ON Science Fiction writer Isaac Asimov- Why Asimov didnt write philosophy?(On my intellectual guru

Science fact and fiction writer Isaac Asimov


This is ON Isaac Asimov who lived during (Jan2(approximation)-1920 to Apr6-1992).The belief that more you learn the more you know.But the more we know the more we tend to forget,resulting in forgetting more then known before and loosing the work done ,where time been wasted.The point is that i have started writing with whatever i know instead of avoiding it by humility or with fear of not been acknowledged.As over the time i may forget all those things i was through or been with.As i have started writing now on things ive been with,down the line i will look back "this is what i did or followed,and this is how i understood or interpreted".One of those i was through is the science fiction brand name "Isaac Asimov".I have a liking for him due to 2 superstitious common sharing amongst us,one is that we share a common birthday and also we have the ability to remember the actual timeline of any event and person with his key Dates like Birthday etc(not only year,but also sometimes including the Date).This quality(rememberance of timeline and age of any person) is seen amongst intellectuals and writers i believe,as i have observed.Again over the time i ve stopped myself recording Dates or assisting people around on it,as it feels that it becomes a sort of useless or boasting.He is the one intellectual i feel who has explored every bit of universe in the path of knowledge,despite those were the period of IT or communication industry were on starting time when he was around.Just wondering how he would learn and write when he is available now with these internet,mobile and TV booming at its peak.His volume of writing is unsurpassed and its range of subjects as well.An atheist and humanist,with the help of his rationality.Many of the intellectuals are inspired by him,infact i have seen the concept of wikipedia(encyclopedia) and google(including the term) from one of his book and internet in one of his interview.His writings are unmatched for clarity of exposition. He has knack of obscure symbolism and poetic imagery. Asimov has presaged many of the invention that has come over the years.Some of the interesting facts about him below, as he has left voluminous amount of biography with the help of his dairy which he has maintained ever since his 18 years.I  read I,Asimov(his other 2 autobiographies-In memory ,yet green and Its been a good life are chronological until his 54 years with lots of info instead of his views) his autobiography introspectively recollects his past which is been written at the age of 70 in  a span of 4 months
(completed by May28-1990).I found extremely surprising and respectful to find his writing has same flavor as his past besides his age of 70 and health turmoil on his sides.
1.Never rode a bike or a car,or been to planes(except for 1 or 2 times).
2.Full time writer since the age of 38years.
3.462 books approximately in his name however 200 approximate are his edits which includes the count.
4.Loving father to his daughter Robyn.
5.His favorite punch line,"mind you!!"
6.Science fiction magazine on his name.
7.First time Best seller achieved on 1982,at the age of 62.
8. Surprisingly mediocre on high school and college.Had failures and difficulty in pursuing and sustaining jobs.
9.Finds difficult to move with bosses:)

For Asimov readers only, an extensive below writeup on him and his works:
On the downside,his stories are little dull at times eventhough he has a reasonably good idea or concept in his story.The narration is just a bare stage,also his characters which has his idea or concept being predominated,as a result the story arent that interesting.His communcation style to makeup story is not that great,eventhough the language and dailagues are good.Starwars movies (infact even the sequence of release)and many of the major science fiction movies are loosely inspired from his stories,yet why his stories are not suitable for direct adaptation into a movie?Mostly i guess they would be perfect for low-budget features; very little sfx required, mostly dialogue and idea heavy (except for the rights to the stories themselves, which might be a little pricey).But again since his books often lack action and the thoughts of the author can't be put in a movie appropriately. Some of his books can be made in to film but his best I am not sure about his best stories. Just imagine a movie based on Robots and Empire with the long talks between Daneel and Giskard. And coming back to the title,"why he hasnt wrote philosophy",am not sure.Its suprise he hasnt wrote philosophy,rest of them he did.May be he thought philosophy wont take us any way.Am sure he didnt lack ability on it.
Infact i was saddened to know that Asimov contacted Aids by blood transfussion thats been received during his heart surgery(1980-at a time when donated blood was not screened for it like it is now).Shocked to know that an intellectual giant like him could be ignorant and not be careful on receiving blood,despite i believe that a patient cant take ownership on these as he has to rely on people around.I am wondering whats the worth of being intellectual when it cant be used in practical life? Anyway, we learn that a character named Hiroko from one of his work, a resident of Alpha Centauri, has intentionally infected another character (the book's main protagonist) Golan Trevize with a deadly virus by enouraging him to have sex with her. She aludes to the fact that there are other ways for the virus to be spread, and also the fact that the virus is dormant until activated, after which it becomes deadly. Anyway, Foundation and Earth was written in 1986, and I suppose (/wonder if) its possible he knew at that point, perhaps had JUST learned at the time he wrote the book, that he had AIDS and that he put this virus bit in the novel somehow as a result. Indeed, he asks yet another character with remarkable abilities (Bliss, of Gaia) if she might be able to destroy the virus within his body. Anyway, I suppose it could be a coincidence, and that I am grasping at straws to connect this part of the book with Asimov's own life experience. Yet I have to wonder.Here is a man who has been the champion of knowledge.He brought the knowledge to stage instead of himself.The cycle keeps on going. There is no end to seeking and absorbing knowledge. True knowledge is unfathomable, uncapturable, unknowable like life. But we got to keep living and just like life that we have to live, we have got to keep striving for knowledge without knowing what it leads to.

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