What are you reading this week of August 13, 2017?

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1. Reading "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov.

This book was 1st published in 1951 a year after my birth. There are some concepts that are dated but the story is very good. I 1st read the trilogy around 1970, and I am amazed at how Mr. Asimov wrote totally blind to the accomplishments of women in science, mathematics and other things. So far the only mention of women has been in connection with children and very little of that. Mr. Asimov was a man of his times and I can recognize that women as a whole were a bit invisible to me. There were women I knew who were definitely not the stereotypical mother/nurturer/sex objects as portrayed in literature, the press and film.

I am glad that it became clear to me that my thinking has evolved and is still evolving.

When I finish Foundation I may start the second Foundation and Empire or read Axeman's Jazz by Juiie Smith. It takes place in New Orleans- so that should be fun as I have strong childhood memories of the Crescent City.

Thanks for sharing about the books you are currently reading.