Science Fiction Favorites

De: Isaac Asimov

Narrado por: Isaac Asimov

CONTENTS: Introduction; I Just Make Them Up, See; Someday; The Feeling of Power; Living Space; Satisfaction Guaranteed; The Last Question; Jokester; The Immortal Bard; Spell My Name With an "S"; The Ugly Little BoyProducer: Orli Moscowitz
Original jacket concept and design ©1990 Nightfall, Inc.
(P)1975 Listening Library

Great Stories, Wonderful Insights

I am an artificial intelligence software engineer and only recently have I started reading science fiction stories, with Isaac Asimov being one of my favorites.

To hear him tell his stories and his commentary is quite insightful and extraordinarily meaningful in general.

Where the author's voice has been insulted and in all honesty, I just don't see anything justifying any complaints of his voice as it is not substandard in any stretch of the imagination.

I would suggest to people to not let these types of complaints persuade you from not listening to the story as you will be missing out if you don't.

love Asimov

Grew up w Asimov and his 3 Laws of Robotics. These short non robot stories are great. I enjoyed Asimov reading his stories. I especially enjoyed him giving short explanations of his mood, situations and world events at time of writings. Some stories are thought provoking, some funny, some curious or sad but all enjoyable.

HALF OF INFINITY IS STILL INFINITY

SHOW ME THAT MULTIPLICATION TRICK AGAIN
If you are a fan of Asimov and you have never heard is voice, than this is a must. I have been a fan for decades, but never heard him speak. I was expecting an old man voice. Maybe like a college professor? I knew he was Jewish, but this was interesting. He sounds like the caricature of Brooklynn Jews you hear on TV and he sounds young. He also talks likes he writes, which I always suspected. Asimov has the knack of writing like he is a friend of yours sitting across from you talking about the weather.

All the stories are good, none are bad. The Ugly Little Boy was the greatest. I have read this story several times and read the book he wrote with Robert Silverberg and it is still a tear jerker. Asimov even cried when he read it. Satisfaction Guaranteed was my next favorite. This is a story which has Dr. Calvin in it and she is trying to perfect robots.

Asimov explains before each story, why he wrote it and says a few words after each story about the story. This adds a lot of charm to the listening. One interesting thing he said, was that if he had to take a college class on his writings, that he would probably flunk. When they go to analyzing his work, he would not understand all the deep underlining meanings he was suppose to have in his writings.

If your already a fan, this is a must or this is a good place to start, if you don't know him..

Great Content But Asimov's Voice Isn't Great

Any additional comments?

As said in the title, the stories in this book are top notch, but the author's voice actually takes AWAY from the listening experience. He has a very nasally voice and I think the text would have been much better treated had they hired an actual actor to read the content. Apart from that, it is very hard to tell where one story starts and the next one begins, as there is no announcement or pause to let you know that any of the stories have ended.
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7.9 / 10

Favorites?

Any additional comments?

In the introduction, Mr. Asimov tells how he selected the stories, that they were some of his favorites. I appreciate that and some, indeed, were delightful tales. Others were simply Meh! His personal insights and introductions to each item are enjoyable, but his voice takes some getting used to. After a while, you just realize it's the author reading and go with it. Overall, not one of my favorites but certainly worth listening to.