Excellent post! I devoured these books when I was young - fascinating sci-fi based on a short technological step into the future, and then following the science. Deceptively simple but profound outcomes.
I recently found a popular science book he wrote in 1954 on “The Chemicals of Life”. A classic example of informative, clear, simple writing to communicate complex ideas. He must have been a great teacher.
Great post! Yours are among the few that I read these days because they always teach me something new.
Now I feel compelled to go back and binge all the robot books. You made me realize that I basically rewrote The Machines in my own short story, The Bubble. New ideas are hard!
Excellent post! I devoured these books when I was young - fascinating sci-fi based on a short technological step into the future, and then following the science. Deceptively simple but profound outcomes.
I recently found a popular science book he wrote in 1954 on “The Chemicals of Life”. A classic example of informative, clear, simple writing to communicate complex ideas. He must have been a great teacher.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for mentioning The Chemicals of Life. I’ll definitely check it out.
Great post! Yours are among the few that I read these days because they always teach me something new.
Now I feel compelled to go back and binge all the robot books. You made me realize that I basically rewrote The Machines in my own short story, The Bubble. New ideas are hard!
Thank you, T.D. I am really glad you enjoyed it.
Rediscovering the same problem independently might be the best proof that the problem is real. Asimov would probably appreciate that.