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The work of Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

By: Lyle H.

Isaac Asimov was born in the Soviet Union in 1920 in the town of Petrovichi. He first tried writing when he was 11, and wasn’t very good. He wrote his first Science Fiction story in High School, and had it published in the paper. The other students liked the story, so he submitted it to “Astounding Science Fiction”, the science fiction magazine edited by Campbell. Campbell recognized his experimental writing style and decided to meet him in person. That’s how Asimov got started.

His writing style is one of mystery, one of his short stories, “Pâté de Foie Gras”, is about “The Goose”, the mythical goose that lays the golden eggs. The government is trying to figure out why the goose is laying golden eggs, and how to get the eggs to hatch. Through the story, they managed to figure out why it’s laying the golden eggs, and I won’t say, because that would ruin it. Then at the end, the government says that it contacted John W. Campbell, who contacted Isaac Asimov, who wrote the article, and the government approves, so the last sentence is, “So, any ideas?” The government was hoping that the public would think it was a gag article and send in their ideas, allowing The Goose’s eggs to hatch, so can have an entire gaggle of Geese That Lay The Golden Eggs.

So, as seen in “Pâté de Foie Gras”, Asimov was a very interesting writer, he was also a chemist, so it made it even easier for him to write Science Fiction stories. He wrote over 500 other books as well, some of his stories, such as “I, Robot”, have been made into feature length films. He also, like all of the great minds of the Earth, he was picked on and bullied in school. So, it just goes to show you, the guys who bully the geeks and nerds will end up out of a job someday.

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