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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: As an inveterate waster of time, Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:47:30 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: <102idai$3tu$1@reader1.panix.com> References: <102d3po$28vvn$1@dont-email.me> <102i3ck$3lfgu$3@dont-email.me> <20250613b@crcomp.net> <102iavu$3o0ct$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:47:30 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="4030"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) In article <102iavu$3o0ct$1@dont-email.me>, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote: >Don wrote: >> Cryptoengineer wrote: >>> Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>>> Scott Dorsey wrote: >>>>> Charles Packer wrote: >>>>>> Scott Dorsey wrote: >>>>>>> William Hyde wrote: >>>>>>>> I read youtube comments now and again. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "The worst unison. And fascism. Like the hanging Lincoln cursed by >>>>>>>> Isaac >>>>>>>> Asimov." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That is a google translation from an Asian language, but what is Dr A >>>>>>>> doing there? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Perhaps he is a symbol of precision and the Philosophy of the >>>>>>> Enlightenment? >>>>>>> That would seem reasonable from someone who knew only his popular >>>>>>> science works and not his SF. >>>>>> >>>>>> So what has Lincoln got to do with it? >>>>> >>>>> Yes, and why "hanging?" >>>>> --scott >>>> >>>> Because it is in a museum or gallery and it is a work by Dali >>>> employing mosaic techniques. You have to stand back to see Lincoln or >>>> use a special lens to view >>>> Lincoln in this work. It is a painting hanging on a wall or a >>>> lithograph similarly >>>> mounted. >>>> It may be that the term "cursed" is used because the lithographs >>>> are extensively >>>> forged by profiteers. >>>> Just from the URL given in an earlier post. >>>> >>>> bliss >>> >>> I think this may be relevant: >>> >>> I think this may be relevant: >>> >>> https://www.buscalibre.us/libro-dali/9788477000877/p/55043140 >>> >>> Shows a Spanish book about Dali, with Asimov listed as the author. >>> Its not in any of the online Asimov bibliographies, but I >>> wonder if the comment author was referencing it. >> >> There's a typo in busclaibre's database. A couple of authors named >> Torroella and Casado wrote DALI: >> >> "Escrito por Rafael Santos Torroella y Maria Jose Casado" >> >> <https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31806044900> >> >> The philosophy of Asimov is apparently averse to the abstractions of >> surrealism. In my not so humble opinion as a big fan of both Poe and >> Uspensky, the latter two would fully embrace Dali without reservation. >> >> Thank you William. This thread did not waste my time. On the other hand, >> your very own mileage may vary. > >Asimov rarely if ever mentions art in his writings. > >If any SF writer who was not himself an artist were to write about Dali, >I'd expect it to be J.G. Ballard. > I have a distinct memory of Orwell writing about Dali, disapprovingly. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll