Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it. 


Isaac Asimov
January 2, 1920: Prolific science fiction writer Isaac Asimov was also quite the fanboy—he was a member of societies dedicated to the Nero Wolfe mysteries, Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and the world of Sherlock Holmes.

good to know that Asimov can be a fanboy too
i am very much of fan of SH

A Colossal Thought

Are you a reader? I am.  I read lots of stuff, i think i have mentioned before, from the sublime to the ridiculous, all of them interesting.

i  read for the fun of it, and i come by this love of reading from both sides of the family.  My Mom's family are readers and they have tons of books.  Unfortunately though, the floods in the Sampaloc area during those times have destroyed some of them.  From my Dad's side are all prodigious readers, and all the family have libraries.  Some of those books have been given away.

i must have read over a 1000 books, and i havent included the romance books i read in High School, or numerous Peanuts, and my collection of Calvin and Hobbes.

i try and read all of Neil Gaiman's, and i have a favorite one.

i have books on Socrates, Plato, St. Augustine, and Descartes. I also have books on Lemony Snicket ... and whodunnits galore (Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, The Cat Who series by Lilian Braun..... and more).

i tend to love fantasy and sci-fi so I have Tolkien, Asimov, StarTrek (TOS, of course), Ray Bradbury, Clarke, and one of the books i love is by Madeleine L'Engle. She wrote A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet .... as a cover of one of those books is supposedly a seraphim.  Yes, and the art work -- see the link --- depicted reminds me of that.

you do remember what seraphims are, right?

Click here for an interesting peek at surreal-wildlife-paintings-by-tiffany-bozic/?src=footer

Isaac Asimov

Someone told me that reading Asimov made one a nerd.
I happen to disagree.  You are free to object, or discuss in a comment.

I like Asimov. He is famous for his Foundation series, and his Robotic series. And yes, I have read most if not all his books.  Happenstance that they were available when i wanted to read them, and when i had time.

Part of the wonder of his books was his wonderful ability to look past things present,  tinker with it, and make it the future.

I remember Elijah Bailey, Danilaw, and the words psychohistory .... and the 3 Laws of Robotics
Any takers for a discussion of any of his books?