Original cover art by Bob Eggleton |
Telastids are sub-cellular organelles. |
When the Asimov replicoid arrives on Tar'tron, the natives are trying to adjust to their loss of telepathic ability and they are struggling to form a new type of society. The only other human on Tar'tron is a young woman named Yōd.
1966 in Galaxy magazine |
The Abstraction of a Man
The Asimov replicoid was carefully crafted by Many Sails for a specific purpose, but why make a copy of Asimov? Asimov's importance began all the way back in Deep Time, in the First Reality, before time travel technology was first developed. The analogue of Asimov in the First Reality was a member of what became known as the Escapist Clan.
When R. Gohrlay eventually developed a system for enforcing a Momentum of Time upon new Realities, that process of temporal inertia ensured that Asimov became a fixed point in time; every subsequent Reality had an Asimov analogue.
Rol, Jaqy, Meppen and Gohrlay (source) |
Much later, when R. Gohrlay was negotiating the terms of the Trysta-Grean Pact, it became obvious that the Asimov analogue in the Asimov Reality could be used as a tool for establishing the science fiction genre as a type of information conduit that would make possible a stable Final Reality in which humans could spread to the stars.
From The End of Eternity |
Original cover art by Edmund Emshwiller |
Search Beyond
For A Search Beyond, I originally imagined that the Asimov replicoid did not have Asimov's obsession for writing. However, he did prepare a report on "the Creators" in collaboration with Yōd after their visit to Andromeda and then after Yōd was teleported to Earth, Asimov wrote "Asimov's Guide to Tar'tron" for the people of Earth.
Original cover art by Lawrence Stevens |
In the Ekcolir Reality: Trysta first contacts Asimov and assistant editor Reynette Cummings. Trysta offers to buy Astounding magazine.
First Death
Asimov is guided by Thomas towards working with Space Energy Missions. An oil company-backed secret organization tries to buy them out and suppress "clean energy": the Fru'wu want to increase the carbon dioxide level of Earth's atmosphere. Asimov is given "a warning" and a heart attack, but returned to Earth.
Second Death
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