The story behind the story
Edmund Schubert, editor of IGMS, has posted a little essay of mine about the writing of “The Robot Sorcerer.”
I’m glad that Edmund posts these essays by the story authors. One of the reasons I loved reading Isaac Asimov’s short story collection The Early Asimov was because he interspersed the stories with autobiographical information, including how he came to write certain stories. I’m always interested in how writers come up with stories, and I flatter myself that others are interested in how I come up with mine.
Eric–
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your story \”The Robot Sorcerer\” in IGMS this month. I also liked your little story about how it got written at Odyssey. I enjoyed very much how the desire and the fear were set against each other. The ending was very satisfying. And of course, I love robots. (Must be the old Mr. Spock thing.)
Mette Ivie Harrison