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From: walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Asimov is gone but not forgotten
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:04:29 GMT
Organization: Punk Walrus Enterprises, Inc.


One thing I want to stress about his death. Yes, he was one of the greats
in SF, but some people are taking this a bit out of proportion.
 
He is not "the last." What about Hal Clement? A.C. Clarke? etc... and when
they go, there will always be someone who will have their own style. Our
kids will mourn the loss of Terry Brooks, P. Anthony, Steven King, etc...
The cycle goes on, and while we cannot forget the older masters of the 
SF&F literary community, we should not snub the new ones that take root.
 
I mean, we accepted them as our literary forefathers accepted LoveCraft,
Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and others....
 
I think the best tribute to the venerable SF author is to think about the
new writers he has influenced.
 


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From: Laurie Mann
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: ASIMOV
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:57:14 GMT
Reply-To: lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com

Marvin Minsky writes
>In article <1992Apr14.030221.20311@cs.yale.edu> allen-benjamin@CS.YALE.EDU  
(Benjamin Allen) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr13.190258.9443@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>  
chad@pms704.pms.ford.com (Chad Childers) writes:
>>>Thank you, Dr. Minsky.  It really helps to hear such a respected scientist
>>>say what we all feel, and say it so well.  Perhaps Dr.A. will never be  
honored
>>>on a postage stamp like Elvis, but some of us know what's real.
>>Excellent idea!
>Hmm.  Who would one write letter to, to get this done?

I'd try writing to the Postmaster General, Washington, DC.

In fact, I  think I'll do that today.  This is an excellent idea.

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From: cm325d19@socrates.umd.edu (cm325d19)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: "SF" versus <spit> "SciFi"
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:52:31 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland University College

In article <01GISSA1WKKW000R8S@muwayb.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> DAVIS@licr.dn.mu.OZ.AU writes:
>Time for some Serious Discussion.  During the reorg there was a lot of 
>discussion about whether we should have *.sf.* or not, and whether "sf" 
>covered both science fiction and fantasy.  I believe the eventual consensus 
>was that "sf" could stand for "speculative fiction", and bring everything 
>under its umbrella.  This is fine with me.  What really gets up my nose 
>though is the abbreviation of Science Fiction to "SciFi".  When *I* was a 
>youngster I was brought up correctly!  Surely the One True Abbreviation is 
>"SF"!  Yet even in some of the tributes to Asimov we read the heretical 
>"SciFi".  This has got to stop!  Surely the Net wields sufficient power to 
>really make a difference here.  Come on people!  Stand up for what is 
>right!  Stamp out the infidels who declare themselves by the use of this 
>abominable abbreviation.
>Ian Davis                               DAVIS@licr.dn.mu.oz.au

I just love to see people with such open minds - don't you? :-)

From what I've heard, SciFi was coined by Forrest Ackerman, an old
and respected fan.  And if that origin isn't correct, the truth
is probably as venerable.

This is as bad as the people who argue about how one should refer to
the Society for Creative Anachronism.
--
Covert C Beach
Disclave '92 Chair Pro Tempore / Disclave '93 Chair
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From: a_rockwe@oz.plymouth.edu (Hiya *smile* )
Subject: Hiya.. :)
Reply-To: a_rockwe@oz.plymouth.edu (Hiya *smile* )
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 17:05:36 GMT

Hiya.. I'm new to this newsgroup, but I have a question that I was
wondering if someone could help me with.. I was wondering if anyone
out there new the intro to "The Twilight Zone".. Thanks in advance for
any help anyone can give me.. Please respond via email.. Thanks..  :)

