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| Jun 12, 2019 at 16:52 | comment | added | AJM | Incidentally, I know that Asimov was a fan of P.G. Wodehouse, so if you like the Azazel stories I would recommend Wodehouse's "Mr. Mulliner" stories. I think they may have been a major inspiration for the Azazel stories, although the humour isn't as dark and happy endings happen a lot more often. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 15:47 | comment | added | Andres F. | @AJM PS: you cannot tag me because as the author of this answer, I'm always notified. Therefore stackexchange will remove the tag even if you write it. On the other hand, I must tag you if I want you to be notified :) Same happens with comments to the author of the question above (but only in the comments section of the question itself). | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 15:44 | comment | added | Andres F. | @AJM Thanks again! I'll have to re-read the intro to my Azazel stories then, I might have gotten this wrong. I thought Azazel and George were renamed for the "alien" stories, but the story Asimov tells is convoluted, and I might have forgot the part where he clarifies something like "...but in the end we decided not to change the names" :P Thanks again! | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 15:26 | comment | added | AJM | Having trouble tagging you, hope this works. I know several Azazel stories were published in Asimov's "Magic" collection but not the original "Azazel" collection. These were all alien/SF ones. However, Azazel and George didn't have their names changed, and I didn't know any other characters did. They are, in my opinion, every inch as good as the other Azazel stories! ("Cheer, cheer, for Morris U. Bunque...") | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 13:42 | comment | added | Andres F. | @AJM Thanks! Yes, the background of the Azazel stories is as you said, and they are indeed hilarious. I love them. According to the intro of the collected stories, the "alien/SF" stories were later rebranded, all character names changed, and published in a different collection whose name escapes me. I've never read them, have you? Are they any good? ("Azazel", with that name, is implied to be a demon... if he exists at all!) | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 12:23 | comment | added | AJM | The question of whether, should he exist, he's a demon or an extraterrestrial actually results from a real-world publishing dispute. Originally, he was a demon, and Asimov was selling the stories to a magazine that published fantasy. Someone high-up on the staff of "Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine wanted to know why he wasn't publishing them there. Asimov pointed out that Azazel being a demon would make them fantasy, and was told "Well, make him into an alien so that it's SF." (Editing to add; the Azazel stories are very, very funny. If you haven't read them, you should!) | |
| Oct 25, 2013 at 16:50 | comment | added | user16541 | Thank you for the answer and yea he doesn't sound quite demon-ish. | |
| Oct 25, 2013 at 13:37 | history | edited | Andres F. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2013 at 13:30 | history | answered | Andres F. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |