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Conversations with Isaac Asimov (Literary Conversations)

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The idea of gathering together the major interviews Isaac Asimov gave in his lifetime is an excellent one. Asimov was one of the most knowledgeable people who ever walked this way. I also believe that he was quite a limited person in certain ways, and do not for instance, especially love the way he 'factualized' the study of Literature. I also do not think that his political views were the most astute and deep.
The world of knowledge is as he knew better than anyone else, vast and accelerating at a faster and faster rate. His great knowledge in the scientific and technical realms was not matched by a comparable knowledge in the humanistic or I would even dare to say 'human realms'.
However he was not simply a person who absorbed knowledge but rather someone who had original thoughts and ideas, perhaps the most famous of which are his 'Laws of Robotics'.
These interviews will help even those who knew his work best(And no one could possibly know it all) enhance their knowledge of a remarkable mind.

The material came fairly quickly and were in the condition I expected from the description. I appreciate the honesty of the people involved in this transaction.Conversations With Isaac Asimov (Literary Conversations Series)