389 “I reread: Isaac Asimov, in The Early Asimov, Book, One, p. 90, and Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 213.
390 “ ‘Homo Sol’: Isaac Asimov, The Early Asimov, Book One, p. 218.
391 “After reading: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 280.
392 “ ‘You listen: Isaac Asimov, “Strange Playfellow,” in Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, eds., Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories: Volume 2, 1940 (New York: DAW Books, 1979), pp. 210-211.
393 “ ‘A robot: Ibid, p. 210.
394 with the notable exception of the mechanical man Tik-tok: “Yet Tik-tok was popular with the people of Oz because he was so trustworthy, reliable and true; he was sure to do exactly what he was wound up to do, at all times and in all circumstances.” L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1909), p. 171.
395 “Consider a: Isaac Asimov, The Rest of the Robots (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964), p. xiii.
396 “ ‘The whole: Isaac Asimov, “Strange Playfellow,” in Asimov and Greenberg, eds., Isaac Asimov Presents: Vol. 2, 1940, p. 215.
397 “It also: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 280.
398 “My notion: Ibid, p. 281.
399 “In this: Ibid.
400 “ ‘Asimov, when: Ibid.
401 “Gregory Powell: Isaac Asimov, “Reason,” in Damon Knight, ed., A Century of Science Fiction (New York: Dell, 1962), p. 27.
402 “ ‘Do you: Ibid.
403 “ ‘Look at: Ibid, p. 31.
404 “the Master”: Ibid, p. 32.
405 “the Prophet”: Ibid, p. 34.
406 “Donovan was: Ibid, p. 40.
407 “ ‘all dials: Ibid, p. 42.
408 “ ‘Look, Mike: Ibid.
409 “ ‘I won’t: Ibid, p. 43.
410 “ ‘I’ll send: Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980), pp. 93-94.
411 “from the: A.E. van Vogt, Reflections of A.E. van Vogt (Lakemont, Georgia: Fictioneer Books, 1975), p. 65.
412 “Mr. Campbell”: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 196, footnote 1.
413 “ ‘Don’t be: Isaac Asimov, “Reason,” in Damon Knight, ed., A Century of Science Fiction, p. 37.
414 “Again, Campbell: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 286.
415 “ ‘Look, Asimov: Ibid.
416 “ ‘No, Asimov: Ibid, pp. 286-287.
417 “ ‘Listen, Bogert: Isaac Asimov, “Liar!” in Asimov, I, Robot (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, n.d.), p. 99.
418 “ ‘If you: Ibid.
419 “In time: Isaac Asimov, The Early Asimov, Book One, p. 88.
420 “the Stars”: Isaac Asimov, “Nightfall,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space (New York: Modern Library, 1957), pp. 378-411, passim.
421 “ ‘The Cultists: Ibid, p. 385.
422 “ ‘This is: Ibid, p. 380.
423 “ ‘No such: Ibid, pp. 380-381.
424 “ ‘You realize: Ibid, p. 384.
425 “ ‘After Genovi: Ibid, p. 386.
426 “ ‘In the: Ibid.
427 “ ‘First the: Ibid, p. 387.
428 “ ‘What an: Ibid, p. 404.
429 “With the: Ibid, p. 410.
430 “Someone clawed: Ibid, p. 411.
431 “How would: Blurb for Asimov’s “Nightfall,” Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1941, p. 9. This page is reprinted in a picture section in Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, after page 372. Also reproduced in black-and-white is the September 1941 Astounding cover illustrating “Nightfall.”
432 “Next month: John W. Campbell, “In Times to Come,” in Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1941, p. 36.
433 “artificial-light mechanism”: Isaac Asimov, “Nightfall,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories, p. 405.
434 “the Hideout”: Ibid, p. 382.
435 “ ‘The next: Ibid, p. 387.
CHAPTER 14: A WORLD OF CHANGE
436 “In the: Hugo Gernsback, “Reasonableness in Science Fiction,” in David Kyle, A Pictorial History of Science Fiction (London: Hamlyn, 1976), p. 80.
437 “led to: John W. Campbell, Jr., “Introduction,” in Campbell, Who Goes There? (Chicago: Shasta, 1951), p. 2.
438 “With the: L. Sprague de Camp, “Pratt and His Parallel Worlds,” in Fantastic Stories, December 1972, p. 87.
439 “I thought: Ibid, p. 93.
440 “ ‘our new: L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, The Incomplete Enchanter (Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1950), p. 4.
