Re: Conlangs in History

On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, John Cowan wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
>
> > What was even more ridiculous was that in one of the related
> > novels set in the same universe, _The Stars, like Dust_, in the end
> > the main protagonist reads aloud an astonishing discovery, the
> > preamble to the US Constitution, and understands it!
>
> John W. Campbell imposed that whole Constitution-plot on Asimov against
> his will for publication in _Astounding_, and then he wasn't able
> to rip it out when the story was finally published as a book.
> Much later, Asimov wrote that the idea was absurd.
Sounds very like something Campbell would've done (from all I've read
about him, anyhow), alas.

YHL