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Originally Posted by Lara
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I have a number of old Asimov here. Foundation series.
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I met him, Roddenberry, L. Sprague DeCamp, Mike Jitlov (animator), and... I forget who all else.... at a college sci-fi convention in the '70s. There I was, browsing books in the dealer room, and in walks Asimov, sits down and starts signing autographs, and I've got NOTHING in hand.... Seeing the line was rapidly growing like a
. , I grabbed the first thing I saw - a paperback Foundation Trilogy (this was back when it
was just a trilogy), slapped down.... $10-$15? just to have something for him to sign. And probably 50 students are already lined up in front of me loaded down with double armloads of his TEXTBOOKS! (like... 20 books each). Sheesh!
Had I known, I would have been a little better prepared...
Doc