tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post106720839989787933..comments2024-03-28T14:38:25.395-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Collapsing Empire: John ScalziTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-75822090869709504902020-07-03T21:07:27.080-07:002020-07-03T21:07:27.080-07:00Col, Scalzi is one of the science fiction authors ...Col, Scalzi is one of the science fiction authors that take me away from concentrating on crime fiction. But I agree, not your type of book.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-45121237151431639372020-07-03T21:04:15.683-07:002020-07-03T21:04:15.683-07:00Tracy, probably not one for me. Glad you enjoyed i...Tracy, probably not one for me. Glad you enjoyed it though.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-48389547337348922292020-06-04T11:20:03.138-07:002020-06-04T11:20:03.138-07:00Rick: Thanks for your input. I'll have a look ...Rick: Thanks for your input. I'll have a look at those, I've heard of them of course but wasn't sure if they were for me. I, Robot I've not read just seen the film, suspect the books are different.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-6009351718829004932020-06-04T11:06:18.406-07:002020-06-04T11:06:18.406-07:00Me too, Rick, now I can look forward to the other ...Me too, Rick, now I can look forward to the other two books in the trilogy. <br /><br />I am going to have to look into the I, Robot books. I haven't tried those. The first one is short stories? Some are novels and some are short stories? My, Asimov wrote a lot of books, fiction and non-fiction.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-74238209182982175672020-06-04T10:06:14.515-07:002020-06-04T10:06:14.515-07:00Glad you liked it.
@Cath: I suggest you try his O...Glad you liked it.<br /><br />@Cath: I suggest you try his Old Man's War books first. As for Asimov, I think a better place to start would be the I, Robot books.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-40537657929181159402020-06-04T09:57:39.379-07:002020-06-04T09:57:39.379-07:00I agree, Margot, writing style is important, but I...I agree, Margot, writing style is important, but I often have a hard time describing what I like in that area. I just know that I like Scalzi's way of telling a story. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-40344274285637675452020-06-04T09:56:20.536-07:002020-06-04T09:56:20.536-07:00Cath, John Scalzi has an earlier series that is mi...Cath, John Scalzi has an earlier series that is military science fiction, and I read the first two in that series. I liked that one very much too. And the two series are very different. I agree, you should try something by Scalzi. I have read other Asimov too but I want to read more.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-58155444244583948602020-06-04T08:09:53.380-07:002020-06-04T08:09:53.380-07:00This one does sound interesting, Tracy. I like it ...This one does sound interesting, Tracy. I like it when an author includes elements of more than one genre in a story (and, to be truthful, I think that happens a lot, since it's really hard to separate those elements). And I'm glad you mentioned the writing style. That has a lot to do with what we think of a story.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-50105580996502909942020-06-04T03:25:29.041-07:002020-06-04T03:25:29.041-07:00I'm pretty certain my husband reads this serie...I'm pretty certain my husband reads this series and it's one I have in mind to read along with Asimov's Foundation books. I can't call myself a sci-fi fan if I haven't read books by either of these authors can I? LOL (Although I'm certain I've read other books by Asimov of course, just not his Foundation series.) Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com