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Very interesting, Blayne. I also had never heard him speak before.
Similary, a year or so ago, I found a video of Richard Feynman lecturing on Quantum Electrodynamics. I had never before heard him speak either. I was somewhat amused to discover he sounded a little like Kermit the Frog. I giggled every time he said the word "phenomema".
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Really. My dad's letter was the last one Asimov ever answered in his mag...and it was a pretty long letter, too...
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^^ Doesn't hurt to have the proprietor of hatrack on youtube either.
I'll probably have a looksee at the Ender's Game comic.
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No, it is extremely sad the circumstances of Isaac Asimov's death, he died I think to a contaminated blood transfusion infecting him with HIV.
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This is neat. I'd never seen footage of Asimov or Herbert before. Somehow I'd never thought of looking them up on youtube.
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Asimov's voice is REAAAAALY close to what I imagined it.
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: No, it is extremely sad the circumstances of Isaac Asimov's death, he died I think to a contaminated blood transfusion infecting him with HIV.
I had been completely unaware that this was the case, but a little reasearch confirms it. Thanks, Blayne!
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Dunno if it's the same audiobook, but I listened to an Asimov-read collection long ago and was pretty disappointed; maybe it was his first try and he just wasn't used to reading aloud to a tape recorder instead of a live audience, but the recording was pretty dull and flat...
I'm sorry I never got to see him speak. I love his books.
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This is awsome. I have read, but never listened to Harold Bloom, one of my favorite literary critics. Not surprisingly he is very arrogant, but that doesn't bother me much. I agree with a lot of what he has said.
Also found something with L. Ron Hubbard who I have always heard about, but never heard. I tried to find an interview about his literature, but I guess Scientology has trumped his literary achievements.
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It's a subjective thing of course, but I've read a decent amount of his SF and found it to be pretty bad. I count Battlefield Earth as the worst novel I've ever read.
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I found it one of the best. A clean refreshing break from franchises.
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quote:Originally posted by scifibum: Probably the same one. He's not voice talent.
What, you wanted gifted writer, legendary wit, and entertaining reader all in one?
Actually, yeah. I read one of his autobiographies (I, Asimov -- great read), and several of his anecdotes are all about what a great speaker he was and how whenever he read The Ugly Little Boy there'd be lots of crying. So I was pretty disappointed that the audiobook I heard was so tepid. Posts: 2911 | Registered: Aug 2001
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