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  • 1.  Fun Post: Isaac Asimov's Birthday

    Posted 01-03-2025 11:19

    In honor of Isaac Asimov's birthday (January 2nd) as well as National Science Fiction Day, what is your opinion of Asimov? Are you a fan of his? If so, what's your favorite book? Or is there another sci-fi author you prefer?



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    Jill Capello
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  • 2.  RE: Fun Post: Isaac Asimov's Birthday

    Posted 01-06-2025 15:20

    Growing up I was a big fan of Asimov. He and Robert Heinlein were my top two sci-fi authors, in no particular order. There's no one book or short story by either of them that jumps to the top of my list. That said, the recent discussion / hype about AI has caused me to flash back more than once to Asimov's robot series, and specifically his notion of the positronic brain. He had what I thought at the time were novel and interesting ideas about how humanity might curb the freedom of AI-based automatons and to what extent they might have rights.



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    Paul Rubin
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    Michigan State University
    East Lansing MI
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  • 3.  RE: Fun Post: Isaac Asimov's Birthday

    Posted 01-07-2025 11:48

    I second Heinlein, and would add Ray Bradbury.  Ready plenty of both.  I also at some point started reading Orson Scott Card....due to the Ender's Game series of books.  I think reading more fiction might be a good resolution for this year.



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    Nicholas Ulmer
    CANA LLC
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  • 4.  RE: Fun Post: Isaac Asimov's Birthday

    Posted 01-12-2025 18:40

    Honestly speaking, I haven't read much of Asimov's works. But I am a big fan of his desire to educate himself with an unending supply of books and magazines at is family store in New York.



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    Jayant Singh
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