Where's David Asimov?
Yuko Horiuchi
I read Yours, Isaac Asimov, collection of his letters. He tells about his
daughter often but seldom mention his son, David. Do you know why?
Wondering s.f.fan ; )
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Yuko Horiuchi
yu...@magi.com
Kirklanc
He's a loser. IA has had to support him all his life. I think he lives
in Boston and is supposed to have quite a collection of video tapes. I
think IA called him a "gentleman of leisure" in *I. Asimov".
Lance Kirk
Julianne Gilmore
In article <yuko-03079...@ts17-04.ott.istar.ca> yu...@magi.com (Yuko Horiuchi) writes:
>From: yu...@magi.com (Yuko Horiuchi)
>Subject: Where's David Asimov?
>Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 13:22:36 -0500
>I read Yours, Isaac Asimov, collection of his letters. He tells about his
>daughter often but seldom mention his son, David. Do you know why?
>Wondering s.f.fan ; )
It was also true of his earlier bios, 'In Memory Yet Green' & the other one
who's name I can't remember. I suspect that he was disappointed in his son
for some reason. I got the idea he thought his son David did not have
much ambition.
However, there are other possibilities as well which Asimov
did not go into. Its possible the son did not approve of his parents divorce
& he may well have taken his mother's side. Its also possible the son is
exceptionally shy and cares little for the fame that would naturally fall on
the son of Isaac Asimov & the senior Asimov protected him acccordingly.
That's the reason I'd prefer, but perhaps someone else with knowledge of
the situation could shed some light on the matter.
Gary Hall using my wife's Inet acct.
Ed Seiler
In article <4rfd6u$j...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, kirk...@aol.com (Kirklanc)
wrote:
>He's a loser. IA has had to support him all his life. I think he lives
>in Boston and is supposed to have quite a collection of video tapes. I
>think IA called him a "gentleman of leisure" in *I. Asimov".
Not Boston. He used to live in California, now I think he lives in Nevada.
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edse...@clark.net And if we don't come to understand that right
soon, there will be no nations, because there
will be no humanity."
-- Isaac Asimov, in _I. Asimov: A Memoir_
Joseph Francis Nebus
kirk...@aol.com (Kirklanc) writes:
>He's a loser. IA has had to support him all his life. I think he lives
>in Boston...
He's also online, so tread carefully here.
Joseph Nebus
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Steve Sloan
I got the impression from _I._Asimov_ that David has had troubles in
life because he inherited Isaac's caustic personality (which Isaac grew
out of after childhood, but David apparently did not), but not his great
intelligence, so he had similar problems with teachers and authority
figures, but couldn't make up for it with talent.
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Danny Jewers
>It was also true of his earlier bios, 'In Memory Yet Green' & the other one
>who's name I can't remember. I suspect that he was disappointed in his son
In Joy Still Felt
>However, there are other possibilities as well which Asimov
>did not go into. Its possible the son did not approve of his parents divorce
>& he may well have taken his mother's side. Its also possible the son is
>exceptionally shy and cares little for the fame that would naturally fall on
>the son of Isaac Asimov & the senior Asimov protected him acccordingly.
This is the impression I got from In Joy... & I Asimov
Matthew P Wiener
In article <4rkuk5$i...@rebecca.its.rpi.edu>, nebusj@rebecca (Joseph Francis Nebus) writes:
> He's also online, so tread carefully here.
Are you perhaps thinking of Daniel Asimov, Stanley's adopted son?
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-Matthew P Wiener (wee...@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)
Kirklanc
>>He's a loser. IA has had to support him all his life. I think he lives
>>in Boston...
> He's also online, so tread carefully here.
Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. He can prove me wrong by
signing on and talking to us about his father.
Lance Kirk
Matthew P Wiener
Why would he bother? Sheesh.
Henning Makholm
kirk...@aol.com (Kirklanc) writes:
>>>He's a loser. IA has had to support him all his life. I think he lives
>>>in Boston...
>> He's also online, so tread carefully here.
>Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. He can prove me wrong by
>signing on and talking to us about his father.
If anyone in this world who thinks he has better things to do than
discuss Asimov is to be termed looser, then the world is full of
them. In fact, I'd tend to think that's broadening the concept a
little too much - there's a lot of very talented people I respect a
lot and do not think are 'losers' whom I have never hards even mention
Asimov.
Why should the poor D.A. be judged by different standards? He didn't
choose his father himself?
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Henning Makholm - math and CS student - University of Copenhagen
mak...@diku.dk - http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm - fido 2:235/224.92
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Henning Makholm - math and CS student - University of Copenhagen
mak...@diku.dk - http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm - fido 2:235/224.92
Kirklanc
>>>>He's a loser. IA has had to support him all his life. I think he
>>>>lives in Boston...
