with the arrogance of youth, before that I had always thought of it as "something you can avoid with sufficient forethought" - but sometimes forethought isn't enough
I think there's a generation gap there. By the time I was bringing home parental permission forms for sex ed, HIV was part of the cultural background. Rent opened when I was in middle school. We have always had AZT. Antibiotics were never guaranteed to cure your infection. Anyway. I read And the Band Played On recently, and it was very affecting, especially because I made a point of googling Asimov right after I finished it. I've spent seven years hanging out with SF fans and no one bothered to mention this to me? I remain more upset than warranted.
I don't remember a thing about Robots and Empire except maybe the cover? I liked mid-Asimov more than the later books, where all series were tied into one universe. At some point I need to find some of his nonfiction and see if it's aged well.
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Date: 2009-02-26 04:34 am (UTC)I think there's a generation gap there. By the time I was bringing home parental permission forms for sex ed, HIV was part of the cultural background. Rent opened when I was in middle school. We have always had AZT. Antibiotics were never guaranteed to cure your infection. Anyway. I read And the Band Played On recently, and it was very affecting, especially because I made a point of googling Asimov right after I finished it. I've spent seven years hanging out with SF fans and no one bothered to mention this to me? I remain more upset than warranted.
I don't remember a thing about Robots and Empire except maybe the cover? I liked mid-Asimov more than the later books, where all series were tied into one universe. At some point I need to find some of his nonfiction and see if it's aged well.