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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
There is of late a fashion in downgrading Asimov that I disagree with. His short stories are a good as Clake's, and that's saying something. The Foundation may not have aged so well; I wish the publishers would change the references to atomics.But he wrote about people, I think. Anyway, sod his snotty critics who prefer boring Connie Willis, etc. They know nothing. He was a master. Ill never forget the strange timelessness of the Spacer worlds, and poor bungling Elijah trying to survive politics, and his friends Daneel and the other one.
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I guess I haven't paid attention to the wrong crowd since I wasn't aware that it's the new fashion to downgrade Asimov. Asimov was a very smart man who wrote a lot about a lot of different subjects. Some of his stories haven't aged as well as others. That's to be expected. Kind of like Heinlein having his characters in the future still using slide rules. I really like his Black Widowers mystery stories.