>>> He's also online, so tread carefully here.
>>Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. He can prove me wrong by
>>signing on and talking to us about his father.
>Why would he bother? Sheesh.
You bothered.
Lance Kirk
NBowne
In article <4s69s2$2...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, kirk...@aol.com (Kirklanc)
writes:
>>>> He's also online, so tread carefully here.
>
>>>Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. He can prove me wrong by
>>>signing on and talking to us about his father.
>
>>Why would he bother? Sheesh.
>
>You bothered.
>
>
I think what was meant was, why would he bother talking about his father?
Imagine if you were the son or daughter of someone famous and all people
want to talk to you about was your Dad? Yuck.
Matthew P Wiener
>>You bothered.
No, what I meant is why should David Asimov bother proving anyone wrong
about characterizations people post about him on USENET? As in, "who
the hell is Lance Kirk?"
Matthew P Wiener
In article <4s69s2$2...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, kirklanc@aol (Kirklanc) writes:
>>>> He's also online, so tread carefully here.
>>>Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. He can prove me wrong by
>>>signing on and talking to us about his father.
>>Why would he bother? Sheesh.
>You bothered.
Correct. Why should he?
rchr...@gmail.com
> I read Yours, Isaac Asimov, collection of his letters. He tells about his
> daughter often but seldom mention his son, David. Do you know why?
> Wondering s.f.fan ; )
>
Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
> On Wednesday, July 3, 1996 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Yuko Horiuchi wrote:
> > I read Yours, Isaac Asimov, collection of his letters. He tells about his
> > daughter often but seldom mention his son, David. Do you know why?
daughter, Robyn (who, he suggests, might not be his biological daughter,
perhaps having been unintentionally swapped at the hospital), was
socially very inept. Isaac himself was as well, as he is the first to
admit, but said he could make up for it with intelligence. While David
wasn't below average in intelligence, neither was he above. He doesn't
appear to have had a very happy life, in contrast to Robyn, so there are
probably not too many fun stories to relate.
danb...@gmail.com
jrma...@gmail.com
> I read Yours, Isaac Asimov, collection of his letters. He tells about his
> daughter often but seldom mention his son, David. Do you know why?
>
> --
> Yuko Horiuchi
Writing always came first in his life, he said:
"Everything else is done only occasionally and under protest. Me and my typewriter, that's all there is in the world."
A typical Isaac Asimov working day left little time for children. It began at 7:30 a.m. and ended at 10 p.m.
-- sfgate .com/bayarea/article/Charges-shatter-Asimov-son-s-reclusion-3099867.php
stevem...@gmail.com
retr0...@gmail.com
> I read Yours, Isaac Asimov, collection of his letters. He tells about his
> daughter often but seldom mention his son, David. Do you know why?
> Wondering s.f.fan ; )
>
> --
> Yuko Horiuchi
>
> http://infoweb.magi.com/~yuko/
very interesting this dicussion was bumped in 2014, 18 years after its creation
madness...@yahoo.com
> kirk...@aol.com (Kirklanc) writes:
>
> >>>in Boston...
>
>
> >Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. He can prove me wrong by
> >signing on and talking to us about his father.
>
> discuss Asimov is to be termed looser, then the world is full of
> them. In fact, I'd tend to think that's broadening the concept a
> little too much - there's a lot of very talented people I respect a
> lot and do not think are 'losers' whom I have never hards even mention
> Asimov.
>
> Why should the poor D.A. be judged by different standards? He didn't
> choose his father himself?
>
> --
> Henning Makholm - math and CS student - University of Copenhagen
> mak...@diku.dk - http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm - fido 2:235/224.92
> --
>
>
> --
> Henning Makholm - math and CS student - University of Copenhagen
> mak...@diku.dk - http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm - fido 2:235/224.92
edrh...@hotmail.com
Hmmm?
Oh, NONE. The question is, was he in the business of "distributing" or was he just an obsessed collector? Distributing is a felony, mere possession is a misdemeanor.
benjami...@gmail.com
edrh...@hotmail.com
> I'm curious as to whether David's pedophilia was part of why Asimov was so disappointed in his son. Maybe Isaac had a suspicion that his son had these desires?
bike...@gmail.com
> How did you know of his videotape collection; 2years before he was charged with possession of child porn?
kingl...@gmail.com
There are a lot of pieces here for what happened between father and son, but I have to think that reading what his father thought of him - and for many, many thousands of people to see, has to hurt a lot.