Agreed. Part of the reason I love reading Asimov is that he focuses so much on the ideas he’s presenting, without much attempt to invest the reader emotionally in the characters. I find the latter impairs my ability to synthesize useful general truths from fiction (especially short stories, my favorite form of Asimov).
Agreed. Part of the reason I love reading Asimov is that he focuses so much on the ideas he’s presenting, without much attempt to invest the reader emotionally in the characters. I find the latter impairs my ability to synthesize useful general truths from fiction (especially short stories, my favorite form of Asimov).