					Thank You Muchly,
					-Angela Rockwell

a_rockwe@oz.plymouth.edu



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From: kfree@pnet01.cts.com (Kenneth Freeman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc,rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: ASIMOV
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:16:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: crash.1992Apr08.091652.23440
Organization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon CA

prh-b@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
>wjs@doc.ic.ac.uk (William Joseph Sharp) writes:
>>I heard on the news last night that Isaac Asimov was dead. Can anyone confirm this, or
>>offer any more info, such as why did die? Had heard he was not all that well, but
>>that he's dead ...
>>
>>Bill
>>
>
>There was an obituary in todays Independent, so it is definite. I think he
>died of old age ( he was getting on a bit ) in New York City. It says that
>since 1990 he had not been writing due to ill health. Also another
>Foundation book he'd been working on ( Forward to Foundation? ) will be 
>published...
>
>It also gave a list of books, one of which I didn't recognise called "The
>Death Dealers". Was this released under another name in the UK? I think
>that "Murder at the ABA" was titled "Authorised Murder" here.
>
>...all in all it's put quite a dampner on the day...
>
>-Paul

 
The 7 April Los Angeles Times had an apt headline: Isaac Asimov,
Science Fiction Virtuoso, Dies.
 
 
 
      He was 72, and died of heart and kidney failure. "Isaac Asimov,
the biochemist and prolific author with an infinite imagination who
penned nearly 500 books of science fact and fiction, died Monday in
New York... The author, who won a remakable number of Hugo awards
for science fiction, said earlier this year that a prostate operation
had slowed him down, prompting him to suspend his monthly column in
Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine."
 
      A sad day for science fiction fans. One of the Grand Old Men
is gone.
---
Treat with respect the power you have to form an opinion. -Marcus Aurelius
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From: rose@acf9.nyu.edu (David Rose)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc,rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: Moorcock's reference to Harlequin
Keywords: harlequin,moorcock
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:48:04 GMT
Organization: New York University

rose@acf9.nyu.edu (David Rose) writes:

>  In a couple or so of his stories, Michael Moorcock alludes to an 18th
>or 19th century story of Harlequin and Poirot.  I believe he does this
                                        ------

  I did mean Pierrot, not [Hercule] Poirot.

--
David Rose
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
rose@math12.cims.nyu.edu
From: joel@upchrch.UUCP (Joel Upchurch  )
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Heinlein(Lazarus Long)
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:23:05 GMT
Organization: Upchurch Computer Consulting, Orlando FL

pp8851@sjfc.UUCP (Pamela Principe) writes:

> Why doesn't Lazarus ever go back and get Dora(his great love from _Time 
> Enough For Love_? He has the time travel at his disposal. And to me Dora 
> was the only woman (besides his mother) that he truely loved without 
> reservation. 

I think you may have missed the point. The reason that Dora died is
that she wished to die. If Lazurus had wanted to keep her alive
against her wishes he could have kidnapped her to Secundus and had
her rejuvenated involuntarily when they both lived together. He
offered to have her rejuvenated, she turned him down, he respected
her wishes. The people they rescue are the ones that died involuntarily,
like Libby and Maureen.

(If your mail bounces use the address below. My map entry is new.)
Joel Upchurch/Upchurch Computer Consulting/718 Galsworthy/Orlando, FL 32809
joel@peora.ccur.com {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd,ucf-cs}!peora!joel (407) 859-0982
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
From: pkeller@archimedes.ethz.ch (Philipp Keller)
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character  (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Keywords: coolest, sf, character, Blake's 7, Avon
Organization: ETH Zuerich
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 10:06:03 GMT


I personally think that James Bolivar diGriz the 'Stainless Steel Rat'
one of the coolest characters of SF is.
One can also find a bunch of real cool guys in some books of
Mike Resnik, for example Santiago or the hired gun in
Walpurgis III whose name I have forgotten.
But of course nobody beats MrSpock at being cool.

     Philipp Keller 

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From: memaso@uta.fi (Markku Sorto)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc,rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: ASIMOV
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:38:51 GMT
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland

Ahem.....
I'm trying to not to sound disrespectful, but his nearing death was clearly
to be seen on the quality of his latest (1980+) books. IMHO, they were pretty
lousy. Although he was one of the grounding pillars of sf, I think that I'm
not very disappointed that I will not be able to read any new books of his.

