Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation, Ch. 1 : Two Men and the Mule, in part I, “Search by the Mule” originally published as “Now You See It —” in Astounding (January 1948)

Secrecy as deep as this is past possibility without nonexistence as well.

— Isaac Asimov on Absurdism

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Isaac Asimov

About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.