Isaac Asimov

[IronParrot]

I finally started I, Robot after years of claiming to be a sci-fi fan without actually having read it.

I don't know if any of you get the same sense, but here's the thing: while Asimov's ideas were certainly critical to the development of both sci-fi and how we generally perceive robotics today, and while he expresses those ideas very well in how he uses his own Laws of Robotics in his stories, I don't much like his prosaic style. Maybe it's because it has been a long time since I read anything so straightforward and simple when it comes to prose, aside from whimsy pieces like Artemis Fowl, but Asimov seems to have a lot of writing habits similar to the ones I've tried to break out of since junior high.

Is this my problem, or his?