HW: Song refs

[Eric Siegerman]

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
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> -----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
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> >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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