Wdym?

TY.

Will do.

Cool! TY. I’ll pick one of his short stories collection and see by myself. If it’s good Ill buy the other and then maybe contact him.

Clarkesworld has been doing an excellent job for years. It publishes a lot of great stories and regularly features translations of Chinese SF (notably), which is fantastic.

Unfortunately, the magazine is struggling financially. I hope more people will subscribe, especially since the subscription price is quite reasonable.

A long time ago, I tried reading a Scalzi’s novel (I don’t remember the title), but it just didn’t click with me. I found it rather bland.

Do someone think I should give him another chance? Especially since he’s also written a few short stories that I haven’t checked out yet. If they’re any good, I’d consider interviewing him.

I’m French, and I have heard multiple times of Jouvenel, but as a classical liberal thinker (On Power, his most famous book). Just did a small research and saw some of his book aren’t about political philosophy, one of them being titled The Art of Conjecture. Guess you’re thinking about this one. Would you say it’s worth reading?

That’s true, thanks. Modified it.

Cool, you’re welcome!

Another talented Nigerian writer. You can check the interviews of two other ones on SFSS (About section, others, #nigeria).

Ha!

Understood, TY. Decided to put it on my to read list.

My attention span has been really harmed by my phone usage, but at the time I first read it, I was able to read 400 pages a day (same nowadays). I have focus problems watching videos or movies, but reading is just in my blood. I think the explanation lies in the fact that reading, if you think about it, is non-stop action/interaction, contrary to videos. I guess that’s why I can read so much without difficulty.

So the attention-span probably wasn’t the reason it bored me.

I’ll maybe try again in the future.

Ok that’s probably why the book bore me so much.

OK, I’ve browsed a bit on this and stumbled on this post:

https://aestheticpoint.blogspot.com/2014/01/galapagos-by-kurt-vonnegut-jr.html?m=1

Definitely putting it on my to-read list.

Didn’t know that, amazing trivia! Found the story on Stackexchange.

As for Asimov’s long-form writing: I tried to read Foundation, but I couldn’t get into the first book (it bore me to death). I might try again in the future, maybe Ive tried reading it too young.

Idk. Any Asimov fan here?

That’s a super short/efficient text.

Great read, TY!

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. (Lord Acton)

Forgot that line :

“Forget about it,” he said. “He’ll do all right.”

Its the father, probably thinking his son will ace the test.

Ha! Super interesting. First time I hear about that.