Hi all. As everyone who reads this bit of dreck knows, I'm not very disciplined when it comes to posting. Heck, sometimes weeks can go by without a new post from the Cyborgelf (and I know you loyal readers out there are champing at the bit to get a new piece of Sci-Fi wisdom from me). So, for the foreseeable future, one of my good friends & sponsors will be doing some guest posting here at the home of Science Fiction & Fantasy. TFAW, or Things From Another World is a great Sci-Fi/Comic Book shop that really has a great take on pop culture, Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc... In addition to having some really great merchandise, they tend to really know us, their customers and they ahve a knack for giving us what we want. So keep an eye out for future guest posts from them, and visit Things From Another World for a massive selection of Star Wars, Hellboy, Manga, Superheroes and other pop culture favorites.

When I started this blog, I really wanted to concentrate on "classic" Science Fiction, Heinlein, Tolkien, de Camp, etc... But I also want it to be a sort of reading diary. I read a lot, and I switch back and forth from old sci-fi to new, fantasy to space opera and even into thrillers and more mainstream stuff. So, I'll just have to see how this "Classic science fiction" blog evolves.

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Ok, so I'm not actually blogging as fast as I am reading. I finished the first three "Foundation" novels last week, and I'm just getting around to talking about them. I'll try to do better in the future. In any case, most of the time, Sci-Fi novels just shouldn't contain this level of commentary on the human condition. Asimov threw it all in here, the conflict of left and right brain, the dichotomy between the man of action and the man of reason, the co-existence of economic and military power, etc... In essence, I wonder if Man (capitalization mine) will be so predictable three millenia from now. The people that Asimov describes are the same people we know from down the street, and it gives me pause... Are we that far along on the evolutionary scale, that our actions (from a sociological standpoint) are fixed? Surely 3,000 years in the future, our society will have different mores, different norms, so that our descendants will not react exactly as we might have. But, after some two million years, our reactions are still firmly based in physical reactions to danger, the lust for power, wealth, and how those things impact our social status. Surely our descendants will be of a higher mind... I hope, otherwise, what is the point. An endless, three thousand year quest for more power, more wealth, bigger dicks? Come on Isaac, give us some credit.