XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 8/15/09 2:14 PM, Paul S. Person wrote:   
   > On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:40:00 +0200, Öjevind Lång   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Paul S. Person"  skrev i meddelandet   
   >> news:ac2b85d8tjpbb82ekb3cdvdscltkgdb26c@4ax.com...   
   >>   
   >> [snip]   
   >>   
   >>>>> So the nuclear war presumed in the /very/ early novel (the protagonist   
   >>>>> is a 20th-century man transported into the far future, and the Empire   
   >>>>> in this novel knows darn well where Earth is) is replaced by Giskard   
   >>>>> enhancing the one unique feature of Earth, acting under his   
   >>>>> understanding of the Zeroth Law, and self-destructing because of his   
   >>>>> doubts about having acted correctly. The forced evacuation would,   
   >>>>> IIRC, take about 200 years, making it difficult but not impossible.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A nuclear war is also rather clearly assumed to have taken in place on   
   >>>> Earth   
   >>>> in "The Stars, Like Dust".   
   >>>   
   >>> That's the one I was referring to. Sorry for any confusion.   
   >>   
   >> The confusion is mine. I read that book a *very* long time ago. To my   
   >> recollcection, it was not that impressive an achievement.   
   >   
   > IIRC, that was his first novel. (Well, published novel, anyway.)   
      
   No, Asimov's first novel was "Pebble in the Sky". The blame for the   
   horrid ending of "The Stars, LIke Dust" lies squarely on the shoulders   
   of Horace Gold.   
      
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