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Originally Posted by Nilentropy

i tried for years to collect all of Asimov's "Future History" series:
I, Robot
Robot Visions
Robot Dreams
Caves of Steel
The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn
Robots and Empire
The Stars, Like Dust
The Currents of Space
Pebble in the Sky
Prelude to Foundation
Forward The Foundation
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth

well, i started off by reading the foundation series and then back-tracking to the robot series. i think that the foundation novels in and of themselves make a lot of sense until you get to foundation and earth, THEN if you're intriguied by the robots it will twist your arm into reading the robot novels going forward. of the empire novels, i really loved the currents of space. if you can pick it up, do!

i understand everyone else's comments about foundation being a bit tough due to it's originally being a set of short stories, but i have to say that it really IS some of the best scifi out there. asimov's writing style is succint and to-the-point and very seldom does he ramble on or go on tangents.