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From: kadkade@cwruecmp.UUCP (Sudhir Kadkade)
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Subject: Re: Re: Asimov's Future History? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 13-Jan-84 12:58:31 EST
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          Does any one else feel that the description of the Mule as an
aberrent Gaia contradicts earlier Foundation stories? Remember the Mule
had a psychological problem having to do with his appearance being
mocked at by his contemporaries and then discovering his exceptional
mental powers to avenge that. However can you imagine the Gaia, highly
enlightened people as they are described to be, first; behaving in  such
a fashion toward one of their own and second; not being able to put a
fix into his mind as the Second Foundation did. Also, why would he think
his powers to be exceptional in the company of the Gaia. Further no one
knows anything about the Gaia and no one has successfully returned from
a trip there. How then did the security officer of the First Foundation
(I don't quite remember his name) make a claim, to having visited his
home planet and found out about his superhuman powers to Bayta Darell.
          In the Preface Dr.Assimov claims to have read all his previous
work. All I can say is he hasn't read them as well as some of his
readers have. In the future history, I suspect he will ultimately
describe a robot society on Earth and have it fulfill a super Seldon
plan in which Hari Seldon himself was an unwitting participant. Any
other guesses as to the direction of this soap opera?

				Sudhir Kadkade
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Does anybody else on the net read A.E. van Vogt?