441 “ ‘The world: Ibid, p. 5.
442 “ ‘ Do you: Ibid, pp. 5-6.
443 “syllogismobile”: Ibid, p. 10.
444 “This world: Ibid, p. 62.
445 “He couldn’t: Ibid, p. 128.
446 “ ‘What can: Ibid, p. 38.
447 “ ‘Certainly a: Ibid, p. 158.
448 “ ‘Listen: why: Ibid, p. 159.
449 “ ‘A property: Ibid, p. 249.
450 “A neue: Ibid, p. 282.
451 “ ‘A trifle: Ibid, p. 291.
452 “ ‘In a: Ibid, p. 292.
453 “ ‘The really: Ibid, p. 320.
454 “spell against: Ibid.
455 “a lenticular: E.E. Smith, Galactic Patrol (New York: Pyramid, 1966), p. 12.
456 “ ‘not essentially: Ibid, p. 16.
457 “ ‘None save: E.E. Smith, Gray Lensman (New York: Pyramid, 1965), p. 109.
458 “Idea is: Robert A. Heinlein, note in File No. 17, “They,” in the Robert Heinlein Special Collection, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.
459 “ ‘I wasn’t: Robert A. Heinlein, “Requiem,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow (New York: Putnam, 1967), p. 205.
460 “He first: Robert A. Heinlein, in J. Neil Schulman, “New Libertarian Notes Interviews Robert A. Heinlein,” Part V, New Libertarian Notes No. 33, August 1974, p. 8.
461 “it would: Robert A. Heinlein, “Ray Guns and Rocket Ships,” in Heinlein, Expanded Universe (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980), p. 373.
462 “He thinks: yearbook motto quoted in H. Bruce Franklin, Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction (New York: Oxford, 1980), p. 9.
463 “biochemist and: Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘Let There Be Light’ ” in Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon (Chicago: Shasta, 1950), p. 41.
464 “speculative metaphysics”: Robert A. Heinlein, “Elsewhen,” in Heinlein, Assignment in Eternity (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1953), p. 92.
465 “hypnosis and: Ibid, p. 95.
466 “antagonists of: Robert A. Heinlein, “Lost Legacy,” in Heinlein, op. cit., p. 211.
467 “I was: Robert Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Astounding, February 1940, p. 10.
468 “There seemed: Robert A. Heinlein, “Elsewhen,” in Heinlein, Assignment in Eternity, p. 117.
469 “ ‘The emotional: Robert Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Astounding, March 1940, p. 130.
470 “There is: Ibid.
471 “The plan: Ibid, p. 141.
472 “an angry: Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 460.
473 “ ‘Free men: Ibid, p. 461.
474 “Space Precautionary: Robert A. Heinlein, “Requiem,” in Ibid, p. 206.
475 “At long: Ibid, p. 210.
476 “Douglas-Martin Solar: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Roads Must Roll,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 36.
477 “There won’t: Robert A. Heinlein, “Heinlein on Science Fiction,” in Vertex, April 1973, pp. 47-48.
478 “Citizens were: Robert A. Heinlein, “Coventry,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 501.
479 “This was: Robert A. Heinlein, “Preface,” in Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon, p. 15.
480 “ ‘Who makes: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Roads Must Roll,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomor
row, p. 30.
481 “ ‘Put down: Robert A. Heinlein, “Blowups Happen,” in ibid, p. 60.
482 “ ‘Whose spells: Robert A. Heinlein, “Magic, Inc.,” in Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1951), p. 123.
483 “ ‘Various of: Ibid.
484 “the arcane: Ibid, p. 190.
485 “ ‘We all: Ibid, p. 177.
486 “the Half-World”: Ibid, p. 127.
487 “The trouble: John W. Campbell, quoted in Frederik Pohl, The Way the Future Was (New York: Del Rey Books, 1978), p. 87.
488 “was just: Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe, p. 92.
489 “They were: Robert A. Heinlein, “Blowups Happen,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 63.
490 “He had: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Roads Must Roll,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 43.
491 “ ‘ridey-ridey home: Ibid, p. 33.
492 “I promptly: Robert A. Heinlein, Expanded Universe, p. 94.
493 “the Mañana: Ibid, p. 92.
494 “the Galactic: Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., “The Epic of Space,” in Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, ed., Of Worlds Beyond (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1947), pp. 82-83.
495 “The ‘FALSE: Robert Heinlein, chart in “Brass Tacks,” Astounding, May 1941, pp. 124-125.
