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Originally Posted by Akai (Post 2190996)

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Is that quote in your sig from Yes Minister?

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy (Post 2190688)

Just finished a reading project I'd been chipping away at for years. When I was 15 years old I happened upon a short story collection by Isaac Asimov and "The Last Question" inspired a life-long love of science fiction. The story involves a recurring thematic element called Multivac which Asimov used in 16 of his stories. Back in February I shared a photo of the exceedingly rare 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly I tracked down which marked the first-ever printing of "The Last Question" for my library.

I constructed a spreadsheet of every one of the stories and then researched and documented the complete publication history of each story so I could secure copies of every one. It was quite a challenge as the first tale, "Question," was only published in a 1955 issue of Computers and Automation magazine and was subsequently withdrawn for being too similar to one by another author at the time. Thanks to The Internet Archive I was able to download a hi-res scan of the original magazine to complete my reading project.

Tonight I finished the 16th story, published in a pulp zine in 1983 which I found in a used bookshop. It was a wonderfully satisfying project.

Thank you, Dr. Asimov.

This is actually amazing.
Inspiring story

Never read anything from Asimov so far, but I was getting myself to start the Foundation series. I just need to go to my grandparents countryside house and find them somewhere in the basement

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2190262)

That's the story but I'm pretty sure it actually happened the other way around.

Oh, that's what you meant

I think it actually never happened at all, so there's that

But if one reads through the Bible, two daughters raping their father isn't the kinkiest or least believable thing he'll find there

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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko (Post 2191917)

Thanks! Definitely let us all know what you thought once you've read Foundation!

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy (Post 2191923)

Thanks! Definitely let us all know what you thought once you've read Foundation!

You've read it?

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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko (Post 2191937)

You've read it?

While I've had a life-long admiration of Dr. Asimov, and built a library of nearly 200 of his books, I've thus far focused my time on digesting complete omnibus editions of his short stories and the Robot novels.

I've collected some handsome Asimov rarities, including a gilded leather bound collection of his best-loved novels, the omnibus hardcover multi-volumes of his complete collected short stories, favorite issues of Asimov Science Fiction Magazine, and the aforementioned rare 1956 Vol 4 No 5 issue of the pulp zine, Science Fiction Quarterly.

I'm certainly curious what you think of Foundation, particularly as you've stated you're an INTJ like myself, so we would likely be drawn to similar properties of Asimov's writing.

If you do end up tracking them down and enjoy reading them, tag me when you share your thoughts!

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy (Post 2191941)

If you do end up tracking them down and enjoy reading them, tag me when you share your thoughts!

Sure thing!

Thought I'm not sure as to how to tag someone on MB

I only get notifications when I've commented on a thread

lol tagging someone on MB

that's way beyond the capabilities of this site, sending pm's is the best you can do I guess

I still get emails when I'm quoted.

Only boomers use email for anything but registering to **** online.