News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost. Parent comment

Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by euroderf on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:36AM (#29078170)
Now that I think of it, Emperor "Cleon" is a nice wordplay on "cliodynamics".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by UncleSlacky on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:42AM (#29081984)
It's an anagram of "Clone", shirley?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by floren on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @11:03AM (#29082303)
A happy accident, since Asimov was the originator of the "Cleon" name but there were no clones in the Foundation books.
[ Parent | on HN ]