# SF collectors of Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, etc. I have news

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-collectors-of-asimov-heinlein-clarke-etc-i-have-news/976617 "2022-12-15T22:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-collectors-of-asimov-heinlein-clarke-etc-i-have-news/976617/61 "2023-05-11T23:43:17Z")

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Excellent!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-collectors-of-asimov-heinlein-clarke-etc-i-have-news/976617/62 "2023-05-12T22:43:35Z")

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I’ve added a link to your webpage in the “External links” section of the Wikipedia article on Gnome Press:

> **[Gnome Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome_Press)**
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> Gnome Press was an American small-press publishing company primarily known for publishing many science fiction classics. Gnome was one of the most eminent of the fan publishers of SF, producing 86 titles in its lifespan — many considered classic works of SF and Fantasy today. Gnome was important in the transitional period between Genre SF as a magazine phenomenon and its arrival in mass-market book publishing, but proved too underfunded to make the leap from fan-based publishing to the profess Th...

(I think there is a link to an earlier version of your page, in the “References” section just above? Updated link is clearly better!)

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-collectors-of-asimov-heinlein-clarke-etc-i-have-news/976617/63 "2023-05-13T00:09:31Z")

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Terrific. Thanks very much.

The Great Gnome Press Odyssey isn’t from me but from Aaron Rainey, who is no longer updating the site. I haven’t seen any internet presence from him for several years.

I have a few quibbles with the Wikipedia article but most of it is so general that casual readers will get all the high points. And even some of the small points are correctly presented, which reflects modern scholarship. Overall it’s a good introduction from a non-obsessive viewpoint.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-collectors-of-asimov-heinlein-clarke-etc-i-have-news/976617/64 "2023-05-13T00:36:30Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Overall it’s a good introduction from a non-obsessive viewpoint.

Quoth the expert in one’s field!

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