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Lest We Remember
John Heath is a "dead average" man working for Quantum Pharmaceuticals. Unhappy with his average position in the company and in life, he searches for a way to improve himself and at the same time impress his fiancée, Susan Collins. When researchers from Quantum give him the opportunity, he volunteers to be a test subject for a new drug that allows total memory recall.
23 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 1982
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Isaac Asimov
4,339 books27.9k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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April 15, 2015
I throughly enjoyed this short story. Asimov's writing is phenomenal, and his ideas are even better! This story is fast paced and enjoyable. Plus the ending is great.
December 3, 2022
Collected in The Winds of Change and Other Stories, and Robot Dreams. John Heath, an average man working for Quantum Pharmaceuticals volunteers to be a test subject for a drug that enables total memory recall.
It works, and before you know it he's vastly improved and changes from an average nice guy into a power hungry, blackmailing, corporate ladder climber who is an asshole to his fiancee.
Quantum's big wigs aren't going to take this lying down! I honestly love how this played out, as most of what happened is not only predictable, but logical. The movie Limitless has all the similar tropes in this story, it was equally enjoyable.
It works, and before you know it he's vastly improved and changes from an average nice guy into a power hungry, blackmailing, corporate ladder climber who is an asshole to his fiancee.
Quantum's big wigs aren't going to take this lying down! I honestly love how this played out, as most of what happened is not only predictable, but logical. The movie Limitless has all the similar tropes in this story, it was equally enjoyable.
March 9, 2022
Доволі цікава ідея та проекція майбутнього від майстра жанру. Хоча Азімов тут незвичний. Радше, оповідання в стилі Шеклі.
Якою стане людина, якщо її пам'ять стане суперпам'яттю? Здебільшого, відповідь завжди в стилі - гіршою версією себе. Цікаво, чому?!
Якою стане людина, якщо її пам'ять стане суперпам'яттю? Здебільшого, відповідь завжди в стилі - гіршою версією себе. Цікаво, чому?!
November 13, 2022
Un experimento que se sale de control con un hombre de lo más normal pasa a ser el más inteligente y que recuerda todo todo lo que le traerá muchos problemas.
September 3, 2023
Funny story with few hard science fiction elements. Reads much more like a mystery. Pretty good but the ending was a bit corny.
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