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Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing
Skeptical Inquirer, May-June, 2006
Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing. By Janet J. Asimov. Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2006. ISBN 1-59102-405-6. 220 pp. Hardcover $25. A series of interesting notes and thoughts, mainly, says the author, "about the human imagination, the sense of identity, the compulsion to write, and Isaac Asimov, who was good at all of them." Janet Asimov was Isaac's wife, a psychiatrist and a writer in her own right, and the book is also about her and includes a few of her stories and articles.
It deals with large subjects such as religion, philosophy, sex, and lighter subjects such as traveling together, camping, the golden thirties, the fun of reading, and the problems and joys of writing. Little details illuminate their thinking. They both found it amazing how many people stand in long lines with nothing to read; they always carried science articles or paperback novels for such occasions (and she still does). As for Isaac's combined interests in fantasy and science, Janet says Isaac once said to her: "Yes, Science, as the great fantasy of our time--the first fantasy made real! I must use that some day." She comments: "That's the idea-enjoying the imagination (one's own or that of others) and using it."
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