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Originally Posted by tomereader
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Yes, Robbie was quite the tearjerker for me
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Add another one of Asimov's short stories
Eyes do more than see (described by him as his "foray into pathos"). His
Forward the Foundation was a helluva emotional rollercoaster (though not in the usual sense). I pretty much bawled like a baby ('course I was a teen back then
) at the last few lines in the book. It was when I first realized that love and longing are not confined to relationships and that the life of a scientist can be (and usually is) an extraordinarily emotional journey
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Of course, The most emotionally poignant book (that has me re-reading it twice a year
) has to be
Memory by L.M. Bujold. As someone terrified of failure, this book was ... very challenging
and a bit of a life-changer. Again, extremely heart-wrenching
.