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Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion
hello guys i'm definitely a newbie here and i dont know all the details. but as a native russian i perfectly know that when you pronounce his surname Азимов you should soften the latest letter 'v' to the sound 'f' but in the ipa it says 'ˈæzɪmɒv' which makes non russian speakers pronounce it a bit off, what do you think guys, am i wrong here? Zhamelax (talk) 06:31, 10 September 2025 (UTC)Reply
Hey, that’s probably the U.S-English pronunciation of ‘Asimov’. Not sure if adding the Russian ipa to the page would be of significance, according to wikipedia guidelines. Cheers! Tucotuti (talk) 12:39, 10 September 2025 (UTC)Reply
"Foundation transplants Gibbon's Decline and Fall to far future"
Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I removed this claim and CodeTalker restored it with the comment "per sources". However, no source is cited for the claim. The article on the first novel says that Asimov pitched the storyline as the fall of an empire like the Roman Empire. Fair enough, but that's not at all the same as saying that Foundation "transplants" Gibbon's Decline and Fall. For one thing, Gibbon does not own the concept of the Roman Empire's fall; it was a real historical event. Foundation echoes certain causes of that actual fall (e.g. decadent emperors, supply chain vulnerability, rebellious provinces) but Asimov was writing his own story, not a mere "transplant" of Gibbon. ~2026-27607-47 (talk) 19:44, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Bringing Anti-intellectualism to the "general" public
Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
This might be relevant nowadays. He wrote the famous essay "A cult of ignorance" in his column, which figures generally as the greatest reference when we talk about first time investigating this phenomenom (Anti-intellectualism). Notwithstanding it not being academic nor he being the first to denunce it, the essay is globally recognized. This observation perhaps stems from the research work that I am conducting on him, anyway, x ~2026-28020-88 (talk) 10:30, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 days ago3 comments3 people in discussion
Isaac Asimov was not born with a middle name, but he was registered with a patronymic, which is not the same thing. As he was born in Russia, every citizen regardless of ethnic group and native language was (and still is) registered with both a first name and a patronymic, and it carries legal value as a person's full name must include the patronymic. See this section.
This has already been referenced for years on ruwiki, ref used there.
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