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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Will be reading this if you think it’s worth it.

I’m a huge fan of classic sci-fi (Asimov, Heinlein). How does it hold up?

And before someone eats me alive about Heinlein, I’ve heard it all. Been a fan since I was a kid and the ideological side of it doesn’t matter to me as much as the stories these days. I’m an atheist because of authors like him. I wouldn’t take it back for anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

The first book is phenomenal. The others are good, but not necessarily "must read"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Strange to me to our Asimov and Heinlein in the same genre. That’s like when I start Spotify Radio from Cheryl Crow and get Metallica and Green Day because Spotify thinks I’m looking for “90s music”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They’re both definitely scfi and I have enjoyed all that I have read of them.

I will say, I haven’t read a lot of them since I was a teenager and I’m old now.

Still though, robots, moon people, mars people, dude being thrown from universe to universe.

It’s pretty clear to me why it’s the same genre.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

It's like The Canterbury Tales in space. It's four books, but the first one stands on its own.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

If you like old school scifi you'll probably like it. It's a grand opera. Prolog to the first book is online here:

https://read.amazon.com/sample/B004G60EHS?f=1&l=en_US&r=eec1d4a1&rid=348SM72J0X8RWTFKS1BG&sid=136-6887572-5455735&cid=ANAROXL46XMJT

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hyperion was a fun read. Definitely recommend. I had a small book club and it was fun to talk about.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"This is my blood" was actually a miscommunication, he meant that the cup he was holding was his and it was full of blood he didn't want to share.