostelf]

Didn't Clarke have a TV miniseries?

Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World. The DVDs are easy to pick up and still are a mixture of insightful and questioning series about unsolved mysteries.

 

[J-Sun]

I love Clarke but it's Asimov by miles for me. While characterization is not my top concern, I've never understood the common reaction about it. Susan Calvin, Baley and Olivaw, Giskard, Hari Seldon, Bayta and Arkady Darell, the Mule--these and others live strongly in my imagination. Other than Bowman, Poole, and HAL (mostly due to the movie), I can't name a single Clarke character. But both created great works of imagination, full of ideas and interest. Clarke has some smaller-scale but extremely vivid and compelling tales like A Fall of Moondust and cosmically grand, mystic (but somewhat nebulous) things like 2001. It's mainly that, in addition to great miscellaneous works and the fascinating sociology and logical permutations in the Robot novels and stories, Asimov's conception of the Empire and Foundation has blown my mind from childhood to now like few other things have.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Wasn't Asimov involved with the Humanist Society?