"Family Recollections From Rehobeth Beach"

In article <ejseiler-D8BE38.03292415122003.TakeThisOut@news02.east.earthlink.net>,
Edward Seiler <ejseiler.TakeThisOut@earthlink.netDELETETHIS> writes:

 >In article <20031212151611.05539.00002973.TakeThisOut@mb-m16.aol.com>,
 >rball84213@aol.com (Richard Ballard) wrote:
 >
  >>Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of
  >>Issac Asimov's essay "Family Recollections From
  >>Rehobeth Beach"?
 >
 >I don't believe such an essay was ever written by Asimov ...

I believe this essay was written around 1953, about the same
time that Issac Asimov wrote his famous short story "The Nine
Billion Names of God", a short story chronicling how after the
work is done, the stars wink out one by one.

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Richard Ballard wrote:
 >
 > In article <ejseiler-D8BE38.03292415122003 RemoveThis @news02.east.earthlink.net>,
 > Edward Seiler <ejseiler RemoveThis @earthlink.netDELETETHIS> writes:
 >
  > >In article <20031212151611.05539.00002973 RemoveThis @mb-m16.aol.com>,
  > >rball84213@aol.com (Richard Ballard) wrote:
  > >
   > >>Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of
   > >>Issac Asimov's essay "Family Recollections From
   > >>Rehobeth Beach"?
  > >
  > >I don't believe such an essay was ever written by Asimov ...
 >
 > I believe this essay was written around 1953, about the same
 > time that Issac Asimov wrote his famous short story "The Nine
 > Billion Names of God", a short story chronicling how after the
 > work is done, the stars wink out one by one.
 >
 > Richard Ballard MSEE CNA4 KD0AZ

Richard:

You are on the wrong track. "The Nine Billion Names of God" was written
my Arthur C. Clarke NOT Isaac Asimov. Can't help on "Family
Recollections From Rehobeth Beach"

Good Luck

John

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In <20031215075917.21457.00002756.DeleteThis@mb-m10.aol.com> rball84213.DeleteThis@aol.com (Richard Ballard) writes:

 >I believe this essay was written around 1953, about the same
 >time that Issac Asimov wrote his famous short story "The Nine
 >Billion Names of God", a short story chronicling how after the
 >work is done, the stars wink out one by one.

Which brings up the obvious set of questions, of course:

  a) Since the Good Doctor was an immigrant
  from Russia to the US, did he mean "billion" in
  the American sense or the (then) UKoGBaNI definition

   and

  b) has anyone dared to hook up a modern computer
  to a printer and list out all those possible names?


danny " not meaning to make a fuss " burstein

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In Message-id: <3FDDB79C.4417 DeleteThis @Booogus.com>,
John Dulak <johnd DeleteThis @Booogus.com>wrote:

 >Richard Ballard wrote:
 >
  >>In article
  >> <ejseiler-D8BE38.03292415122003 DeleteThis @news02.east.earthlink.net>,
  >>Edward Seiler <ejseiler DeleteThis @earthlink.netDELETETHIS>writes:
  >>
   >>>In article <20031212151611.05539.00002973 DeleteThis @mb-m16.aol.com>,
   >>>rball84213@aol.com (Richard Ballard) wrote:
   >>>
   >>>>Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of
   >>>>Issac Asimov's essay "Family Recollections From
   >>>>Rehobeth Beach"?
   >>>
   >>>I don't believe such an essay was ever written by Asimov ...
  >>
  >>I believe this essay was written around 1953, about the same
  >>time that Issac Asimov wrote his famous short story "The Nine
  >>Billion Names of God", a short story chronicling how after the
  >>work is done, the stars wink out one by one.
 >
 >Richard:
 >
 >You are on the wrong track. "The Nine Billion Names of God" was
 >written my Arthur C. Clarke NOT Isaac Asimov.

You are correct. I always confuse Clarke's "The Nine Billion
Names of God" with Asimov's 1941 short story "Nightfall", a
short story chronicling how unaccustomed exposure to darkness
drives an entire city to madness.

 >Can't help on "Family Recollections From Rehobeth Beach"

I know what I need to know.

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00: 21 _8 02 03/35 06 09

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Edward Seiler wrote:

 > In article <20031212151611.05539.00002973.RemoveThis@mb-m16.aol.com>,
 > rball84213.RemoveThis@aol.com (Richard Ballard) wrote:
 >
  >> Does anybody know where I can obtain a copy of
  >> Issac Asimov's essay "Family Recollections From
  >> Rehobeth Beach"?
 >
 > I don't believe such an essay was ever written by Asimov (whose first
 > name was Isaac, as the name of this newsgroup attests). If, however, you
 > have any good evidence to the contrary, please let us know.

You will find that Richard pretty much always spells Isaac's name 'Issac'.

I have pointed this out to him, but he doesn't acknowledge the fact that
it's incorrect.

AAMOF, <looks over shoulder and lowers voice> I'm beginning to suspect
that he does it deliberately.

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