Isaac Asimov

“ Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Editor:
Unless my well-known naiveté misleads me, it would seem from your answer to this guy Gifford (look who talks about names) that the phrase "I think you are as good as Asimov!" is to be taken as a compliment Well, well how times do change.
Let me tell you a little story—a true one (so there's no charge) . It happened a few years ago, when I was widely known throughout the west as the rootinest-tootinest badman that ever took his buttermilk straight. ”

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“ After all, I should be disqualified as a professional, and if no one else will do it, I hereby do it myself.
Score on the Asenion business: (a) people who called me Asenion since last time—6,349,203; (b) people who called me that while within reach—7; (c) people killed dead—6. ”