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user-inactivated  ·  3930 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scifi club: Fantastic Planet discussion/voting for club #4

There's a non-Will Smith version of I, Robot! Awesome! By the way, the reason I haven't commented so far in these threads is because I've found that after everyone else speaks, I've found that I have nothing left to add, but I haven't dropped out. I'm still enjoying this immensely. Rendezvous with Rama looks to be an interesting read, and I'm a big fan of Clarke, so I put in my vote for that. But then, I'm equally interested in a non-Will Smith version of I, Robot. Hmm.





user-inactivated  ·  3930 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thirding R with R, really great read. Can't remember how long it is.

user-inactivated  ·  3930 days ago  ·  link  ·  

256, or a byte of pages (according to Wikipedia, anyway).

kleinbl00  ·  3930 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He means "the book." There actually is a non-Will Smith version of I, Robot but it's a script by Isaac Asimov and Harlan Ellison that was basically killed by Star Wars:

It's not a great script. The concept art is pretty dope. The Will Smith version was actually a spec script called Hardwired that they welded the 3 laws of robotics onto.

If you're a fan of Clarke and you haven't read Rendezvous with Rama, that's the one you need to read. It is, in my opinion, the best book he ever wrote. I include 2001, Childhood's End, Sands of Mars, Songs of Distant Earth and Hammer of God in that list.

Ducttape2021  ·  3929 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Rendezvous with Rama is my favorite science fiction story, second only to The Mote in God's Eye.

user-inactivated  ·  3930 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    He means "the book." There actually is a non-Will Smith version of I, Robot but it's a script by Isaac Asimov and Harlan Ellison that was basically killed by Star Wars:

Oh... now I'm a little disappointed.

I've heard that it's the best of Clarke's books, but I haven't found the time to read it... this is a good excuse then, we should go with that then.