Fifteen years

[ttch]

Seeing Roboramma's sig in a recent thread,

"... when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together."
Isaac Asimov
www.houseoflucas.com/rob
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I went to the website (Eight-Limbed Yoga with Rob Lucas) and got to the article from which the quote was taken:

The Relativity of Wrong
Isaac Asimov - The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 14 No. 1, Fall 1989
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Read it.

He's been gone fifteen years.

I miss Isaac Asimov.

 

[HghrSymmetry]

I miss Isaac Asimov.

Agreed.

 

[rockoon]

I have one of the books this essay is in, and the book itself is named after it.

 

[kerikiwi]

15 Years?!?! That long ?
I once (in a place long ago and a time far away) set out to buy as many of Asimov's books as I could find in second hand book shops. I only have 74!

 

[clerihew80]

That's a classic article. I've referenced it several times whilst arguing in internet forums.

Collecting all of Asimov's books can be difficult. Apart from the sheer number, many are hard to find. I've been trying to get my hands on his Annotated Paradise Lost for some time. I can't find it at my library or at any used book store and the only copy on Amazon sells for $650.00!

 

[Susan Gerbic]

I think I have all his SF books now. I have a long way to go to get all his science books. I really liked his autobio's and his Guide to the Bible and History of the World. I can't stand his Norbert books.

He was dead when I discovered him (sigh)

Susan