Order to read books in?

Rob wrote:
 > I used to have a friend with all the Asimov books, who told me that there
 > was a 'proper' order to read them in, so that everything happened in the
 > correct chronological order.
 >

Well, surely your friend owned all the Asimov *Foundation* books, or
something like that. There are few, indeed, who own *all* of Asimov's
books.

The best thing to do is to check the FAQ, which covers this topic. You
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There are few, indeed, who own *all* of Asimov's
 > books.
 >

I do.
well, almost (missing one, have a photocopy of that one and don't
remind me about copyrights. I made the copy for my own personal use,
and plan on discarding it as soon as I get an original.)
BTW John, you wouldn't have an extra copy of _Ginn Science Program,
Advanced Level B_ laying around, would you? (lol)

I am currently reading all of Isaac's published work in book form in
the order of publication. That is my recommended order for reading.

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e4e5 wrote:
 > There are few, indeed, who own *all* of Asimov's
 >
  >>books.
  >>
 >
 >
 > I do.
 > well, almost (missing one, have a photocopy of that one and don't
 > remind me about copyrights. I made the copy for my own personal use,
 > and plan on discarding it as soon as I get an original.)

Well, I was thinking of you as one of the few exceptions.

 > BTW John, you wouldn't have an extra copy of _Ginn Science Program,
 > Advanced Level B_ laying around, would you? (lol)
 >

I wish. I wish I had *any* copy of it.

 > I am currently reading all of Isaac's published work in book form in
 > the order of publication. That is my recommended order for reading.
 >

This time through, I'm taking them in chronological order within
categories: all the sf novels, all the sf anthologies, all the
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Well at the risk of upsetting someone

Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
and don't bother with the rest!

No really. They are not of the same standard as the original trilogy.

Of course I am not commenting on the Robot series as they are a different
ahem "kettle of fish"
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On 19 Feb 2004, e4e5 wrote:
 > There are few, indeed, who own *all* of Asimov's
  > > books.
  > >
 >
 > I do.

Are you serious?! Do you truly mean ALL his books or all of is Fiction
Books? When you look at ALL of them, fiction, short essay collections and
non-fiction individual and compendium that's over 400 books!

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"William E. Butler" <butler RemoveThis @pas.rochester.edu> wrote:

 >On 19 Feb 2004, e4e5 wrote:
[In response to someone who said:]

  >> There are few, indeed, who own *all* of Asimov's
   >> > books.
   >> >
  >>
  >> I do.

 >Are you serious?! Do you truly mean ALL his books or all of is Fiction
 >Books? When you look at ALL of them, fiction, short essay collections and
 >non-fiction individual and compendium that's over 400 books!

[More like over 500, but who besides David, aka e4e5, is *really*
worried about the exact count? ;->]

Had you been hanging around here regularly over the years,
William, you would have been able to track David's progress
towards his goal of owning one copy of everything in the IA Opus
listing. Not least of all by the increasingly frequent
plaints^Wrequests, in inverse proportion to the number of works
left to be obtained.

For someone posting from an *.edu, you don't read and apply logic
too good, William. The item David was asking for as the last
*real* item he needs was a non-fiction, textbook-type item.
Simple deduction ["Elementary, my dear Watson"] should have
suggested that he was indeed speaking of "... ALL of them,
fiction, short essay collections and non-fiction individual and
compendium ...". ;->
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Ogden Johnson III <oj3usmc RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<4lrk30143qb1qttkrit8dgvfk9e6tmi68l RemoveThis @4ax.com>...
 > "William E. Butler" <butler RemoveThis @pas.rochester.edu> wrote:
 >
  > >On 19 Feb 2004, e4e5 wrote:
 > [In response to someone who said:]
 >
   > >> There are few, indeed, who own *all* of Asimov's
   > >> > books.
   > >> >
   > >>
   > >> I do.
 >
  > >Are you serious?!

yes, William

  > >Do you truly mean ALL his books or all of is Fiction
  > >Books? When you look at ALL of them, fiction, short essay collections and
  > >non-fiction individual and compendium that's over 400 books!
 >
 > [More like over 500, but who besides David, aka e4e5, is *really*
 > worried about the exact count? ;->]
 >

well over 500, I include 516 on my count, most others about 510. I
include the two revisions of _Biochemistry and Human Metabolism_, 3
'books' that do not appear on the list that apparently Isaac himself
forgot about, and the latest release of _Return of the Black
Widowers_. Oh yes, and is the original _Intelligent Man's Guide to
Science_ one book or two, since it was published in two volumes? So
give or take a few from the above counts.

In all I have almost 700 books that have Isaac Asimov's name on the
cover, including the "Isaac's Universe" series, "Ask Isaac Asimov",
and "Robot City" series, to name a few obviously not BY Isaac but
authorised by him, or a continuation of series after he died like the
_Ask Isaac Asimov_ series.

 > Had you been hanging around here regularly over the years,
 > William, you would have been able to track David's progress
 > towards his goal of owning one copy of everything in the IA Opus
 > listing. Not least of all by the increasingly frequent
 > plaints^Wrequests, in inverse proportion to the number of works
 > left to be obtained.
 >
 > For someone posting from an *.edu, you don't read and apply logic
 > too good, William. The item David was asking for as the last
 > *real* item he needs was a non-fiction, textbook-type item.
 > Simple deduction ["Elementary, my dear Watson"] should have
 > suggested that he was indeed speaking of "... ALL of them,
 > fiction, short essay collections and non-fiction individual and
 > compendium ...". ;->

Good summation, Ogden
**sigh** that one still remains elusive.

By the way, I lost count at about 1600, but I am progressing toward my
goal of getting a copy of all of the 'first published' works of short
stories, essays, introductions and editorials, from _Boy's Life_ to
_Gallery_ or should I say from _Amazing Stories_ to _Isaac Asimov's
Science Fiction Magazine_.

As I stated earlier, I am currently reading the books in the order
published. I am now reading #118 on the official list _Biographical
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, New Revised Edition_

Too bad I can't read as fast as Isaac could type...

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