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Originally Posted by davidfor
That's blasphemous! But understandable. Writing styles have changed, and if you are used to the recent styles, these could be hard to take. Plus, some of the technology mentioned has definitely dated and that sometimes jars me out of the story.
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I am talking to this particular person and using their explanation of what they like and don't like. My kid likes Asimov a bit, and that's fine, though it's not a favourite for him. But in general, I will admit that this is a big pet peeve of mine - science fiction lovers continuing to recommend their gateway drug (the fifties writers that they read age 12 in the seventies) as though they're a good current-day gateway drug for adult litfic readers. I grew up on Asimov and McCaffrey, but I don't recommend them first-up these days to non-SF people looking for SF recs. Context matters.
I am similarly eye-rolly at people who recommend the YA books they read forty years ago as though they're a great way to engage reluctant adolescent readers of 2016. It just doesn't work.