496 “for many: Robert Heinlein, “ ‘If This Goes On—,’ ” in Astounding, March 1940, p. 141.
497 “ ‘What can: Robert A. Heinlein, “Logic of Empire,” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 340.
498 “Foreign Policy”: Robert A. Heinlein, note in File No. 22, “Solution Unsatisfactory,” in the Robert Heinlein Special Collection, University of California at Santa Cruz.
499 “ ‘representatives of: Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘—We Also Walk Dogs,’ ” in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 263.
500 “ ‘I’d like: John W. Campbell, “In Times to Come,” Astounding, February 1941, p. 67.
501 “Mapping out: John W. Campbell, “Editor’s Page,” Astounding, June 1940, p. 6.
502 “Fundamentally, science-fiction: John W. Campbell, “Editor’s Page: History to Come,” Astounding, May 1941, p. 5.
503 “Stories-to-be-told”: Robert Heinlein, chart in “Brass Tacks,” Astounding, May 1941, pp. 124-125.
504 “Shadow of: Robert A. Heinlein, note in File No. 24, Methuselah’s Children, in the Robert Heinlein Special Collection, University of California at Santa Cruz.
505 “Peril in: Ibid.
506 “the Rapport: Ibid.
507 “the dog: Ibid.
508 “ ‘I was: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 543.
509 “ ‘If there: Ibid, p. 539.
510 “ ‘It is: Ibid, p. 561.
511 “ ‘Here’s my: Ibid, p. 628.
512 “The hegira: Ibid, p. 646.
513 “It lacked: Ibid, p. 648.
514 “California here: Robert Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Astounding, September 1941, p. 162. (In the serial, but not the book version, the first word of the song lyric is omitted.)
515 “When Lazarus: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 540.
516 “ ‘Bud, you: Ibid, p. 556.
517 “superior ability: Ibid, p. 563.
518 “horror-stricken eyes”: Ibid, p. 627.
519 “ ‘Those creatures: Robert Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Astounding, September 1941, p. 142.
520 “ ‘They weren’t: Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah’s Children, in Heinlein, The Past Through Tomorrow, p. 666.
521 “ ‘Of course: Ibid.
522 “I probably: Robert A. Heinlein, “Concerning Stories Never Written,” in Heinlein, Revolt in 2100 (Chicago: Shasta, 1954), p. 19.
523 “the High: Robert A. Heinlein, “By His Bootstraps,” in Heinlein, The Menace from Earth (Hicksville, N.Y.: Gnome Press, 1959), p. 59.
524 “He felt: Ibid, p. 106.
525 “He was: Ibid, p. 109.
526 “He knew: Ibid, p. 113.
527 “ ‘There is: Ibid, p. 115.
528 “A great: Ibid.
529 “an oceanographer: Robert A. Heinlein, “Goldfish Bowl,” in Heinlein, The Menace from Earth, p. 179.
530 “We’ve had: Ibid, p. 207.
531 “They were: Ibid, p. 209.
532 “BEWARE—CREATION: Ibid, p. 211.
533 “I do: Robert A. Heinlein, “Heinlein on Science Fiction,” in Vertex, April 1973, p. 48.
534 “Atomic War: Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1948) p. 34.
535 “the Empire: Ibid, p. 35.
536 “The outcome: Ibid, p. 34.
537 “They tailored: Ibid, p. 36.
538 “The Empire: Ibid, p. 37.
539 “Infants born: Ibid, p. 54.
540 “the Adirondack: Ibid, p. 62.
541 “ ‘silly games: Ibid, p. 32.
542 “an encyclopedic: Ibid, p. 43.
543 “make it: Robert A. Heinlein, “Heinlein on Science Fiction,” in Vertex, April 1973, p. 96.
544 “so far: Ibid, p. 97.
545 “All the: Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon, p. 43.
546 “ ‘You can: Ibid, p. 45.
547 “Great Research”: Ibid, p. 181.
548 “control natural”: Ibid, pp. 177-178.
549 “If there: Ibid, p. 188.
550 “the Sons: Robert A. Heinlein, “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag,” in Heinlein, The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Hicksville, N.Y.: Gnome Press, 1959), p. 49.
551 “art critic”: Ibid, p. 141.
CHAPTER 15: CONSCIOUSNESS AND REALITY
552 “All the: Werner Heisenberg, “The Debate Between Plato and Democritus,” in Ken Wilber, ed., Quantum Questions (Boulder, Colorado and London: New Science Library/Shambala, 1984), p. 50.
