I’m 8 episodes into Foundation now. Yup. It’s absolutely a yup. Wish I hadn’t kept putting it off now.
Also wish I’d read the books too.
@davep The books are classic. The series is good but completely deviates from the books in so many ways. It's still good but...it's not *really* "Foundation" in a sense. Sort of in a peripheral way for the most part.
@natharari I may have to do the books because I’m liking the themes and ideas in the show.
@davep Well, the books are great but very, very, 1950s. I mean, to a T. You have guys in "futuristic offices" still smoking cigarettes, talking with 1950s lingo...you can sort of just imagine them patting the secretary on the butt and asking for another scotch. It's very dated. But the concepts are still amazing.
@nullifidian @davep Yeah I never actually heard them (and I've got a collection of old BBC Radio shows). I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for reminding me.
I believe at archive.org or something they have the entire old BBC collection including LOTR, HHGTTG and a few other classic ones.
@nullifidian @natharari Oh that sounds worth checking out!
@davep @natharari I *may* have a copy somewhere. I’ll take a looksee, and inbox you if I do.
@natharari @davep Sadly it looks like it was an unfortunate victim of the Great QNAP Disaster of 2017. 😒 I’ll continue to have a scoot around and see if it might be lurking on a CD or old USB drive something…
I don’t have the BBC radio plays, but it’s available on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/foundationtrilogythe--bbc1973radiodrama8hours
I *do* have the books-on-tape versions (digitised) of most (if not all) of the Foundation series, if either of you are interested… HMU and I’ll package them up.
Arse. That link is missing episodes 7 & 8. This one has all 8 episodes:
https://archive.org/details/foundation-trilogy_bbc-radio_1973_complete
@nullifidian @davep I'm downloading them all now and I'll put them on my iPhone for later listening.
@natharari Hah! I can imagine. About a year back I revisited (in audio form this time) some Clarke and also some Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven stuff I enjoyed in my teens and HOLY SHIT the casual sexism I was unable to identify back in the 80s! 😬
@davep I know what you mean. I was born in 1970 so I grew up with it around me everywhere.
It's also very funny how everyone is drinking a scotch in the office. And yes, I remember people smoking in some elevators. They used to actually have ashtrays. 🤣
@natharari I've got 3 years on you kid, I used to smoke 20 a day in the office, and another 20 a day, half before work and half after. ;-P
Seriously though (none of that's a lie mind)... yeah, I look back and cringe!
@natharari Never scotch though... I guess that was how we were more enlightened then. 🤷🏻♀️
@natharari @davep The old (BBC?) radio plays are worth a listen, too for another take on the books. They should be available somewhere out there (*waves hands vaguely towards the interwebs*).