tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post113968938571458836..comments2023-05-23T21:36:11.670-04:00Comments on After Earth: IntroductionJohnny Pezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07430884010621619176noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-71575516046175250092023-05-23T21:36:11.670-04:002023-05-23T21:36:11.670-04:00Hello
I'm still waiting for the continuation ...Hello<br /><br />I'm still waiting for the continuation of this story. I suppose it's not going to happen but I thought I'd state again how much I liked it. I also noticed you no longer have that Twitter account (the alt history one) so I hope everything is OK with you.<br /><br />Anyway, best of luck.<br /><br />jomjomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07434524390348199427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-22225433731128973492021-01-24T00:09:08.737-05:002021-01-24T00:09:08.737-05:00Thanks for the story! I'm glad for the closure...Thanks for the story! I'm glad for the closure to these character's stories after Foundation and Earth.<br /><br />For the other commenters, I believe the gift is related to the glowing sentence in Trevize's mind in Chapter 14. <br /><br />It seems like the plot line with the impending crisis was not wrapped up, though. K Songnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-79074453641849392742020-12-23T00:21:47.325-05:002020-12-23T00:21:47.325-05:00http://mysite.verizon.net/beyond_asimov/ is again ...http://mysite.verizon.net/beyond_asimov/ is again throwing "The connection has timed out" so we will missed out the things you had removed from here.<br /><br />Please add them back.<br /><br />--<br />I've moved "The Imperial Conference" to its own blog with a link in the sidebar. I've also moved "Safety First" to a separate Asimov Fan Fiction blog along with some other stories from Beyond Asimov, and it too now has a link in the sidebar.<br />--<br /><br />none of the above two links can be found on sidebar. please make them clearer. Or add them back on this site itself.<br /><br /><br />Thanks.Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837642686093424633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-11075604931266308612019-06-30T07:44:15.107-04:002019-06-30T07:44:15.107-04:00I just found this today after recently finishing &...I just found this today after recently finishing "Foundation And Earth" again for the umpteenth time and I have to say, it looks fascinating. Is there a link somewhere to download the whole story as one file? And I don't know if anybody would be interested in it or not, but I've been writing a sequel to "Foundation And Earth" entitled "Foundation's Future," and have uploaded part of it here:<br /><br />https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1791689/1/Foundation-s-Future<br /><br />Didn't mean to intrude, though, on what looks like a fine continuation of the story by you here.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714630010955343769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-28799572981787645232018-02-01T15:56:05.704-05:002018-02-01T15:56:05.704-05:00Hi Johnny,
It's Nolo again, as eager to hear ...Hi Johnny, <br />It's Nolo again, as eager to hear from you about this story as before.<br />Hopefully a once-per-year message from me will not bother you.<br />Hopefully that will encourage you to write some more!<br />Nolo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-42259241807379856632017-01-30T14:56:52.378-05:002017-01-30T14:56:52.378-05:00Hi Johnny
Is there any chance that you will contin...Hi Johnny<br />Is there any chance that you will continue this story?<br />What's already out is amazing. I think Mr. Asimov himself would encourage you to go on!<br />It'd be great if you could share your plans.<br />NoloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-16345054593978457132014-07-06T22:56:40.830-04:002014-07-06T22:56:40.830-04:00I'm still waiting to see if you finish off thi...I'm still waiting to see if you finish off this novel. I felt it was pretty good and deserved a finish...of course I'm still wondering about that "gift. heh<br /><br />jomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-12748117366176040412013-08-16T10:08:57.032-04:002013-08-16T10:08:57.032-04:00This was excellent Johnny. True to Asimov's wr...This was excellent Johnny. True to Asimov's writing style and story. Thank you. Wish you would write some more.mickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700458842711601421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-28394228613415107052012-08-25T15:45:18.999-04:002012-08-25T15:45:18.999-04:00Is it possible you might finish this story? It wa...Is it possible you might finish this story? It was pretty damn good! I'd love to know what the "gift" was all about....