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   Dorothy J Heydt to howdy@matthewgraybosch.com   
   Re: Character Description   
   26 Feb 19 22:16:42   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <20190226151654.53c6de06@asgartech.com>,   
   Matthew Graybosch   wrote:   
   >On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:46:56 GMT   
   >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'll repeat the old tale about Isaac Asimov's work, in the   
   >> off-chance that some may not know it.   
   >   
   >I don't think I've seen it before. Thanks for sharing it.   
   >   
   >> Each woman described herself.   
   >   
   >I wonder if Asimov tried the same experiment with a male character on a   
   >group of men.   
      
   If he did, he never recorded it in his copious autobiography, and   
   we can't ask him now.   
      
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