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BOOK: the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device

Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device, trade-named - BOOK. BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology; no wires, no electronic circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use, even a child can operate it. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere - even sitting in an armchair by the... (Read More)

(Added by Luke Morris on 6/16, 1:45pm)

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Thursday, June 16 - 3:26pm

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Thanks Luke! I love this kind of humor!

Ed

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Thursday, June 16 - 6:59pm

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Luke,

You need to search for it, but this is an old Isaac Asimov routine he used to charm audiences with. Except in his case, he would build it up in technological terms as if it were a new invention and only say that it was a book at the end.

You can find it in his writings somewhere.

Michael

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Thursday, June 16 - 11:04pm

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Michael,

Thanks, I'll look that up! I've always liked Asimov's work, but I didn't know he did humor.

Of course, I wasn't claiming credit for this one. I got it from a friend, who got it from a ___, who got it from... wherever these things come from.
When I come up with a really funny joke on my own, on the other hand, it's a momentous occasion! ;-)

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Friday, June 17 - 8:19am

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Luke-

Asimov wrote on pretty much anything, and humor was no exception. Check out 'The Sensuous Dirty Old Man' and 'Lecherous Limericks', I think he had other humor ones too. He was also supposed to be (in)famous for composing off-the-cuff dirty limericks about the attendees of social functions.

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Friday, June 17 - 2:44pm

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I've heard it said that science fiction writers tend to become the dirty old man in their later years...hmm...

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Friday, June 17 - 6:51pm

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(Edited by Robert Bisno on 6/17, 6:52pm)

(Edited by Robert Bisno on 6/17, 6:53pm)

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Monday, June 20 - 8:07am

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I am a big fan of Asimov for his non-fiction work. He wrote frequently on general science, and is phenomenal at explaining scientific concepts in ways that truly convey how interesting the knowledge is and is an excellent mechanism toward gaining a conceptual understanding of something. I actually have not read much of his fiction, but he also wrote things such as "Asimov's guide to Shakespear", "Asimov's guide to the Bible" (more of an anthropological and historical commentary on it) "Asimov's guide to humor" etc. A truly fascinating man.

Michael F Dickey