<P>Although I disagree with stating that many people feel Nightfall is the bestest sci-fi short story ever (as it leads to a ridiculous degree of redundancy where every article will assert its importance and popularity) I do think the quote should more or less remain, although perhaps it should be somewhat modified given the above-mentioned re-quoting:</P>
<P><EM>Asimov met editor Frederik Pohl, who discussed Asimov's rejections and <BR></EM>><I> later printed a number of stories in Astonishing Stories and <BR></I>><I> Super-Science Stories (Clute and Edwards 56; Asimov, "Letters" 12). <BR></I>><I> These stories led to the publication of some of the most famous <BR></I>><I> science-fiction stories of all time: the positronic robot stories, the<BR></I><I> Foundation stories, and "Nightfall."</I></P>
<P>Certainly there is no need to restate the whole paragraph, but note that the robot stories are ALL short stories, with Nightfall being a standalone of note. </P>
<P>I would rewrite the relevant section as so:</P>
<P>Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in <A class=internal title=1939 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939">1939</A>; his short story "<A class=new title=Nightfall href="http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Nightfall&action=edit"><FONT color=#cc2200>Nightfall</FONT></A>" (<A class=internal title=1941 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941">1941</A>) is described in <EM>Bewildering Stories</EM>, issue 8, as one of "the most famous science-fiction stories of all time" <A class=external title=http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue8/asimov.html href="http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue8/asimov.html"><FONT color=#3366bb>[1]</FONT></A>, along with his robot stories. </P>
<P>The <A class=internal title=Robot href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot">robot</A> stories, many of which were collected in <EM><A class=internal title="I, Robot" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2C_Robot">I, Robot</A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1950 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950">1950</A>), promulgated a set of ethical rules for intelligent machines (<EM>see</EM> <A class=internal title="Three Laws Of Robotics" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_Of_Robotics">Three Laws Of Robotics</A>), an idea which greatly influenced other writers and thinkers. One such short story, <EM><A class=new title="The Bicentennial Man (short story)" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=The_Bicentennial_Man_(short_story)&action=edit"><FONT color=#cc2200>The Bicentennial Man</FONT></A></EM> has been made into a movie.</P>
<P>In <A class=internal title=1942 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942">1942</A> he began the <EM>Foundation</EM> stories, later collected in the <EM><A class=internal title="Foundation Trilogy" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_Trilogy">Foundation Trilogy</A></EM>: <EM><A class=internal title=Foundation href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation">Foundation</A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1951 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951">1951</A>), <EM><A class=new title="Foundation and Empire" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Foundation_and_Empire&action=edit"><FONT color=#cc2200>Foundation and Empire</FONT></A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1952 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952">1952</A>), and <EM><A class=new title="Second Foundation" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Second_Foundation&action=edit"><FONT color=#cc2200>Second Foundation</FONT></A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1953 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953">1953</A>), which recount the collapse and rebirth of an interstellar empire. Years later, he continued the series with <EM><A class=internal title="Foundation's Edge" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation%27s_Edge">Foundation's Edge</A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1982 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982">1982</A>) and <EM><A class=internal title="Foundation and Earth" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth">Foundation and Earth</A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1986 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986">1986</A>) and then wrote the prequels, <EM><A class=internal title="Prelude to Foundation" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_Foundation">Prelude to Foundation</A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1988 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988">1988</A>) and <EM><A class=new title="Forward the Foundation" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Forward_the_Foundation&action=edit"><FONT color=#cc2200>Forward the Foundation</FONT></A></EM> (<A class=internal title=1992 href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992">1992</A>). </P>
<P>He also wrote a spoof science article <EM><A class=internal title=Thiotimoline href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiotimoline">The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline</A></EM> in 1948 which he feared would affect the obtaining of his degree. </P>
<P>My version, no longer refers to the empire of foundations as being vast (as certainly there have ben sci-fi empires in comparison to which this one was small and insignificant) nor does it refer to Foundations as Asimov's most famous work. (Which begs the question of whether Nightfall or Foundations is more famous and popular) It also fails to note that Robin Williams was the star of Bicentennial Man, as that seems to be information which belongs on the page for Bicentennial Man, and is hardly directly relevent to the topic at hand. My version also mentions the word "robots" a little less and does not note that the effects of the Rules of Robotics were mostly limited to people writing in the same field as Isaac Asimov, that being somewhat obvious. My version also does not describe the empire of Foundations as being "futuristic", as talk of an interstellar empire and science fiction is inherently futuristic. Even Star Wars, despite being technically in the past, is still so clearly futuristic that to mention it is over-stating and redundant. <BR></P><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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