HW: Song refs

[Bryan Young]

Yes, it was an "introduction" to a volume of Asimov's work that I was
reading where Isaac gave the credit to Campbell.  Sorry I can't remember the
exact title, but I've read so many of them now...  Great stuff!

Bryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Siegerman <erics at TELEPRES.COM>
To: BOC-L at listserv.spc.edu <BOC-L at listserv.spc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Song refs


>Yah, as editor of Astounding/Analog, Campbell did a lot of that.
>As well as, to paraphrase Asimov (in reference to himself),
>"recognizing the latent talent in the writer of a hopeless first
>story".
>
>The thing is, since the Laws of Robotics thing was presumably a
>private conversation, the fact that we know about it says one of
>them spilled the beans.  To me, the important question is, which
>one?  I doubt it was Campbell ("Isaac says he invented the
>things, but they're *mine*!"); from what I've read of Campbell,
>that wasn't his style.  So it must have been Asimov, giving
>credit where it was due.
>
>On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 07:57:59AM -0600, Bryan Young wrote:
>> It was John W. Campbell who basically gifted the 3 Laws to Asimov, but
>> Asimov is almost universally credited with it.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bwaje <bwaje at CLARANET.FR>
>> To: BOC-L at listserv.spc.edu <BOC-L at listserv.spc.edu>
>> Date: Monday, January 29, 2001 3:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: HW: Song refs
>>
>>
>> >Good work on the origins of songs!
>> >Two remarks so far :
>> >Robot's laws are not from Asimov, but someone (I will try to remember
who
>> >he was) who 'gave' the idea to Asimov.
>--
>
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