Just finished ' Meat'.
A story set in the future about a town in the middle of a vast wasteland. They have very little veg etc and so mainly eat cattle which are humans called the chosen. It's very gruesome but done well. Next I'm starting Asimov's book of Robots.
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:13, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I've always fancied Asimov's books
but never got round to buying them. Let me know how you get on and I might get a few in.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:14, Reply)

I read all his stuff when I was a teenager.
They're a lot more hard core science based stories which are hard for me to get through but still worth it.
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:17, Reply)

I find that Asimov's Foundation series are far superior to the Robot stuff

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Noted.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:31, Reply)

on the otherhand...
the Robot stuff had Susan Calvin
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:54, Reply)

Me too, by far
But I love the 3 rules and all the incongruences (?) and impossibilities on robots' actions. It was always fun to see how many times he could contradict himself and still make you believe that last explanation was the right one.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I'm not keen on series of books.
I'm not good with long term commitment.
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:35, Reply)

you are missing out on some superb works though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:40, Reply)

But that's the best about the Fundation
You can read each book (and in fact each chapter) as a completely finished story. But you won't. It'll hook you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:42, Reply)

I probably read it when I was a teenager but I don't remember.

( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Agreed.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:44, Reply)

I've got a giant Asimov collection type book
Can't remember the name, and it's good, but short stories don't really do it for me.. A good distraction but not particularly amazing. Probably more groundbreaking at the time of writing, I guess the stuff has been parodied and re-hashed (I-robot) so much that everything was kind of familiar and predictable..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Have you mentioned this to Kaol?
*fears*
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:23, Reply)

Meat sounds like my kind of book
Must stick on the old Amazon Mastercard..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:24, Reply)

www.amazon.co.uk/Meat-Joseph-DLacey/dp/1905636156/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271841963&sr=1-2
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:26, Reply)

I wonder if that's Chris D'Lacey's brother?
I have a set of his books from when I was a kid - still love them.

EDIT: Nope - not from what wikipedia says.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:31, Reply)

I wish someone would finish my meat :((

( broadsword, Wed 21 Apr 2010, 10:41, Reply)