I have read the foundation books and IA's detective shorts but never read this. It's brilliant. I always wondered where Trantor came from. TH-cam has its uses. I'm 5 hrs in and I have noticed something biblical about the story? This is a rabbit hole and I shall consider before returning. Thanks for the content ❤
It is very sad that the centuries or millennia before the events of Pebble could be the reason why humanity has forgotten its past. I wonder if preventing the blame to fall on the Spacers was worth the price of this amnesia of humanity's origins? The fact that Daneel would sacrifice a Trantorian emperor for the sake of Earth meant that he still regarded Baley's home planet with some degree of affection. It is, thus, with immense sadness that I wonder how Daneel allowed this misery to fall on his partner's old world. 1:15:51. "To the rest of the galaxy, if they are aware of us at all, Earth is but a pebble in the sky. To us, it is home, and all the home we know. Yet we are no different from you of the outer worlds, merely more unfortunate. We are crowded here on a world immersed within a wall of radiation that imprisons us, surrounded by a huge galaxy that rejects us.' I used to think that the saddest moments in Asimoverse were the deaths of Giskard, Dors, Yugo, Raych, and Hari. Even Townsman Terrence choosing to stay because he "couldn't bear to let Florina die alone" was heart wrenching. But these words about how the galaxy treated the planet of human origin is just heart breaking. And not even the final act of relocating the people of Earth to Alpha erases all this misery.
Lol, it's a book by a philosophical man, not really a mirror, look at the horrors going on outside your window, beyond the borders of your safe little hidey-hole. People are causing the destruction of the very thing they need to live- a healthy ecology. Books are escapism, if you don't pay attention, your techno addiction is going to kill the planets ability to support all life, not just the selfish self-centred morons who think it's ok to use disposable everything's... That's you btw...
Finished it and come back for the 2nd time❤. Thousands years later, the origin of humanity 🌎 can be a backwater, and dispised by 200 million worlds in the Galaxy. 😂
I wouldn't call any of the books "macho" . They can get a bit dry and science forward at times, but I like this about Asimov. My personal favourite reading order is. I, Robot [ROBOTS] The Caves of Steel [ROBOTS] The Naked Sun [ROBOTS] Mirror Image (short story) [ROBOTS] The Robots of Dawn [ROBOTS] Robots and Empire [ROBOTS] The Stars, Like Dust-- [EMPIRE] The Currents of Space [EMPIRE] Pebble in the Sky [EMPIRE] Prelude to Foundation [FOUNDATION] Forward the Foundation [FOUNDATION] Foundation [FOUNDATION] Foundation and Empire [FOUNDATION] Second Foundation [FOUNDATION] Foundation's Edge [FOUNDATION] Foundation and Earth [FOUNDATION]
are these ever going to be edited.? readers find the most outrageous errors in spelling and because this do not read the same stories. someone has to stand up for readers and authors. start?
Appreciate you posting this and other works.
“Why, the man is a RUG!” - cracked me up!
I love the narrator’s voice.
I have read the foundation books and IA's detective shorts but never read this. It's brilliant. I always wondered where Trantor came from. TH-cam has its uses. I'm 5 hrs in and I have noticed something biblical about the story? This is a rabbit hole and I shall consider before returning. Thanks for the content ❤
It is very sad that the centuries or millennia before the events of Pebble could be the reason why humanity has forgotten its past. I wonder if preventing the blame to fall on the Spacers was worth the price of this amnesia of humanity's origins? The fact that Daneel would sacrifice a Trantorian emperor for the sake of Earth meant that he still regarded Baley's home planet with some degree of affection. It is, thus, with immense sadness that I wonder how Daneel allowed this misery to fall on his partner's old world.
1:15:51. "To the rest of the galaxy, if they are aware of us at all, Earth is but a pebble in the sky. To us, it is home, and all the home we know. Yet we are no different from you of the outer worlds, merely more unfortunate. We are crowded here on a world immersed within a wall of radiation that imprisons us, surrounded by a huge galaxy that rejects us.'
I used to think that the saddest moments in Asimoverse were the deaths of Giskard, Dors, Yugo, Raych, and Hari. Even Townsman Terrence choosing to stay because he "couldn't bear to let Florina die alone" was heart wrenching. But these words about how the galaxy treated the planet of human origin is just heart breaking. And not even the final act of relocating the people of Earth to Alpha erases all this misery.
Lol, it's a book by a philosophical man, not really a mirror, look at the horrors going on outside your window, beyond the borders of your safe little hidey-hole. People are causing the destruction of the very thing they need to live- a healthy ecology. Books are escapism, if you don't pay attention, your techno addiction is going to kill the planets ability to support all life, not just the selfish self-centred morons who think it's ok to use disposable everything's... That's you btw...
I appreciate the work done. Nice soothing voice and I also I like the way you change your tone when reading different characters
My favorite part was when he said "it's like a pebble in the sky."
i speak the words before spoken , i've heard this many times
Well read.
Favorite Asimov so far!!!
Apparently, this was his first novel. Written in 1950!
I read it when it was published
Finished it and come back for the 2nd time❤. Thousands years later, the origin of humanity 🌎 can be a backwater, and dispised by 200 million worlds in the Galaxy. 😂
5 hours in and lovin' it..
6 Hours in and the story is really goin
Any recommendations for a good Asimov audiobook for a newcomer , nothing macho , something deep but believable??
Foundation, I Robot, ....
Caves of Steel, Naked Sun
nightfall or robot series
@derekcouzens9483 I have got hold of a real world paperback version of I robot
I wouldn't call any of the books "macho" . They can get a bit dry and science forward at times, but I like this about Asimov. My personal favourite reading order is.
I, Robot [ROBOTS]
The Caves of Steel [ROBOTS]
The Naked Sun [ROBOTS]
Mirror Image (short story) [ROBOTS]
The Robots of Dawn [ROBOTS]
Robots and Empire [ROBOTS]
The Stars, Like Dust-- [EMPIRE]
The Currents of Space [EMPIRE]
Pebble in the Sky [EMPIRE]
Prelude to Foundation [FOUNDATION]
Forward the Foundation [FOUNDATION]
Foundation [FOUNDATION]
Foundation and Empire [FOUNDATION]
Second Foundation [FOUNDATION]
Foundation's Edge [FOUNDATION]
Foundation and Earth [FOUNDATION]
Imagine if Schwartz just didn't bother to tell anyone about that last part..
1:15:26 2:37:43
"now physical organic chemists have worked out with great exactness all the reaction chain involved..." Or not.
are these ever going to be edited.? readers find the most outrageous errors in spelling and because this do not read the same stories. someone has to stand up for readers and authors. start?
Seriously😮 you don't know basic grammar😮
Wow! We're you able to graduate high school?
Non sequitur at best, Donald Trump brain fart at least...
Relax Karen.
@@Marcg-b4n*were you? Lmao
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