<br /><br />jomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-75440707793807779732012-05-22T10:47:35.844-04:002012-05-22T10:47:35.844-04:00How exciting to find this the day I finished Found...How exciting to find this the day I finished Foundation and Earth! And how fascinating (though predictable, really, given how human minds, and the universe itself, work) that your point of departure for a sequel is something I'd probably never have thought of:)Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492995302233789239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-10425925717137270652011-08-19T19:04:45.032-04:002011-08-19T19:04:45.032-04:00I was aware of the fairly disappointing prequels a...I was aware of the fairly disappointing prequels about Hari Seldon written by Asimov, of which I only read one. However, I wasn't aware people were calling it a "Second foundation trilogy". This isn't a good idea, as (1) it wasn't a continuation of the story line and is thus inaccurate to call it that, and (2) It failed to meet the high standards of the actual Foundation Trilogy. The closest thing to the beginning of a new Trilogy was Foundations Edge and Foundation and Earth, which did meet those very high standards. Indeed, "Earth" was a masterpiece, tying together nearly a half century of two story lines, and answering all questions of most of the Asimov books. However, I'm not sure if the tendency for people to write books on the same story lines after a great author dies is the best idea; the ones riding on Frank Herberts tails, for example. Still, if you're doing it, I'll at least take a look, don't want to see ungrateful.dr reality checknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-76244157273935021332009-07-01T15:28:18.754-04:002009-07-01T15:28:18.754-04:00After readying 'Foundation and Earth' I wa...After readying 'Foundation and Earth' I was very much excited to read the following novel and further the adventures of Trevise and his companions! Little did I know that it was the final novel dealing those characters nor that it was the final novel chronology-wise. <br />I greatly enjoyed your book and hope to read more from you! Keep up the excellent work!!<br /><br />MTLBiceps@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-50302659726980423862008-10-18T17:07:00.000-04:002008-10-18T17:07:00.000-04:00I agree with what you say about doing it yourself ...I agree with what you say about doing it yourself if you want something done right (or at all).<BR/><BR/>I too have written Asimov fanfic, particularly anything to do with my favourite threesome, (the gorgeous!)Daneel and Elijah and Giskard.<BR/><BR/>It was so sad that Earth could not be visited because of radioactivity and I longed for F & Earth to carry on so I could go on reading about Daneel.<BR/><BR/>Wish I could find somewhere to post my fanfics but sadly Asimov seems to have fallen out of fashion in favour of boring stuff like Harry Potter / Anime / Manga.<BR/><BR/>'CatBar' (not really 'anonymous' but I can never get the Google Blogger thingy to work!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-192668501800888092008-10-03T19:19:00.000-04:002008-10-03T19:19:00.000-04:00Hi. I just have read your whole story and I found ...Hi. I just have read your whole story and I found it VERY interesting and amusing. I am an argentinian Asimov´s fan that misses very much flying across the cosmos within Asimov. Please continue the story as soon as you can.<BR/>I´m also very pleased to find others who like Asimov´s stories, as I do. I think he was a vissionary man... or could he be a future´s man? <BR/>Again, thank you very much.<BR/>Federico.Fedeluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230040878096749328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-77316572847272718432008-09-20T01:47:00.000-04:002008-09-20T01:47:00.000-04:00Hi, I was looking for more information concerning ...Hi, I was looking for more information concerning what happened "after earth" for companions Golan Trevize and Janov Pelorat. I have always felt that their adventures could and needed to be expanded on. they are compelling and I always end up reading edge and earth about once a year. I am actually looking forward to reading what you put together and am interested to see if your writing style will do them justice and how well you evolve the characters. Frankly authors Bear and Brin don't make feel as satisfied in their storytelling as Mr. Asimov and I personally don't enjoy their additions to the Foundation series. I really don't understand why no one has added more stories about the adventures of the crew of the Far Star to the offical canon.madpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634731044455292367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-2775709659492230452007-05-07T22:34:00.000-04:002007-05-07T22:34:00.000-04:00Your story, upon reading it on paper, proved to be...<I>Your story, upon reading it on paper, proved to be so much more interesting than I ever thought possible! All of the promises that Trevise explained to Lizalor which were abandoned in "Foundation and Earth" were made apparent, and brought to logical conclusions in your continuation of the story.