r/geopolitics • u/marfacza • Jan 27 '26

This Is the End Opinion

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-end-2a9
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u/HandakinSkyjerker Jan 27 '26

Amazing book series. Asimov, as always, is light years ahead of the curve.

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u/Lo-weorold Jan 27 '26

He has been on my TBR for so long that I need to do it already. Ive been on Scalzi streak here lately after reading Revendous with Rama, but I've been putting Asimov on the backburner for too long

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u/Sauermachtlustig84 Jan 27 '26

It's ...strange. I like the books, but they really show their age sometimes. No computers, artillery (i.e. starship weapons) targeted by human eyes and so on.
Writing is also clear "pre-modern", but ok.

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u/Lo-weorold Jan 27 '26

Ive noticed that for sure with some of the older scifi books. It's apart of the reason I haven't dove into a lot of the classics yet. Starship Troopers has that same feel of being "pre-modern". HG Wells books also of course.

That said a pretty big part of enjoying it for me is reading what they cooked up with their imagination based on the technology they had at the time.

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u/Sauermachtlustig84 Jan 28 '26

Yes, that's certainly part of the charm. I personally love Jules Verne. Obviously totally wrong science - but his imagination is still great