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Originally Posted by ziegl027
I never said he was unique in that respect  . But it's simple fact that if somebody publishes enough stuff to to be included in 9 out 10 categories for the Dewey Decimal system, that not all of it is going to be gold. Even narrowing it down to the Foundation/Robot universe covers a heckuva lot of printed material. The problem with recommending to a newbie that they read things in a somewhat arbitrary order is that the first book in that order may not be a particularly good one. It's first "just because", not because it's best. And since so many of them are more or less self-contained, why not read a really, really GOOD one? |
Which category did he miss? And of course fiction is not covered by Dewey, so he has books out side the Dewey Decimal system as well.
As for what to read... my first exposure to Asimov came in 8th grade, and it was Foundation. It got me hooked on both Asimov and SF in general, so I suppose that is the one I would recommend.
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Unfortunately I haven't read a lot of Asimov since high school--and yes, he was one of my favorite authors, too! So I can't recall a lot of specifics about which of the Foundation/Robot series specifically to recommend.
Too bad "Nightfall and other Stories" doesn't seem to be available as an ebook. There's a good cross-section of Asimov for you right there. I'll take "It's Such a Beautiful Day" or "Breeds there a Man" over probably half of the Robot shorts. But there's clunkers in that collection, too (at least to me, YMMV).
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Personally, I also found his story Nightfall to be the most striking... it also has the advantage of popping up in tons of anthologies. So, there is a good chance its in ebook form already.
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Bill