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm glad you think so. That's what I'm after.<BR/><BR/><I>The fact that it is only 26 pages makes me wonder if you can really write a book to continue the story to 300 pages or more (considering that "Foundation And Earth" is 356 pages long, and considering that "Foundation's Edge" is close to that in length)..</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to reach novel length here. After all, the Foundation was originally a series of short stories, and Asimov himself decided to go back to the short story format with <I>Forward the Foundation</I>. I intend to let "After Earth" find its own length, whatever that turns out to be.<BR/><BR/><I>he prosepect of another Seldon Crisis kept me on my toes as a reader, and I can only hope that something significant will happen soon, in the timeline of the story.</I><BR/><BR/>Another thing "After Earth" has in common with the early Foundation stories is that I have the ending in mind, and a vague idea of how to get there, but the details work themselves out as I'm actually writing. Rest assured, something significant <I>will</I> happen by the time we reach the end.<BR/><BR/><I>Thanks so much for keeping Golan Trevize alive! I hope that I am not the first to be interested in this fan continuation of the story line!</I><BR/><BR/>You're very welcome, and no, you're not the first to be interested. I do intend to continue the story, but I can't make any promises about how quickly I'll do it.Johnny Pezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430884010621619176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22312377.post-67266676362518231012007-04-13T19:59:00.000-04:002007-04-13T19:59:00.000-04:00Hello. I thought I was a thourougly-read Asimov...Hello. <BR/> I thought I was a thourougly-read Asimov fan, until I encountered your "After Earth" story while randomly rooting around online after Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died at the age of 82.. <BR/> I am new to the Asimov alt-fiction scene, and new to any kind of alt-fiction (I imagine there are Larry Niven alt-fiction scenes, and the same for many more of my other favorite authors, such as Carl Sagan, Stephen J. Gould, Robert Silverberg, Harlan Eliison, A. C. Clarke, and others). I am a lng-time reader of Asimov's output, and have many of his books in my library. I have both hard-cover and paperback versions of many of his works, including all versions of his auto-biography, as well as a lot of his science books and science fiction collections...<BR/> Your story "After Earth", upon first review, struck me as uninteresting and strictly (may I say "robotically") following the Master's dry and spare style of writing, while the conversational pitting of ideas against other ideas was there, with both sides fully represented, but rather boringly presented, like a new and untried writer. But in the end, I took the text of "After Earth" and used an old Macintosh OS 9 program to print both sides of pages with 2 columns and an appropriately readable font to make sense of your tale, and it was 25 pages long in Appleworks 5, printed on both sides of paper. It turns out that I have difficulty reading stories online, and prefer to read from paper rather than on a laptop screen, even if it is large...<BR/> Your story, upon reading it on paper, proved to be so much more interesting than I ever thought possible! All of the promises that Trevise explained to Lizalor which were abandoned in "Foundation and Earth" were made apparent, and brought to logical conclusions in your continuation of the story.<BR/> The only matter of the story of Trevise that I must disagree with is the end of chapter 19 (forgive me if I am inaccurate on this fact). Golan has often been portrayed by the Master (Asimov himself) as the un-marryible type, that is, would never officially MARRY another person of the opposite sex. Add to that the fact that the Master mentioned that Lizalor would exhaust him sexually with their "vigorous" copulations, early in "Foundation and Earth", it confounds me to believe that Trevise would marry Lizalar, i the end...<BR/> I must tell you that YOUR continuation actaully made a lot of sense of this incongruity, that Trevise, as he was a character, COULD marry. In the end, regarding what you have written so far, I LOVE this continuation of the story.<BR/> The fact that it is only 26 pages makes me wonder if you can really write a book to continue the story to 300 pages or more (considering that "Foundation And Earth" is 356 pages long, and considering that "Foundation's Edge" is close to that in length).. <BR/> The prosepect of another Seldon Crisis kept me on my toes as a reader, and I can only hope that something significant will happen soon, in the timeline of the story.<BR/> Thanks so much for keeping Golan Trevize alive! I hope that I am not the first to be interested in this fan continuation of the story line!<BR/> Sincerely-<BR/>-Don Jewell, currently of Hamilton, OH<BR/>email-fwikke@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com