Still, feeling pretty sad for his departure (nostalgia perhaps?)
Tumpa

PS. It's not the end of the world you know?!?
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From: prh-b@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc,rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: ASIMOV
Keywords: asimov, death dealers, foundation
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:40:45 GMT
Reply-To: prh-b@SoftEng.UUCP (Paul R. Henry )
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

wjs@doc.ic.ac.uk (William Joseph Sharp) writes:
>I heard on the news last night that Isaac Asimov was dead. Can anyone confirm this, or
>offer any more info, such as why did die? Had heard he was not all that well, but
>that he's dead ...
>
>Bill
>

There was an obituary in todays Independent, so it is definite. I think he
died of old age ( he was getting on a bit ) in New York City. It says that
since 1990 he had not been writing due to ill health. Also another
Foundation book he'd been working on ( Forward to Foundation? ) will be 
published...

It also gave a list of books, one of which I didn't recognise called "The
Death Dealers". Was this released under another name in the UK? I think
that "Murder at the ABA" was titled "Authorised Murder" here.

...all in all it's put quite a dampner on the day...

-Paul
From: mancer@meltdown.chi.il.us (Matt Sheahan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character  (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:22:59 GMT
Organization: The Meltdown - A Team Star BBS

In my opinion, the coolest sf character always has been, and always will be,
Lazarus Long.  Jubal Harshaw and Merlin of Amber (bet your ass Amber is sf,
not fantasy) come close, but nobody can touch Lazarus.  Not even your friendly
neighborhood hoopy froods.

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From: rstevew@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (Richard Steven Walz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character  (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Keywords: coolest, sf, character, Blake's 7, Avon
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 20:19:57 GMT
Organization: The Armory

In article <1992Apr10.100603.4476@bernina.ethz.ch> pkeller@archimedes.ethz.ch (Philipp Keller) writes:
>
>I personally think that James Bolivar diGriz the 'Stainless Steel Rat'
>one of the coolest characters of SF is.
>One can also find a bunch of real cool guys in some books of
>Mike Resnik, for example Santiago or the hired gun in
>Walpurgis III whose name I have forgotten.
>But of course nobody beats MrSpock at being cool.
>
>     Philipp Keller 

Don't you think that Data ranks with Spock. Differently, of course,
but of him could be said that he was among the small group of us who
are the "most... human." - Kirk, at Spock's burial in space.
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From: tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Asimov: a righteous dude?
Date: 16 Apr 92 18:48:16 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.

|    *That's* what amazed me most about Dr. A.  That he could draw the
|    line at God.   I should think he would have left *that* an open
|    question.   Especially in view of all the evidence we have of the
|    mind-boggeling complexity of the universe.

Complexity does not imply a conscious designer. Read "The Blind Watchmaker"
by Richard Dawkins for a very readable and cogent set of arguments.

Complexity of result does not imply complexity of cause. Consider the 
complexity of the Mandelbrot set (and chaotic systems in general) and the
simplicity of the generating equations.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
From: ndj20710@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nathan D. Johnson)
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 22:53:16 GMT

Trent the Uncatchable ( Castanaveras )

Anyone whose idea of getting revenge on a world-encompassing, military-
government complex is to make them look silly, has to be cool. 
Besides have any of these others been seen by reliable witnesses walking 
through walls?
From: trent@termnet.chi.il.us (Brian Issleb)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Even more things vs.things
Date: 10 Apr 92 00:32:06 GMT
Organization: Temple of Pong BBS

