From: rcte4@jetson.uh.edu (Carpenter, Scot M.)
Subject: Re: Isaac Asimov is DEAD!
Summary: Asimov stories
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Organization: University of Houston
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:53:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.060703.6239@midway.uchicago.edu>, mfm0@midway.uchicago.edu writes...
>In one of his collections of short stories, Harlan Ellison claims
>that Hari Seldon, of the Foundation Trilogy+, was loosely named after
>him.

      Hmmmm... Maybe Ellison is way older than I think....time flies and
he does seem to have been around forever, but I sure thought the Foundation
series predated Ellison as a writer...he was known as a fan and fanzine editor
before that, so maybe Asimov did know him.  What I little I know of Ellison
and remember of Seldon, the types don't seem to match too well.

>  Ellison mentions this in the introduction to a story whose
>villian is named Rike Akisimov (note: Isaac is often Ike.)  There
>were many other writers who had a soft spot for Asimov; I'm surprised
>that the popular press coverage didn't mention them, and some of their
>anecdotes.

      Ever read the book Flying Wizards (or some such) by Niven and someone
else, mayber Pournelle?  Sorry I'm so vague, but the whole point of the 
novel was a character called Purple.....which was a rough translation of 
his real name in another language that was best rendered As A Mauve....

> 
>As another aside, how many of you out there are familiar with Harlan
>Ellison's work?  If I remember correctly, he has won the most Hugo's
>(or Nebulae, or some other prize) with 7; Roger Zelazny has 6.  But
>few SF readers seem to know about him.
> 
      	I've been out of SF for a number of years, but I'd hate to think
that few SF readers know about him.....His Dangerous Visions (editor) was
a groundbreaking departure from Campbellian SciFi, and I think he was the
one to coin the term "Speculative Fiction" to get away from the rockets 
and gadgets of Heinlein, Clarke, etc. (who I also dearly liked).  Ever see
A Boy and His Dog?  Don Johnson's first big movie and Ellison's (only?) 
movie; don't know if he did the script.  

>A friend of mine's father got his MD from Boston University.  He had
>Asimov as a prof for a class.  On one oral exam, Asimov explained,
>"To pass this section of the test, you have to correctly identify
>seven of the ten specimens I will show you."  My friend's dad said,
>"Oh, that's easy.  I can get them all."  He got 9 out of the 10 right,
>and Asimov failed him on that section of the test.
> 
>Martin F. Melhus - - - - - - - - mfm0@midway.uchicago.edu |
>Chancellor of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Lord of Odious |      Never
>Poetry, and Master of Trilobite Affairs (CoWoMDLoOPMoTA). |   Generalize!!
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>     Martin F. Melhus     | card(s) from your hand until you put it (them) |
> mfm0@midway.uchicago.edu | on the pile to say "Last Card".  If you don't, |
>                          | take your two. - Hidden texts, Book of MauMau. |

Merkin Master and Scholar of Scotch
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