> I absolutely adored Asimov as a writer of non-fiction rather than as a sci-fi author.

I am the same, though frustratingly he still somehow managed to weave his casual misogyny into even his non-fiction works.

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fn-mote 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This would be a much more appreciated comment if it included even one example.

I’m willing to believe it, but I didn’t notice any in the time I was reading his fiction.

	▲	carbarjartar 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One example off the top of my head... In The Building Blocks Of The Universe's section on Calcium: > Another way of getting round the problem of hard water is to manufacture compounds that behave like soap but don't form insoluble compounds with calcium. Many types of such detergents have been put on the market in the last ten years, and hard water is far less of a problem for the housewife than it used to be. Reads like '90s era comedy, ala "women be cleaning, amirite?", without even the lazy backdoor of "its just a joke".

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sam_lowry_ 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Says an account created just to post this horseshit.

	▲	asimoff 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Clearly you and I have different definitions of "horseshit". Is this your immature way of asking for an example of what I am addressing in my comment?

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falcor84 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't know if it says good or bad things about me, but I never noticed that.

But maybe it's just because I started reading his works long after their initial release. In particular, I was quite surprised to later learn that "Asimov's New Guide to Science" was originally published as "The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science".