Second Foundation (Foundation Novels)65 reviews Isaac Asimov Spectra, 1991 Fun Fun Fun + Excellent + The climax to the series, and for most people, the place to stop reading + Thinking man's Foundation novel             Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)3 reviews Richard A. Lupoff Bison Books, 2005 Me, Tarzan. You, Jane. My foot! + adventures from the earth, mars, and many more + worthwhile introduction to ERB Edgar Rice Burroughs was mediocre at best in all of his vocations. That is, until he professionally took up the pen and typewriter, after which he speedily became quite remarkable. Nowadays, Burroughs is mostly known for having created Tarzan of the Apes, but, omigosh, the man has accomplished so ...             A Princess of Mars (Mars (del Rey Books Numbered))84 reviews Edgar Rice Burroughs Del Rey, 1985 Mars rocks!.....Even in 1912...If you love sci fi this is a must read + A rollicking fun adventure + The one that started it all. + Antique book + Super Reader             Around the World in Eighty Days (Puffin Classics)83 reviews Jules Verne Puffin, 1995 Its hard to top a good round-the-world-on-a-bet story + Circumnavigate This, Jules Verne! + Great Adventure Book + A Grand Adventure             Foundation and Empire (Foundation Novels)85 reviews Isaac Asimov Spectra, 1991 Great New Edition + Great + First Time Reader of Sci-Fi + The middle book and the mule             Asimov's Guide to the Bible: A Historical Look at the Old and New Testaments56 reviews Isaac Asimov Gramercy, 1988 Must have hot Biblical Historicity students + Fascinating glimpse into the history of the Bible, with some flaws + Asimov's Guide + Asimov's outdated guide; it's still a good read + Fascinating Historical Background of Biblical Times             John Carter of Mars - volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars)9 reviews Edgar, Rice Burroughs Leonaur Ltd, 2006 A classic series from an age when boys could be boys and marvel at tales of adventure. + Where SF started, but a careless publisher + ERB's best series of books + Still a good read 20 years later.....             20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Tor Classics)184 reviews Jules Verne Tor Classics, 1995 Wow + Reading this with different eyes as an adult. + Reads Like a Travel Journal + Interesting Anachronisitc Book - Inconsistent Quality of Publishing             Foundation (Foundation Novels)344 reviews Isaac Asimov Spectra, 1991 Amazing Asimov read !!!!!! + Psychohistory and the statistical prediction of mob behaviour! + Amazing book to get hooked on Asimov! + Excellent + Science Fiction at its best             Forward the Foundation (Foundation Novels)53 reviews Isaac Asimov Spectra, 1994 Best outside of the original trilogy + Kind of a strange book, but still worth reading + A great book I am a huge Asimov fan, but I have always been dissapointed by his later fiction, which never seems to have the life and tight plotting that his earlier stuff does. That is, untll AI read Forward the Foundation. Returning to the style of the original books, Forward the Foundation is a series of ...             Pellucidar (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)11 reviews Edgar Rice Burroughs Bison Books, 2002 The return to Pellucidar! + Fun audio book + Even better than the first book. + Leonaur Ltd. is publishing the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs 21st century editions. + Lost on Pellucidar             Caves of Steel (Robot City)81 reviews Isaac Asimov Spectra, 1991 The Laws of Robotics ... this is where it all started! + Enjoyable for a novice sci-fi reader + Caves of Steel A thousand years ago, mankind began the process of leaving mother Earth and colonizing the galaxy. Fifty planets have been now been colonized by thinly spread populations of hardy pioneering spirits - rough and ready types willing to work in hostile environments with robots as help-mates and ...             The Mysterious Island (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)69 reviews Jules Verne Atheneum, 1988 marvellous translation + "All great actions redound to God, for it is from Him that they come!": Faith and Science In one of those odd coincidences, there hasn't been an english translation of this book in about 100 years, but two came out in 2000/1. One is actually available online: it was done as a labor of love by a retired engineer. I didn't like his prose style, and found that he actively mistranslated a ...             Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare26 reviews Isaac Asimov Gramercy, 2003 Shakespeare Guide + WONDERFUL! + Here it is... + Absolutely necessary + The best guide             Paris in the Twentieth Century: Jules Verne, The Lost Novel24 reviews Jules Verne, Richard Howard Del Rey, 1997 Jules Verne - Visionary Prophet + Verne as prophet rather than novelist + Verne was a genius! If you are a Jules Verne fan, this recently (1989) discovered novel, written at the beginning of Verne's career (1863), rejected by his publisher, and found in a locked safe by his great-grandson, is a must read. Although Verne's later works (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand ...             John Carter of Mars - volume 2 - Warlord of Mars & Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Classic Science Fiction; John Carter ...17 reviews Edgar, Rice Burroughs Leonaur Ltd, 2006 Leonaur Ltd. is publishing the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs 21st century editions. + The Mars saga continues + Wartlord of Mars & Thuvia, Maid of Mars; CONFUSED REVIEWS + John Carter of Mars - volume 2 - Warlord of Mars & Thuvia, Maid of Mars + The truth             The Mysterious Island (Modern Library Classics)15 reviews Jules Verne Modern Library, 2004 A Wondrous Adventure! + The ideal island: Verne underestimated the difficulties + The Mysterious Island + A Classic + I'll Be A Castaway On This Island             Return of Tarzan23 reviews Edgar Rice Burroughs Ballantine Books, 1984 It's a classic! + No Wonder Tarzan Returned!!! + Coninuing the Tarzan series + Super Reader             Foundation and Earth86 reviews Isaac Asimov Spectra, 2004 Space Odyssey! + Asimov's Foundation Series + Good read. This book, while a stand-alone adventure, also effectively links the Foundation story line with the Robot/Spacer novels. It reintroduces us to the intuitive Golan Trevize, bookish Janov Pelorat and the Gaian avatar Bliss. Trevize had been at a crossroad in the previous novel "Foundation's Edge" ...             Master of the World - Special Edition1 review Jules, Verne Breakneck Classics, 2007 bad Verne translation reissued This 138-page paperback is a gussied-up and flashy reprint of a very poor English-language translation of Verne's original 1904 French novel. It was first published in 1911 and the translator was anonymous. A much better English translation by Cranstoun Metcalfe (which is also in the public ...