Originally Posted by Rex E. (Post 170719)

I actually read that one when I was in high school. The majority of my friends when I was around 17 were all 10 years older than me and top security clearance McDonald Douglas engineers with the exception of one that was a civilian engineer that worked for the MIC on "Black Hawk & Chinook helicopters, that's all I can say" ( and still does). most, save for the latter, gave up as their personal beliefs contradicted what they were doing professionally ( ie, designing killing machines)

It was something trying to keep up with them both on an intellectual and partying front. Just imagine 27 year old's with more money then they knew what to do with.... ;)

Originally Posted by icenine (Post 170720)

I am reading Anna Karenin still.....I only have 200 pages left.
I am almost done with Foundation and Empire, then will start Second Foundation

I picked up The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maughm at Savers..... I love that guy.
Have read Razors Edge, Of Human Bondage, and the book about Gauguin Three Moon and Sixpence.

Are the Foundation books written after the Second Foundation (the prequels) any good?

so after Anna will tackle War and Peace.

Anna Karenin is sort of like a Russian version of Downton Abbey without the servants point of view (or more aptly the reverse of what I just said since Tolstoy came first).

Originally Posted by Rex E. (Post 170722)

Nice,

I also read the Foundation Series (and a few other Asimov books) in high school. I didn't read much until I was about 16, then I hit a spurt for a few years and it's been pretty slow since. Wish I was a faster reader with a better attention span.....

Originally Posted by icenine (Post 170724)

I have the same problem...I could never read fast...I actually quit Foundation back when I was a teenager. Working in Cali with a 90 mile round trip commute makes it hard. Early in the morning I try to read 10 pages when I get to work. Better to do it that way than not at all.

When I was in Iraq I had so much downtime I read books like I did back before I was married. I want to get back to that pace.

Originally Posted by Rex E. (Post 170725)

I guess I should give it a try. I like short stories (hence the Lovecraft) as it did not take so long to get through.

I will say that Michael Moorcock's "Elric Saga" was a series that grabbed me and did not let me go until I was done. It did not take log to finish either. Six or seven books total.

Originally Posted by piece-itpete (Post 178128)

I used to get Asimovs' monthly mag, in one column he said 'I've written so many books for so long I don't remember a lot of them, I have to read them to see how they end' :)

Pete