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When I started my palaeo Masters (as it then was) at Portsmouth, I had a very bad habit of writing unnecessary double negatives of the kind the Sir Humphrey Appleby might use. Instead of saying “Taxon X resembles taxon Y”, I would say “is not dissimilar to”. I did this all the ...
Did any of Philip Roth's books win awards? Did Charlotte's Web receive a Newbery Award? Did The Last of the Mohicans win any awards? Did James Joyce win the Nobel Prize? Did the book Tears of a Tiger get any awards? Did Dorothy Parker win any writing awards? Did Isaac Asimov win ...
—Isaac Asimov “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible —and achieve it, generation after gene...
The Last Question By Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was the most prolific science fiction author of all time. In fifty years he averaged a new magazine article, short story, or book every two weeks, and most of that on a manual typewriter. Asimov thought that The Last Question, first ...
The Last Question By Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov was the most prolific science fiction author of all time. In fifty years he averaged a new magazine article, short story, or book every two weeks, and most of that on a manual typewriter. Asimov thought that The Last Question, first ...