In article <Apr.6.23.23.28.1992.25844@remus.rutgers.edu>,
krebs@remus.rutgers.edu (Michael Krebs) writes:
>Ok, since I posted Aliens vs :terminator,predator, robocop and permutations 
>of the above. I think I either missed some of the replies or no one posted any
>so here goes another one: The Thing (from another world) vs. The blob.
>Sure, thing can become anything it touches, but can it overwhelm the blob and
>kill it ? could the blob just absorb the thing before the thing got too big?
>Would they both just realize that they were meant for each other and get
>married? If the latter occured, who'd be best man? (easy:any cthulu god) .
>Actually the hardest question is who'd be the bride or groom.
>
>    Also, what about DEEP THOUGHT vs. DATA ?
>
>Finally, who's the coolest S.F. character. Not most powerfull or strongest or
>anything like that , just the Coolest Person In Sci-Fi.
>
>My vote goes to either Zaphod Beeblebrox or Han Solo (they're both are just too
>
>cool). Runner-up would have to go to Hudson from Aliens, he got real cool
>towards the end ,too bad he got killed.*sigh*
>
>By the way, that proposes another question that has been bugging me since I saw
>
>Aliens. When Ripley went back to get Newt, in the book she encountered Burke
>,but not Hudson, he was abducted only a few minutes before Burke ???
>
>If the above was already dealt with already, TOUGH , I'm new to this NewsNet 
>thing SO THERE.
>
>    ^^^^        ^^  ^
>   I OO I
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>    III 
> / \(|)/ \
>|   \|/   |
>     I


How about Tribbles vs. Ewoks?


My vote for coolest sci-fi character would have to go to "Slippery" Jim
diGriz.

                
 
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From: wt0b+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Henry Timmins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc,rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: ASIMOV
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:55:15 GMT
	<1992Apr7.124133.17876@fwi.uva.nl>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I have to say, my favorite short story of all time was 'The Ugly Little
Boy'. A very unique piece, for Asimov.

Asimov said that he considered that story his SECOND favorite of his
stories, followed by 'The Last Question' (which I thought was fair, but
not great)

-Me
From: voyager@irishmvs.cc.nd.edu (R.allen Jervis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Laws of Robotics
Date: 17 Apr 92 07:13:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Notre Dame

Can anyone tell me what Asimov's  laws of Robotics are? I find myself para-
phrasing them and would prefer to see them verbatim.
Thanks! I'd look them up myself, but all my books are in storage because
of the run-off from the Chicago Flood. ;-)

R.allen Jervis
Notre Dame,IN
voyager@irishmvs.cc.nd.edu

sig: If the original flavor of a drink is awful enough, it will be impossible to 
tell its regular taste from its diet version. Uh-huh!
From: hughes@dogwood.botany.uga.edu (wayne)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Keywords: coolest, sf, character, Blake's 7, Avon, Picard, Cat
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:01:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: rigel.1992Apr12.230138.3829
Organization: Botany Department - U of Georgia, Athens

In article <s-6tp-p@rpi.edu> kasprj@rpi.edu writes:
>
> 
> Even though this is extremely silly, I may as well put my vote in for the
>coolest SF character. In my opinion, there's no contest: it's Niven's 
>Beowulf Shaeffer. 

   A *very* good suggestion, anyone who could successfully blackmail
   the puppeteer species in one story and then hoodwink them in another
   is pretty cool indeed.


>The Stainless Steel Rat makes a good runner-up.

    Yeah, but he got paid for it.

    wayne
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Editorials, cartoons, etc. about Asimov
Date: 13 Apr 92 06:42:22 GMT
Organization: UC Davis Dept of Applied Science at LLNL

In article <yz7t=5f@rpi.edu> kasprj@rpi.edu writes:
> Andy Rooney's column which appeared today dealt with Asimov. It's interesting
>in that Rooney only read two of Asimov's books, neither of which were SF. It 
>deals more with Asimov on a personal level.

Could someone PLEASE e-mail me the name of a newspaper which carried
Andy Rooney's column today (Apr. 12)?  I looked through over a dozen
Sunday papers today without finding it.

