Asimov's Sci Fi mag under attack

Elionwyr · 02-21-2004, 09:30 AM

This is one of the scariest things I've read in a long time.

http://woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?s=%20%201645394

Happy Monkey · 02-21-2004, 10:12 AM

I still have a crate of old Asimov's, from when Asimovv himself still wrote a column. Great magazine.. If my "to read" shelf wasn't overflowing, I'd probably subscribe again.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-21-2004, 02:56 PM

Sound's like everyone along the line, was judging the book by it's cover or more accurately by it's title. Asimov + Sci-Fi = OK.

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Great magazine.. If my "to read" shelf wasn't overflowing, I'd probably subscribe again.

Monkey, you wrote that after reading about the content that was objectionable to the mother and media? Hmmm.

wolf · 02-21-2004, 04:59 PM

Wow. Asimov's SF sure has changed since I was a subscriber.

Never remember anything even near that "exciting" in there, unless you count getting that special feeling of excitement when there was a new Harlan Ellison story being published ...

Happy Monkey · 02-21-2004, 09:55 PM

Hey, while I was in junior high, Asimov's turned me on to one of my favorite SF books, John Varley's Steel Beach, a book with a fair amount of unusual sexual content. Why would I want to deny that to the next generation?

Happy Monkey · 02-21-2004, 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Sound's like everyone along the line, was judging the book by it's cover or more accurately by it's title. Asimov + Sci-Fi = OK.

Don't be too quick...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-21-2004, 10:33 PM

OK, but how many people have heard of Asimov, but never read him, at least extensively, and Sci-Fi means Twilight Zone.
Like I said, judging a book by it's (perceived) cover.

Troubleshooter · 02-26-2004, 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
OK, but how many people have heard of Asimov, but never read him, at least extensively, and Sci-Fi means Twilight Zone.
Like I said, judging a book by it's (perceived) cover.

Speaking of Asimov, and I may have brought this up before, who here else here is pissed about them renaming the Asimovian Laws of Robotics as 3 Laws Safe in the new "I, Robot" movie?

http://www.irobotnow.com/index.php

Happy Monkey · 02-26-2004, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by Troubleshooter
Speaking of Asimov, and I may have brought this up before, who here else here is pissed about them renaming the Asimovian Laws of Robotics as 3 Laws Safe in the new "I, Robot" movie?

They didn't rename them. In Asimov's books, they were never named after him, obviously. They were just called "the three laws". The "I Robot" ads are in the form of an advertizing campaign for a personal robot, which is advertized as being "3 laws safe". In other words, safe because they follow the three laws.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2004, 11:25 AM

From the link I get:
Company = Irobot
product = NS-5
a feature of product= 3 Laws Safe

Under 3 Laws Safe it says trademark and copyright 2004 TCF
What is TCF, another company licensing some sort of software or safe guards to Irobot?

02-21-2004, 09:30 AM	#1
Elionwyr Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 89	Asimov's Sci Fi mag under attack This is one of the scariest things I've read in a long time. http://woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?s=%20%201645394

02-21-2004, 10:12 AM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I still have a crate of old Asimov's, from when Asimovv himself still wrote a column. Great magazine.. If my "to read" shelf wasn't overflowing, I'd probably subscribe again. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-21-2004, 04:59 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Wow. Asimov's SF sure has changed since I was a subscriber. Never remember anything even near that "exciting" in there, unless you count getting that special feeling of excitement when there was a new Harlan Ellison story being published ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-21-2004, 09:55 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Hey, while I was in junior high, Asimov's turned me on to one of my favorite SF books, John Varley's Steel Beach, a book with a fair amount of unusual sexual content. Why would I want to deny that to the next generation? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-21-2004, 10:33 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, but how many people have heard of Asimov, but never read him, at least extensively, and Sci-Fi means Twilight Zone. Like I said, judging a book by it's (perceived) cover. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-26-2004, 11:25 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	From the link I get: Company = Irobot product = NS-5 a feature of product= 3 Laws Safe Under 3 Laws Safe it says trademark and copyright 2004 TCF What is TCF, another company licensing some sort of software or safe guards to Irobot? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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