Last year I burned through the entire Space Odyssey series. It gave me a whole new appreciation for the story, and for the first time I actually understand the psychedelic ending of the movie. One of the coolest parts of the books was discovering that HAL’s consciousness survives and ends up traveling alongside Dave Bowman’s ethereal self.

I’ve also been thoroughly enjoying Apple TV’s Foundation series, and I recently found Prelude to Foundation at a thrift store while hunting for Dune. It dives deep into Hari Seldon’s quest to develop psychohistory, and that final reveal about Demerzel’s true identity gave me chills. That alone pushed Asimov’s entire robot series onto my reading list.

I downloaded the original Foundation trilogy for my Kindle and finished the first book a few nights ago. It feels like watching a 3‑dimensional chess match of political prowess. It’s good — and it definitely has its moments — but I actually enjoyed Prelude more. I’m a few chapters into Foundation and Empire now, and so far it’s on par with the first book.

Since I know you guys are all well‑read, I’m hoping you can help me expand my list of must‑reads — sci‑fi, literary classics, poetry, history, whatever you think belongs on a “read before you die” list.

Oh, and Project Hail Mary was an absolute delight, and the movie adaptation was fantastic.

I bought Asimov’s Foundation trilogy and just finished the first book. There’s a relevant quote from Salvor Hardin before he handled the first ‘Seldon Crisis’ by withdrawing tech support from his adversary:

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

We funded and co-developed the “Golden Dome”. We’ve given Isreal a total of over 300 billion dollars, 25b over the last three years.

If everyone’s right that Iran was no threat to the US, why are we fighting this war for Isreal.

Here’s to hoping this year may be a brighter one.