Msg: 2391 *Conference*

04-16-92 21:30:50

From: DREW BLANCHAR

To : JON SHURTLEFF

Subj: RIP DR.A

It is with sad heart that I pass along the report of Dr. Asimov's passing.
 An author of hundreds (yes hundredS) of books, Isaac Asimov was a writer who
could lead the dim sighted and fill thelearned in the same work.
  
If the public doesn't know his 3 laws of robotics they miss a creed that has
kept many sci-fi writers from going too silly...thecontraint (?) of the laws
forced the writers to deliver a better produt to the readers, and forced
several design engineers to heed the consumer safety guidelines of OSHA and the
like.
  
From rockets to Shakespere, from elemental electro-magnetism to historical
review of the Bible, we'll miss you Doctor A.