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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby thegreekdog on Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:14 am

Army of GOD wrote:We sure are entering a Brave New World.

I hope we don't need an Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 2nd Edition.


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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby BigBallinStalin on Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:33 am

Is it time for Economics in One Lesson?
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby Army of GOD on Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:58 am

Cosmopolitan?
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby jonesthecurl on Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:10 am

x-raider wrote:
jonesthecurl wrote:You have no Foundation for saying that.

Liar!

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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby tzor on Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:36 pm

The correct pronunciation for I.A. comes from a poetry contest held by a famous sci-fi magazine publication where the sci-fi author was supposed to be the last thing in the poem. The poem written for I.A. involved skinny dipping.

"But when it came to swimming,
His clothing he must doff.
Without a moment's hesitation,
Isaac Asimov."

[(h)as 'em off]
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby Dukasaur on Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:10 pm

BigBallinStalin wrote:Is it time for Economics in One Lesson?

You forgot Moby Dick?
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby jonesthecurl on Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:22 pm

Not his best-known...
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,191,126 in Books
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby tzor on Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:53 pm

My first Asimov book as a very young child was "The Moon." I still have it today in the basement. Come to think of it I was only 6 when this children's book came out in 1967.
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby Army of GOD on Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:54 am

tzor wrote:My first Asimov book as a very young child was "The Moon." I still have it today in the basement. Come to think of it I was only 6 when this children's book came out in 1967.


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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby jonesthecurl on Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:12 am

tzor wrote:My first Asimov book as a very young child was "The Moon." I still have it today in the basement. Come to think of it I was only 6 when this children's book came out in 1967.


I'm actually v impressed by a lot of his non-fiction. I used to love his "Asomov's Guide to Science". I've always wanted a copy of "Asimov's guide to the Bible", and I remember very fondly an article he wrote about what the Earth would be like without the Moon.

But he still couldn't write fiction for toffee.
Because he was a toilet-head.
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby thegreekdog on Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:48 am

jonesthecurl wrote:But he still couldn't write fiction for toffee.


I recollect a Far Side comic entitled "Did Not Like Dances with Wolves" where there were three people at the meeting. I think you need to start a "Did Not Like Isaac Asimov" club (you could call it "Asimov Was a Toilet Head"). And you and the three other members can complain.
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby tzor on Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:08 pm

jonesthecurl wrote:But he still couldn't write fiction for toffee.


Most of the fiction I've read from him had been pretty decent and generally a good read. I can't see how you can think he could not write fiction.
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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby TA1LGUNN3R on Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:40 pm

tzor wrote:
jonesthecurl wrote:But he still couldn't write fiction for toffee.


Most of the fiction I've read from him had been pretty decent and generally a good read. I can't see how you can think he could not write fiction.


Ditto.

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Re: Isaac Asimov

Postby jonesthecurl on Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:41 pm

Obviously you're both toilet-heads too.
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