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SinisterPants

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8. The thing about Asimov, is that he really hated people.

Sat May 9, 2020, 12:59 AM

May 2020

He was a complete elitist, borderline fascist, complete sexist.. His solution was ALWAYS the 'strong man'

(pls don't tell me he was outspoken about Hitler and Stalin...I know, he wanted a different type of strong man.)

Most clear in his Foundation series, that he really believed most individuals were irrelevant pawns. Can't respect that, at all.

"When I was a child, I read childish things." Time to toss Asimov into the dust-bin of history, he simply doesn't hold up.

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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

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

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

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