| ▲ | akashshah87 17 hours ago |
| >> I might be unusual in the sense that in my teens I absolutely adored Asimov as a writer of non-fiction rather than as a sci-fi author. That's because he was only the second-best sci-fi writer but the best science writer in the world at the time [Clarke-Asimov Treaty of Park Avenue|https://sfandfantasy.co.uk/php/the-big-3.php] |
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| ▲ | srean 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Ha! I did not know about this. Arthur C Clarke was indeed my favourite at that time (even now). Asimov, however, killed it with his two goosebump-good shorts, Nightfall and Last Question. |
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| ▲ | pavel_lishin 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't remember reading any Clarke short stories, though I do remember a few books favorably - but Asimov's stories were incredible, and stick with me to this day. I should get a few more of his short story collections for the kiddo, I think I have a few of his non-fiction ones on a bookshelf somewhere. | | | |
| ▲ | zem 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | brilliant stories both, but my two favourite asimov shorts are "profession" (I really, really love the trope that a regimented society depends on outcasts and outsiders for any sort of innovation) and "the martian way" (one of his more minor shorts, but it captures the joy and optimism of golden age solar system exploration fiction like nothing else I've read) |
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| ▲ | lo_zamoyski 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If Lem was there, he would likely have agreed to dedicate his books to "the best third-rate scifi writers", given his generally critical view of American/Western scifi as naive, "commercial trash", and shallow entertainment. |
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| ▲ | srean 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | Too bad that I wouldn't be able to read Lem in the original. It's not an easy language to learn, is what I hear. |
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