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AlCarroll

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10. Asimov on time travel

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 06:35 PM

Oct 2020

He was the first author to not trust people to cause disaster, even on something like killing Hitler before he comes to power.

And then I found out why. He was one of the few Jewish people to not lose anyone to the Holocaust.

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Thinking about Asimov's robot novels... [View all] Jeebo May 2020 OP

The Robot or I, Robot series and the Foundation series... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #1

I haven't read them in years either. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #5

I always think of a scenario, I think it was The Martian Chronicles captain queeg May 2020 #2

You may be thinking of The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #3

I believe that was a Bradbury story, just not Martian Chronicles. eppur_se_muova May 2020 #6

Daneel book Caves of Steel, 1st of series, 1 I liked best. Have you read Nightfall? Great story bobbieinok May 2020 #4

I like the Daneel books best Susan Calvin May 2020 #7

The thing about Asimov, is that he really hated people. SinisterPants May 2020 #8

My all time favorite Asimove book PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #9

Asimov on time travel AlCarroll Oct 2020 #10

The Naked Sun Retired Engineer Bob May 2021 #11