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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I think that was a mistake. It wasn't the original intention. When Heinlein dropped his ' future history' chart, it rocked the sci-fi world and other authors tried doing something similar.
Of course, Heinlein had planned it even if it wasn't widely known. For Asimov, it required a bunch of tinkering and messing around. And really, what's wrong with an author having multiple worlds rather than tying them all together? |
It's divisive, certainly. Personally, I liked him tying it together and looked forward to seeing where he was going with it.
Asimov didn't tie them together until the late 80s (1988 with
Prelude to Foundation), while Heinlein published the Future History chart in 1953, so it's unlikely it was because of that.