Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader – what would they be?

  • xiao@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Foundation ❤ Foundation and Empire ❤❤❤ (The Mule 😍)

    By Isaac Asimov should be in the package in my opinion 😎

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      1 year ago

      Oddly enough, the Mule drove me mad. I don’t like this old notion that “we only use 10% of our brain – imagine what we could do if we unlocked the other 90%” that was prevalent in sci fi of the era. So if you gave Foundation and Empire to me in your starter kit, and I reviewed it thus, what would you recommend as a followup knowing that I enjoyed it, but didn’t like the psychic (telepathic) elements?

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        1 year ago

        That’s a good question, I need to think about it more deeply 😁 Thanks for developing the topic.