Ed
ed@wente.llnl.gov
From: mahesh@numenor.next.nd.edu (Mahesh "BigMan" Subramanya)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:19:01 GMT
Organization: University of Notre Dame

How about --->

a)  The Doctor   (specifically, incarnations iv, v, and vii)

b)  Trent Catanaveras(?)  (I laughed for about fifteen minutes when he  
faced off M. Vance in the press conference)

c)  Emile Khadij (The Man who never missed)  (pulp fiction, but the dude  
DID take down an empire)

d)  Hagabard Celine  (conspiracy/SF??) (though Sigsimundo seems to be  
getting there...)

e)  Havailand Tuf (Tuf Voyaging - George R.R. Martin)   (Brings a whole  
new meaning to the phrase "immense coolness")

f)  Retief  (who to my recollection, has been fazed maybe once...)
  
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From: mss2@quads.uchicago.edu (Michael S. Schiffer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Coolest SF Character  (was Re: Even more things vs.things)
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:25:06 GMT
Reply-To: mss2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <mancer.04ao@meltdown.chi.il.us> mancer@meltdown.chi.il.us (Matt Sheahan) writes:
>In my opinion, the coolest sf character always has been, and always will be,
>Lazarus Long.  Jubal Harshaw and Merlin of Amber (bet your ass Amber is sf,
>not fantasy)

Oh, good.  Now we can have the "Define sf, fantasy, and the differences
between them" discussion/flamefest again.  It's been months!  :-)

Mike
-- 
Michael S. Schiffer, LHN, FCS	"Never let your sense of morality prevent
mss2@midway.uchicago.edu	 you from doing what's right!"
mike.schiffer@um.cc.umich.edu	 --Mayor Salvor Hardin of Terminus
mss2@usite-next.uchicago.edu     Isaac Asimov, _Foundation_
From: ecl@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Oldest Living Old Masters/FAQ (was Re: Asimov - The Passing of a True Great)
Date: 15 Apr 92 11:59:22 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <2171@transfer.stratus.com> lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com writes:
> J. E. Shum writes
> How old is Ray Lafferty?  He looks pretty old, but he's looked pretty
> old for the last 17 years.  Other writers/editors born in 1920 or
> earlier include Ray Bradbury (who looks about 20 years younger),
> Fred Pohl, Ian & Betty Ballantine and Andre Norton.

Lafferty--11/7/14 (age 77)
Pohl--11/26/19 (age 72)
Bradbury--8/22/20 (age 71)

(Tuck and Nicholls don't list the Ballantines.)

Evelyn C. Leeper  |  +1 908 957 2070  |  att!mtgzy!ecl or  ecl@mtgzy.att.com
--
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..."
					 -- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
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From: kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones)
Subject: Re: Asimov: a righteous dude?
Organization: UUNET Technologies, Inc
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:22:23 GMT

burt@techbook.com (Burt Keeble) writes:
 >     *That's* what amazed me most about Dr. A.  That he could
 >     draw the line at God.  I should think he would have left
 >     *that* an open question.  Especially in view of all the
 >     evidence we have of the mind-boggeling complexity of the
 >     universe.

Some of it may have just been personal preference as much as lack
of evidence.  I rmember reading a comment from Asimov that
he preferred nothingness to either Heaven or Hell.



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From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Subject: Re: ASIMOV
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 04:59:18 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.030221.20311@cs.yale.edu> allen-benjamin@CS.YALE.EDU (Benjamin Allen) writes:
>In article <1992Apr13.190258.9443@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> chad@pms704.pms.ford.com (Chad Childers) writes:
>>
>>Thank you, Dr. Minsky.  It really helps to hear such a respected scientist
>>say what we all feel, and say it so well.  Perhaps Dr.A. will never be honored
>>on a postage stamp like Elvis, but some of us know what's real.
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Excellent idea!
>
>Ben Allen
>allen-benjamin@cs.yale.edu

Hmm.  Who would one write letter to, to get this done?
From: trent@termnet.chi.il.us (Brian Issleb)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Isaac Asimov:  1920-1992
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:28:37 GMT
Organization: Temple of Pong BBS

Now that REALLY depressed me.