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From: HeyBub on 7 Jul 2010 17:19 SkippyPB wrote: >> >> It's from the book "Isaac Asimov's Lecherous Limericks," a >> collection of his naughtier nods. >> >> He said when he composed the above, it was the epitome, could never >> be improved upon, and never wrote another. >> > > I thought that Issac Asimov was a "she". > Hardly. He passed away in 1992 after having written more than 500 books. If one had to pick the ten best science fiction books of all time, most would agree two would be by Asimov ("I, Robot," and "The Foundation Trilogy"). He also wrote such diverse items: Isaac Asimov's Guide to the Bible (two volumes) Isaac Asimov's Guide to Greek and Roman Mythology Asimov on Numbers Asimov on Physics Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare For his last twenty years, he was married to a psychiatrist. He had a novel way of dealing with the curse of "writer's block." In his study he had six electric typewriters on a long table. He would type away on one project until he hit a wall. He would then roll to the next typewriter and pick up where he had left off on that work. By the time he reached the sixth project, he could return to the first with renewed vigor. In his later years, he turned out over 5,000 words a day.
From: Howard Brazee on 8 Jul 2010 10:18 On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:20:30 -0400, SkippyPB <swiegand(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote: >>It's from the book "Isaac Asimov's Lecherous Limericks," a collection of his >>naughtier nods. >> >>He said when he composed the above, it was the epitome, could never be >>improved upon, and never wrote another. >> > >I thought that Issac Asimov was a "she". Could be the name isn't familiar to me, but Isaac Asimov was famous for being a "dirty old man", even writing _Sensuous Dirty Old Man_. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: SkippyPB on 8 Jul 2010 12:33 On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:18:41 -0600, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: >On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:20:30 -0400, SkippyPB ><swiegand(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote: > >>>It's from the book "Isaac Asimov's Lecherous Limericks," a collection of his >>>naughtier nods. >>> >>>He said when he composed the above, it was the epitome, could never be >>>improved upon, and never wrote another. >>> >> >>I thought that Issac Asimov was a "she". > >Could be the name isn't familiar to me, but Isaac Asimov was famous >for being a "dirty old man", even writing _Sensuous Dirty Old Man_. I read a lot of Asimov as a kid and I thought I had read that "Issac Asimov" was the pen name of a woman. I obviously have him confused with someone else. Regards, -- //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- "Without Deviation From the norm, progress is not possible. -- Frank Zappa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve
From: Howard Brazee on 8 Jul 2010 13:28
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:33:01 -0400, SkippyPB <swiegand(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote: >I read a lot of Asimov as a kid and I thought I had read that "Issac >Asimov" was the pen name of a woman. I obviously have him confused >with someone else. I grew up thinking that "Andre" was a girl's name, as the only Andre I was familiar with was Andre Norton. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |