tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4602815036345750931.post8922814351482651713..comments2011-01-29T13:35:20.271-08:00Comments on Report from New Frontiers: Science fiction and foresightB Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00512537182253010973noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4602815036345750931.post-17689272183264047492010-03-14T20:12:50.487-07:002010-03-14T20:12:50.487-07:00Asimov's thinking changed during the 1940s whe...Asimov's thinking changed during the 1940s when digital computers came on the scene. See: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fun_They_Had" rel="nofollow">The Fun They Had</a>John Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557999612244024954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4602815036345750931.post-25048382675902284332010-03-14T18:52:26.045-07:002010-03-14T18:52:26.045-07:00Yup, just about 40 years right on the button, and ...Yup, just about 40 years right on the button, and I wonder if I would have noticed the anachronism as much if I hadn't moved on to Asimov right away. I remember those things from the first go 'round, but perhaps now I am more steeped in the foibles of electronic communications. Who knows. And I am known for reading as much trash as quality and when I'm sick and looking for a diversion, all bets are off. Of course I didn't mention that the first one I read was one of the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind...B Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512537182253010973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4602815036345750931.post-19729661895369724742010-03-14T16:15:06.458-07:002010-03-14T16:15:06.458-07:00The time between the Asimov stories and the Elron ...The time between the Asimov stories and the Elron hugamunga novelish thingy is considerable ... but the thing is that Asimov was writing in the 1940s, in the wake of Elron's massive popularity as an Astounding writer. Elron was bidding for topseller status, and achieving it presumably by means of minions buying the book by the minions, I mean millions, four decades later.<br /><br />So was Elron mincing out his tome on his aged typewriter -- or was it just his superbody, sometimes called his church? Why not the latter - - since his church would likely not add any elements that would go against his sort of 1940s sensibility that already existed in his published fiction.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I'm bloggered (isn't that a word?) that you read Hubbard's novel -- and not just once -- !<br /><br />Cheers ...Mark Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330099814540472803noreply@blogger.com