Space Opera, Week of Oct. 23
Like last week with Urban Fantasy, I would like to
spend some time talking about the author of this novel because he is what drew me
to read this for this week. The book
that I read was Foundation and I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov reads to
express his views and life. He uses sci-fi as a more appealing way of talking about
modern problem that he would like people to be more aware of. It’s time to talk
about the novel and book of short stories and Asimov himself.
Isaac Asimov lives as a Jewish boy in Post World
War One Europe and under the rule of the Soviet Union. He later moved to the
Untied States where he aided the effort for World War Two. He bounced around a
few jobs while writing. (asimovonline.com). He was a smart young man who knew about the
world around him.
In Europe,
he saw all the post war madness that had been mirrored in the US naively. When
dangerous ideas are posed with out looking at the harmful things that could
come out of it. One of the only ways to get Americans to listen was media. And
when he started writing in 1939. I, Robot had to do with Human Rights. The
ideas that a morality code is made for how all robots should act and what
humans should expect from them, mirror a lot of aspect the 20th and
21th century world.
Foundation handles a hard political bend without
calling the common people or other leader dumb inn any way. They are shown more
as tricked than anything and as we find out the truth with them. Had a jarring
affect on the readers as the political world often does in our world.
Works Cited
Isaac Asimov Home Page, www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html.
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