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Dude, I have the entire Foundation series if you dug Foundation. The original trilogy and all later follow-ups.
Hube |
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09.03.07 - 3:47 pm | #
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I've got the whole series too. The six Asimov-written books, plus two of the non-Asimov written prequels.
I loved Brave New World. I read it within a few days of reading 1984 back in the 90s. I found it a much more realistic portrayal of a possible future than 1984. A push for total comfort and ease of life is far more likely to enslave us than a dictatorial government. The devil defeats us by pretending to be our friend, not by overpowering us. He seduces, not rapes. That was the strength of BNW over 1984.
How was Chesterton? If I were looking to read some of him, where would you recommend I start? (Is Chesterton's answer to "What's Wrong with This World?" simply "Me."? I think I read that somewhere.)
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09.03.07 - 5:08 pm | #
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Hube (and Paul),
I found Foundation kind of...obvious, and also kind of cold.
Paul,
I liked 1984 better, but perhaps only because I like Orwell's straightforward style much more than Huxley's ambiguities.
For Chesterton, I would recommend The Man Who Was Thursday for fiction, and Orthodoxy for non-fiction. The Everlasting Man was also very good, but I enjoyed the second half much more than the first half.
Ryan S. |
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hmm, kind of makes me feel bad for only finishing Lord of the Rings and Slaughterhouse 5 this summer. Of course, I did read like 4 other books to go along with a class I took, and there's nothing more exciting than curriculum development theory! 
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I started Orthodoxy a few years back, but it gave me a headache when I tried to read more than one chapter at a time. I was told to start with something easier of his but was never told what would be a good choice. Maybe I'll try it again at some point.
Paul Smith |
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09.04.07 - 12:31 pm | #
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If you liked Kite Runner, as I did, check out Hosseini's newest book, A Thousand Spendid Suns. It's about Afganistan from a woman's perspective.
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09.04.07 - 2:48 pm | #
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If you're looking for something easier of Chesterton, than "What's Wrong With the World" would be an excellent choice, as would his biographies of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi, which were the first things I ever read by Chesterton. They must have slipped my mind when I commented before.
Ryan S. |
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09.05.07 - 1:06 pm | #
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