What are you reading right now?

**Frownland** · 11-01-2021, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko

It’s a story of how his daughters raped him really

That's the story but I'm pretty sure it actually happened the other way around.

jadis · 11-01-2021, 10:42 AM

Brilliant biblical scholarship within the "Down with $hitty Dudes and Abusers" Midrashic tradition

rubber soul · 11-01-2021, 10:49 AM

Just finished reading Earth by Jon Stewart and writers from the Daily Show. Pretty humorous.

innerspaceboy · 11-04-2021, 05:39 PM

Just finished a reading project I'd been chipping away at for years. When I was 15 years old I happened upon a short story collection by Isaac Asimov and "The Last Question" inspired a life-long love of science fiction. The story involves a recurring thematic element called Multivac which Asimov used in 16 of his stories. Back in February I shared a photo of the exceedingly rare 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly I tracked down which marked the first-ever printing of "The Last Question" for my library.

I constructed a spreadsheet of every one of the stories and then researched and documented the complete publication history of each story so I could secure copies of every one. It was quite a challenge as the first tale, "Question," was only published in a 1955 issue of Computers and Automation magazine and was subsequently withdrawn for being too similar to one by another author at the time. Thanks to The Internet Archive I was able to download a hi-res scan of the original magazine to complete my reading project.

Tonight I finished the 16th story, published in a pulp zine in 1983 which I found in a used bookshop. It was a wonderfully satisfying project.

Thank you, Dr. Asimov.

**Exo** · 11-08-2021, 09:07 AM

Time to actually educate myself with a topic that will be talked about endlessly for the rest of our lives, apparently.

Akai · 11-08-2021, 09:22 AM

Mucha na Dziko · 11-09-2021, 05:57 AM

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Lisnaholic · 11-09-2021, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Akai

That looks interesting, Akai! I like the quote on the cover. For anyone who wants to know more about the book:

Spoiler for ayoade on a chat show:

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Just finished a reading project I'd been chipping away at for years. When I was 15 years old I happened upon a short story collection by Isaac Asimov and "The Last Question" inspired a life-long love of science fiction. The story involves a recurring thematic element called Multivac which Asimov used in 16 of his stories. Back in February I shared a photo of the exceedingly rare 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly I tracked down which marked the first-ever printing of "The Last Question" for my library.

I constructed a spreadsheet of every one of the stories and then researched and documented the complete publication history of each story so I could secure copies of every one. It was quite a challenge as the first tale, "Question," was only published in a 1955 issue of Computers and Automation magazine and was subsequently withdrawn for being too similar to one by another author at the time. Thanks to The Internet Archive I was able to download a hi-res scan of the original magazine to complete my reading project.

Tonight I finished the 16th story, published in a pulp zine in 1983 which I found in a used bookshop. It was a wonderfully satisfying project.

Thank you, Dr. Asimov.

That's impressive, Innerspace! Congratulations on completing such a longterm project.
I can't compete with anything like that, especially as the story behind this book is "Someone gave it to me. I read it."

My verdict: It is structured a bit like The Hours , with chapters flipping between two stories; one modern, one old, with, presumably, thematic connections between the two. Quite a good scheme for a book, although the "historic" story never really came to life for me.
The modern story, a drama played out in the US and the Dominican Republic is pretty good.

Trollheart · 11-15-2021, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Akai

Is that quote in your sig from Yes Minister?

Mucha na Dziko · 11-15-2021, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Just finished a reading project I'd been chipping away at for years. When I was 15 years old I happened upon a short story collection by Isaac Asimov and "The Last Question" inspired a life-long love of science fiction. The story involves a recurring thematic element called Multivac which Asimov used in 16 of his stories. Back in February I shared a photo of the exceedingly rare 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly I tracked down which marked the first-ever printing of "The Last Question" for my library.

I constructed a spreadsheet of every one of the stories and then researched and documented the complete publication history of each story so I could secure copies of every one. It was quite a challenge as the first tale, "Question," was only published in a 1955 issue of Computers and Automation magazine and was subsequently withdrawn for being too similar to one by another author at the time. Thanks to The Internet Archive I was able to download a hi-res scan of the original magazine to complete my reading project.

Tonight I finished the 16th story, published in a pulp zine in 1983 which I found in a used bookshop. It was a wonderfully satisfying project.

Thank you, Dr. Asimov.

This is actually amazing.
Inspiring story

Never read anything from Asimov so far, but I was getting myself to start the Foundation series. I just need to go to my grandparents countryside house and find them somewhere in the basement

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,413	Brilliant biblical scholarship within the "Down with $hitty Dudes and Abusers" Midrashic tradition