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Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:41 pm
by phantom000
Well, we have thread about tv shows and movies we want him to review so why not one for books?

His Foundation reviews were the main reason i got into Asimov in the first place and since then there are some others i would love to hear his take on.

Heinlein's Starship Troopers
Asimov's Bailey Series
Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama
Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy.

So what about books do you think he should do?

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:16 pm
by GandALF
Book of the New Sun, he could do long videos on that. Maybe the Barsoom trilogy, but its probably more interesting because of its influence rather than the actual story.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:44 pm
by Dînadan
How about A Song of Ice and Fire - plenty of time to research, procrastinate and fit in the regular reviews before Martin finishes writing them ;p

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:50 pm
by Robovski
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller is a classic and a personal favorite, I'd love for him to do a book review of it.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:55 pm
by TGLS
I'm pretty sure he hasn't done Prelude to or Forward the Foundation yet, so I'd want those done first, but I may be forgetting.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:22 pm
by Rocketboy1313
The Bob-iverse trilogy from audible. It is about a man who becomes a space probe.
Robovski wrote:A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller is a classic and a personal favorite, I'd love for him to do a book review of it.
I just finished the Brother Francis section on my audible copy.
It's alright.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:23 pm
by Darth Wedgius
Protector, by Larry Niven. It has some really nice world-building, and nicely illustrates the difference between having intelligence and having intelligent goals.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:08 am
by Robovski
Darth Wedgius wrote:Protector, by Larry Niven. It has some really nice world-building, and nicely illustrates the difference between having intelligence and having intelligent goals.

That was a very interesting read to have read at 42 I have to say without getting into spoilers.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:20 am
by ChiggyvonRichthofen
Robovski wrote:A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller is a classic and a personal favorite, I'd love for him to do a book review of it.
In the running for my favorite sci-fi novel. I'd love to see Chuck review is as well, although some of its subtleties might be hard to bring into a relatively short review/summary.

Something like The Forever War or Ender's Game would be fun. Both easy to read, imaginative, and both have a lot of ideas to digest.

Re: Another book review?

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 4:19 am
by SuccubusYuri
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel would be nice, though probably impractical with Chuck's book-video format as the themes are buried very deep in the "narrative" part of the story.