I've been having a great time revisiting some of my old faves and finding some new ones. It's really convenient with youtube, especially for the short stories. It's like being able to have a nibble whenever you feel like it and you don't have to go hunting around too much.
That channel I posted the link to is only one of many, but it's so well organised that it's a good starting point.
Oh cool, I'll have to see if I can find I Robot. I've been dying to read it for a while. :D
You know I took a SciFi English class when I was in high school, and some of the stories just really stick out in my mind. Some of them were so vivid and thought provoking. Of course, I think short stories period are sometimes strangely more memorable than full length novels. I guess it's because they usually end with a bang. I mean, who could ever forget the end of The Lottery.
Very true! I love Shirley Jackson's work and The Lottery is one of her most memorable to me.
I'm a big Asimov fan and love I, Robot, along with his Foundation series. If you haven't read them, His Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are both very good and still quite relevant on a sociallogical level, even today.
I meant to tell you of a movie I saw that I think you may like, too. It's called Her, and is a sci fi set in the not-too-distant future starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johanssen. It concerns A.I, is quite an original premise and I found it both charming and very thought provoking in terms of how technology is used today and how it may affect society in the near future.
Go for it, dearie. Being a reader for audio books I mean. I remember a post you had on here where you read something and your voice would be perfect. I like science fiction too. Recently I downloaded Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds rock opera, with Richard Burton as the narrator, to my kindle and what also came up as a free available download was the original Orson Welles radio recording of War of the Worlds which apparently caused so much uproar in the States with its realism. That was a brilliant listening hour.
I love Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds! I actually have it on vinyl, although my albums haven't seen daylight for many a year. They got all packed away when my son was about two, when he found both the covers and the albums a bit too fascinating for my liking and I just never got around to unpacking them.
I've never heard the Orson Welles broadcast in full, but funny you should mention it, as I was talking to my sister about looking it up and seeing if it had gone into public domain just the other day, as I'd love to hear it! I'll be hunting it down now, for certain!
Thanks for the vote of confidence on my volunteering to do some reading, it's much appreciated!
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That channel I posted the link to is only one of many, but it's so well organised that it's a good starting point.
Enjoy!
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You know I took a SciFi English class when I was in high school, and some of the stories just really stick out in my mind. Some of them were so vivid and thought provoking. Of course, I think short stories period are sometimes strangely more memorable than full length novels. I guess it's because they usually end with a bang. I mean, who could ever forget the end of The Lottery.
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I'm a big Asimov fan and love I, Robot, along with his Foundation series. If you haven't read them, His Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are both very good and still quite relevant on a sociallogical level, even today.
I meant to tell you of a movie I saw that I think you may like, too. It's called Her, and is a sci fi set in the not-too-distant future starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johanssen. It concerns A.I, is quite an original premise and I found it both charming and very thought provoking in terms of how technology is used today and how it may affect society in the near future.
I think you'll like it.
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I like science fiction too.
Recently I downloaded Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds rock opera, with Richard Burton as the narrator, to my kindle and what also came up as a free available download was the original Orson Welles radio recording of War of the Worlds which apparently caused so much uproar in the States with its realism.
That was a brilliant listening hour.
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I've never heard the Orson Welles broadcast in full, but funny you should mention it, as I was talking to my sister about looking it up and seeing if it had gone into public domain just the other day, as I'd love to hear it! I'll be hunting it down now, for certain!
Thanks for the vote of confidence on my volunteering to do some reading, it's much appreciated!
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