Comments on: AsimovLite

AsimovLite

nthdegx — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:55:08 -0800

AsimovLite. Three cringe-worthy Isaac Asimov short stories. Also: Asimov's "Lecherous Limericks", quotables and links to related essays.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:58:33 -0800

I'm not making a judgement on the quality of the limericks, here, but I include them because I think it is interesting that they exist. I'm happy to talk-up the short stories, though, as I'm a fan of the baaaaaad pun. It's very possible that others may find them shocking, but I suspect that was the intention.

By: Zonker

Zonker — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:17:16 -0800

Asimov was a big fan of the awful pun. This one is my favorite, although it's probably not funny unless you know who Robert Forward was, and have read some of Forward's stories.

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:13:41 -0800

One more to cringe upon.

By: Zonker

Zonker — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:54:07 -0800

I had thought that this one was Asimov's, too, but apparently Arthur C. Clarke is to blame.

By: realjanetkagan

realjanetkagan — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:41:32 -0800

nthdegx: The short-stories you link are indeed "cringe-worthy" but I don't for a minute believe Isaac wrote them. That's not his voice. He was finer at a toss-off limerick than some of my favorite MeFites are at a toss-off haiku. I can't give you my favorite Asimov limerick because he wrote it for a kid friend of mine and it's not mine to share, but here's the one he tossed off for me the same day back in '87: "There's a lassie who's named Janet Kagan Whose morals are those of a pagan She charges no fee But gives it for free To anyone but Ronald Reagan." Cheap shot, yes, but he knew me well enough to get that right.