Isaac
Asimov
An
unusual read for me because, though i have clearly read it before, i
cannot pinpoint when, even within plus or
minus five years; was it while i was at UHill? or Loretto maybe? in the UK?
Canada? Italy, even? Quite an odd experience, to be so out of touch
with when and where previously came across a book; i suppose that it
is related to the degree to which i have internalised it, made it a
part of my past, as i have with so much of Asimov’s work, both
fiction and non-fiction. Very enjoyable, then, to find it at Craft a
couple of days ago and reread it straight away When i don’t read
him for some time, i tend to forget just how much i enjoy about
Asimov’s writing style, and i’m triggered to think about getting
and reading more. I may wait, however, until a more propitious time,
when i can find (maybe) a set of all the Robot books, or all the
Empire, or Foundation, or, ideally, all three in one standard
edition, which would greatly appeal to my tidy (compulsive) mind.
James
Blish
Oddly,
James Blish’s Star
Trek books just about
fall into the same category as Asimov’s Caves
of Steel, in that i
cannot remember just when i read them; i’m pretty sure, however, in
this case that it was in Vancouver, perhaps at UHill, or borrowed
from the West Point Grey or Dunbar branches of the Vancouver Public
Library. I can remember searching for more of them, being excited
when i found one, devouring them, though i cannot exactly put a place
to any of these memories. Blish was certainly my first introduction
to Star Trek;
indeed, to this day i’ve probably only seen a half dozen at most of
the episodes, and they have been less exciting for me than Blish’s
adaptations. These were one of my earlier introductions to science
fiction, and they did the job very thoroughly. Rereading this book
was just as much of a pleasure as i knew it was going to be when i
saw it in Craft the other day and picked it up with no delay. A good
choice, that was.
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