What are you reading this week? [July 3-July 9, 2023] - eviltoast
  • LiquorFan@pathfinder.social
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    1 year ago

    Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov.

    I think it’s the first modern science fiction book I’ve read, I read 19th century ones like Verne and Frankenstein before though.

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      1 year ago

      Wow! Funny to hear Asimov described as modern (unless you mean it in the sense of modern vs. classical vs. post-modern etc.). But – I love those books and want to reread them someday… Enjoy!

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        Yeah, I guess it’s a bit weird to call a 70 year old or so modern haha. I was think in constrat with “classical science fiction”, as in “classical physics” like Verne’s books. That’s sort of a “lost” genre I think, unless you consider Steampunk to be sort of a successor.