553 “Something unknown: A.S. Eddington, quoted on the cover of Ken Wilber, ed., Quantum Questions.
554 “Copenhagen interpretation”: We do not know who was responsible for coining this commonly-used phrase, but it is employed and discussed in Heinz R. Pagels, The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language Of Nature (New York: Bantam, 1983), p. 69.
555 “To put: A.S. Eddington, “Mind-Stuff,” in Ken Wilber, ed., Quantum Questions, p. 184.
556 “The mind-stuff: ibid, p. 185.
557 “Is there: A. Merritt, The Metal Monster (New York: Avon, 1966), p. 116.
558 “I think: René Descartes, A Discourse on Method, in Saxe Cummins and Robert N. Linscott, eds., Man and the Universe: The Philosophers of Science (New York: Random House, 1947), p. 182.
559 “I . . . concluded: Ibid, pp. 182-183.
560 “Psychology, as: John B. Watson, quoted in Floyd W. Matson, The Broken Image (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday/Anchor, 1966), p. 38.
561 “ ‘know more: John W. Campbell, “The Elder Gods,” in Campbell, The Moon Is Hell (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1951), p. 158.
562 “ ‘absolutes of: Ibid, p. 188.
563 “Almost any: John W. Campbell, letter to J.B. Rhine dated November 23, 1953, in Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay, eds., The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 (Franklin, Tennessee: A.C. Projects, 1985), p. 223.
564 “Your group: Ibid.
565 “Many of: John W. Campbell, “The Scientist,” in Harry Harrison, ed., John W. Campbell: Collected Editorials from Analog (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1966), pp. 69-70.
566 “The engineer: John W. Campbell, letter to J.B. Rhine dated November 23, 1953, in The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, p. 226.
567 “ ‘Look you: Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp, Land of Unreason (New York: Henry Holt, 1942), p. 41.
568 “ ‘What does: Ibid, pp. 208-209.
569 “ ‘The question: L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, The Incomplete Enchanter (Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1950), p. 160.
570 “ ‘That puts: L. Sp
rague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, The Castle of Iron, in Unknown, April 1941, p. 13.
571 “As in: John W. Campbell, “Editor’s Page: Mercury,” in Astounding Stories, February 1938, p. 97.
572 “Robopsychology”: Isaac Asimov, “Liar!” in Asimov, I, Robot (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, n.d.), p. 108.
573 So persistently that Chip Delany: Samuel R. Delany, “The Necessity of Tomorrows,” in Delany, Starboard Wine (Pleasantville, N.Y.: Dragon Press, 1984), pp. 28-29.
574 “That would: L. Ron Hubbard, “Typewriter in the Sky,” in Hubbard, Typewriter in the Sky/Fear (New York: Gnome Press, 1951), p. 33.
575 “Up there: Ibid, p. 134.
576 “growing willingness: Jack Williamson, Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984), p. 125.
577 “ ‘a Black: Jack Williamson, Darker Than You Think (Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1948), p. 34.
578 “Probability—he: Ibid, p. 97.
579 “The direct: Ibid.
580 “ ‘I don’t: Ibid, pp. 111-112.
581 “the deKalbs”: Robert A. Heinlein, “Waldo,” in Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1951), p. 18 et passim.
582 “Back in: Robert A. Heinlein, “Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues,” in Basil Davenport, et. al., The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism (Chicago: Advent, 1959), p. 33.
583 “To Rambeau: Robert A. Heinlein, “Waldo,” in Heinlein, Waldo and Magic, Inc., p. 59.
584 “ ‘I’ve learned: Ibid, pp. 63-64.
585 “Waldo was: Ibid, p. 67.
586 “ ‘One of: Ibid, pp. 78-79.
587 “ ‘I think: Ibid, p. 92.
588 “Waldo was: Ibid, pp. 100-101.
589 “ ‘a thing: Ibid, p. 102.
590 “The world: Ibid.
591 “ ‘As for: Ibid, p. 118.
CHAPTER 16: A NEW MORAL ORDER
592 “an extrovert: A.E. van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” in Martin H. Greenberg, ed., Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers (Carbondale and Edwardsville, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981), p. 187.
593 “Childhood was: A.E. van Vogt, quoted in Sam Moskowitz, Seekers of Tomorrow (Cleveland and New York: World, 1966), p. 215.
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