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steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? posted on: 5/9/2006 10:52:16 AM Has anybody read much from the golden age? Any Isaac Asimov, or Arthor C. Clarke or Ray Bradbury? These were the authors that I cut my teethe on and learned what Science Fiction was about.I remember "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury when I was in 4th grade (about 9) and Silverburg's "Revolt on Alpha C" when I was even younger. They fed my facination with world's beyond my own and made me the person I am today (twisted as that is).
IceDrake Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 5/9/2006 3:22:50 PM I read one book from each author. For Asimov I read Caves of Steel, which was all right. For Arthur C. Clarke I read Childhood's End, and I really liked that one. I also read Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451, but I didn't care for it much. Perhaps because I had to read it in school.
fobe Quote \| Reply \| This message was updated on 5/9/2006 4:56:57 PM by fobe	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 5/9/2006 4:56:09 PM I've got the Martian Chronicles audiobook, would you recommend listening to it? Also got the Fahrenheit 451 audiobook
Rune* Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 5/9/2006 5:02:11 PM Ive heard of the few classic's even seen some movies of a few classic's but read very few. I do get some older books through my local reading group. Reading The Centauri Device by M John Harrison at present, would that be consider a classic? Didnt enjoy the book, too old fashioned for me.
steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 5/10/2006 12:31:19 AM quote: I read one book from each author. For Asimov I read Caves of Steel, which was all right. For Arthur C. Clarke I read Childhood's End, and I really liked that one. I also read Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451, but I didn't care for it much. Perhaps because I had to read it in school. Caves of Steel is near the beginning of a series of intermingled books and stories that include the Foundation Series. Reading the Foundation Trilogy will give you the essense of Asimov.
steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 5/10/2006 12:35:15 AM I enjoyed the Martian Chronicles much better than Fahrenheit 451 even though the critics tend to disagree. The Chronicles cover a lot of unrelated topics with a lot interesting stories. I would highly recommend that one. Childhood's End is also one of my favorites.
steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 5/10/2006 12:41:02 AM quote: Ive heard of the few classic's even seen some movies of a few classic's but read very few. I do get some older books through my local reading group. Reading The Centauri Device by M John Harrison at present, would that be consider a classic? Didnt enjoy the book, too old fashioned for me. I'm not familiar with this author. There were a lot of them out there.
warmbeachbrat Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 7/26/2006 4:40:20 PM sigh The classics.... They don't write like that any more. My favorites from that era are the short stories. Stories like Nightfall (Asimov), The Star (Clarke), Microcosmic God (Sturgeon), Asimov's robot stories, Surface Tension (Blish), All Summer in a Day (Bradbury), The Widget, the Wadget, and Boff (Sturgeon), The Ugly Little Boy (Asimov), The Nine Billion Names of God (Clarke), It's a Good Life (Jerome Bixby), far too many more to name....
steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 7/27/2006 2:10:35 AM quote: sigh The classics.... They don't write like that any more. My favorites from that era are the short stories. Stories like Nightfall (Asimov), The Star (Clarke), Microcosmic God (Sturgeon), Asimov's robot stories, Surface Tension (Blish), All Summer in a Day (Bradbury), The Widget, the Wadget, and Boff (Sturgeon), The Ugly Little Boy (Asimov), The Nine Billion Names of God (Clarke), It's a Good Life (Jerome Bixby), far too many more to name.... Enjoyed a good half of those. The rest are on my to be read list.
AJ_ Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 8/1/2006 12:38:26 AM Classic sci-fi I've read... 1984 by George Orwell The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov The Robot books by Isaac Asimov Dune books by Frank Herbert The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Strangers in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis The Time Machine by H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 8/1/2006 9:55:31 AM I don't remember if I've read the Left Hand of Darkness (I know I meant to), other than that I read that entire list over the years and enjoyed all of them. Great foundation for understanding SF.
warmbeachbrat Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 8/1/2006 8:05:05 PM A few classics (novels) that I've read (well, maybe not classics, but they're from the 50's and 60's and a lot of people remember them with fondness): The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester The Chrysalids - John Wyndham The Pilgrimage - Zenna Henderson The Witches of Karres - James Schmitz Frank Herbert - Dune Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury Slan - A E Van Vogt Brain Wave - Poul Anderson sigh too many more to name....
steve12553 Quote \| Reply \|	Anybody read the Classics? replied on: 8/2/2006 1:20:58 AM I just read the Chrysalids as an ebook, and I've got The Stars My Destination on order right now. Some if not all of your list are definitely classics. Good choices.
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