A Conversation for 'The Complete Robot' by Isaac Asimov
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Foundation Series. - A little confession
Casanova the Short Posted May 25, 2001
To what does the Gnu relate in your name? Are you some kind of cattle, or are you available to the public as open source? If so, where can I download you? 
R. Daneel Olivaw ?
R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) Posted Aug 23, 2002
It would make more sence to include the R. Daneel novels and short story (Mirror, Mirror) in an article about the foundation books than in one about the Early robot stories. After all, they take place in a much farthre future, and are more closely related to the foundation than to the _I, Robot_ and _The Rest Of The Robots_ stories.
R. Daneel Olivaw ?
Sonorus ((2*0)-sqr(4)*1+9)*6 Posted May 5, 2003
Oddly enough, I dont know how many of you out there have read the biography of DNA, but in it he is quoted in reference to Asimov, "I wouldn't employ him to write junk mail"
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R. Daneel Olivaw ?
TowelMaster Posted May 14, 2003
I would have to agree with DNA. I never really thought the writing in itself was one of the stronger sides of Asimov. Every now and then his ideas would be great(i.e. The Foundation), but there were so many writers in those days who wrote infinitely better(I mean technically). I'd settle for Eric Frank Russel anytime! Did anybody read 'One Voice'? Fr***ng beautiful. And the first SF-fan who doesn't smile while reading 'Wasp' must have sold his sense of humour...
So I would agree with DNA on that. But then again : this was DNA we're talking about! Apart from the obvious writers(Pratchett et. al.) I don't know any contemporary SF-/Fantasy-writer who wrote better than Douglas.
R. Daneel Olivaw ?
TowelMaster Posted May 14, 2003
Sorry sorry sorry, that story is called 'Somewhere a voice", not "One Voice". ...
And then of course there was James Blish... hmmmmmmmmmm...... Cities in Flight, Surfacetension, all so beautiful, even after 50 years.
R. Daneel Olivaw ?
R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) Posted May 14, 2003
I think his nonfiction is written very well, although his fiction writing isn't the best, it is good because of the ideas involved.
But then, since I'm one of his fictional characters, I'm slightly biased.
R. Daneel Olivaw ?
TowelMaster Posted May 16, 2003
Oh, I'm not slagging off Asimov.I think he has been very important for SF. But as you say: lots of ideas but his technical writingskills were not as good as many others in the field. Then again; they didn't have the ideas Asimov had...
On the other hand, a lot of Asimov's ideas were akin to 'lets put the Wild West in space and write a story about it'.
I just try to remember his strong material. I prefer to judge somebody by his/her best achievements, not by the average... 
TM.
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