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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Adapts the Unadaptable
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Netflix’s 3 Body Problem Adapts the Unadaptable

Wired  

So there may be some trepidation for those weighing whether to watch their new show. But 3 Body Problem has all the ingredients that made those early seasons of Game of Thrones so compelling: jaw-dropping set pieces, a web of interpersonal conflict, and an existential threat slowly marching toward the gates. For me, there were so many scenes in the …

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Foundation course: Your guide to Asimov’s books and backstory
3 years, 3 months ago

Foundation course: Your guide to Asimov’s books and backstory

Hindustan Times  

The books, the legend, the legacy, the series, and why the origin story of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation sounds so much like how JK Rowling first dreamed up Harry Potter. Born in Soviet Russia in 1920 and three when his family moved to New York City, he grew up reading voraciously — locals recall he had a book under one arm …

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Foundation: The 'unfilmable' sci-fi epic now on our screens
3 years, 3 months ago

Foundation: The 'unfilmable' sci-fi epic now on our screens

BBC  

Foundation: The 'unfilmable' sci-fi epic now on our screens Apple TV+ Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are among the greatest sci-fi books ever written – but no one has dared to film them, until now. More "I remember James Cameron just looked at me and said, 'That one's hard'," Goyer tells BBC Culture in a video call. I hope we get …

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Why I turned to Isaac Asimov in the pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Why I turned to Isaac Asimov in the pandemic

Live Mint  

Would you live in a world that is supremely comfortable, where robots do all the work and all disease has been eliminated? That’s the universe Issac Asimov imagines in The Naked Sun, a murder mystery set on a planet called Solaria. If you are sick of reading about disease in the news and hence not inclined to get an additional …

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The Producer of 'Foundation' on Asimov, Covid-19, and Race in Sci-Fi
4 years, 6 months ago

The Producer of 'Foundation' on Asimov, Covid-19, and Race in Sci-Fi

Wired  

The Covid-19 pandemic all but halted Hollywood. Even if you’ve never read the Asimov novels, which were first published in the 1950s, every science fiction fan has felt their influence, especially in genre classics like Star Wars. He can’t talk much about his new show yet, but WIRED still picked his brain about Asimov, Covid-19, and genre fiction’s unique capacity …

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