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palmotea ◴[] No.43647496[source]
I wouldn't put too much stock in this. Asimov was a fantasy writer telling fictional stories about the future. He was good at it, which is why you listen and why it's enjoyable, but it's still all a fantasy.
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1. triceratops ◴[] No.43648860[source]
> Asimov was a fantasy writer

Asimov was mostly not a fantasy writer. He was a science writer and professor of biochemistry. He published over 500 books. I didn't feel like counting but half or more of them are about science. Maybe 20% are science fiction and fantasy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov_bibliography_(cat...

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2. staticman2 ◴[] No.43651536[source]
Asimov was not savy at computers and found it difficult to learn to use a word processor.