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Posted by Audiophilander (A) on February 02, 2006 at 09:27:04

In Reply to: Re: Nice response; I love "rebuffoon" (got to add it to my catalogue of Auphisms)... posted by Guy on February 2, 2006 at 04:41:50:

In his later years, when invited to speak at conventions, he refused to travel unless by train. As I recall, he never drove anywhere and didn't like to fly.

>>> "AuPh, do you know of Isaac Asimov's NON-sci-fi writings? He wrote the intros to "Psychology Today's" textbook chapters and those vignettes are superb." <<<

Yes, he did a lot of non-fiction writing (he was quite a prolific writer), but I guess he'll always be more known more for his speculative science fiction, especially the Foundation Series and Rules of Robotics.

I did not know Isaac well at all, but I had an opportunity to chat with him on a couple of occasions when he was a convention guest; he was a very likeable fellow and an absolute genius.

Here's a trivia question: Do you recall the name of the short lived TV series from the late 80's he worked co-created?

Cheers,
AuPh

PS: [Historical note] - Tragically, Isaac Asimov contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion received when he had triple bypass surgery in the early-80's and died from heart and liver failure in the early 90's, a result of AIDS related complications. He kept this a secret at the request of his doctors who at the time were concerned about a nationwide panic over tainted blood supplies as routine testing was in it's infancy. This only came to light fairly recently in a biography about his life written by Janet Jeppson Asimov.