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I've had a couple books (including this one), that I've gone 30 years between reading. Most of them have resulted in disappointment or at least haven't aged we
by LanceH 8y ago
I've had a couple books (including this one), that I've gone 30 years between reading. Most of them have resulted in disappointment or at least haven't aged well. This is the exception.
It is exceptional read or listen.
- kkylin 8y agoAgreed this would be the case. I read it for the first time as an adult, and thought it well written. Around the same time I re-read the original Foundation trilogy, which I hadn't touched since high school, and was disappointed by the writing and also various (minor) plot holes.
- ggm 8y agoThere are a series of books from around this timeframe like James Blish's "after such knowledge" "doctor mirabilis" "black easter" or John Boyd "the last starship from earth" which feel like they're grappling with the science/religion divide, free-will vs predestination, limits to knowledge, what it is to be human. I think they have mostly dated, but not terribly badly. And, the writers appeared to care about how they wrote: slim books, well edited. well crafted.