Who Was Greater - ISAAC ASIMOV or ARTHUR C. CLARKE?

there were a couple of teeny tiny dry bits throughout the middle but overall I love this book and the ending had me rushing to my laptop in order to try and explore some fan theories and explanations in order to figure out what on Earth I just read because the ending blew me away kind of confused me but also blew me away

if you like sort of diving into a rescue mission using science using ideas I think this book is a lot of fun it's a little bit more plot focused a little bit more character focused than some other clar books

childhood's end was a 10 out of 10 for me this is a top 10 science fiction book of mine I absolutely love it

so I love Foundation I thought the World building was incredible the ideas were amazing the characters weren't the focus but it did even have some memorable characters as well

the first part I found to be a little slow and a little bit anticlimactic and the mule isn't present for that story then in the second half yes I loved every scene every chapter featuring The Mule but chapters without the mule I found to have some of the most annoying characters that Asimov has ever written and the rest of the story really just didn't click for me

I thought that each of these stories had a very clear idea and was interesting to explore and the first and last stories were my favorite so that was nice for those to be bookended by my favorites

I did really like the premise and trying to picture some of the visuals in this book was really fun it was kind of trippy but there were a couple of slow moments and the ending is a thought-provoking one and one that I've grown to appreciate over time

I didn't find the ideas quite as intriguing and interesting as I did with the First Foundation book but I did like the conclusion I found it to be rather clever and satisfying and a worthy conclusion to the original Foundation Trilogy

I thought as a detective story it was pretty good and in terms of futuristic World building it was also pretty good but neither of hit the high points that I know asov is capable of

the World building here is incredible the way that Arthur C Clark was able to imagine some of this technology especially in 1956 for a city that is exists billions of years in the future was just absolutely mind-blowing to me unfortunately I think this story progressed in a way that wasn't quite as satisfying as the opening was

the second half is absolutely brilliant the ending is so clever I love how everything came together and not only is the ending awesome it retroactively makes the first half better

I love the ending just a little bit of a lull in the middle that prevented this being an all-time favorite but I really enjoyed The Fountains of paradise

I actually really liked part one it's a three-part book there's a great premise at the beginning of the story and I was definitely intrigued and hooked in by the first part and then part two which some people love it is very ambitious it is unique but I found it to be a little weird and confusing

I really liked what was going on initially but this book dragged a little bit for me it's around 300 Pages which is on the longer side for Arthur C Clark and I don't think it had quite as much plot progression not as many new ideas as some of his other books