Okay the book sprints through the rest of their lives. They’re all dead within the next couple of chapters. Campbell dies in 1971, watching Mexican wrestling on TV. Hubbard, 1986, stroke Heinlein dies, 1988, at 80, old age Asimov 1992, transfusion-HIV
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Campbell: keep the confident authoritah, imagination and OG contrarianism, leave out the utter sloppiness when it came to rigorous thinking, the insecurity in relation to science. Heinlein: Keep the political and artistic courage, leave out the intolerant conviction in himself
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Hubbard: keep the sociopath realism and spiritual daring, leave out the cartoon levels of 7 deadly sins and more Asimov: keep the energy, IQ, humility, loyalty, and general integrity. Leave out the odd conservatism, misogyny, and deep self-absorption/neglectful ness of relations
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For those interested, the Golden Age was followed by New Wave. Kinda like DC —> Marvel in comics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_science_fiction …
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