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"The Foundation of S.F. Success" is a 1954 pastiche by American writer Isaac Asimov, of the patter song "If you're anxious for to shine" from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Patience, describing the easy way to become a successful writer. Asimov borrows Gilbert's rhythm and rhyme schemes in the song. It includes the lines: With a tiny bit of cribbin' from the works of Edward Gibbon and that Greek, Thucydides, in which Asimov is lampooning himself, referring to the inspiration for the Foundation stories. It was the first poem that Asimov ever sold.

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  • "The Foundation of S.F. Success" is a 1954 pastiche by American writer Isaac Asimov, of the patter song "If you're anxious for to shine" from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Patience, describing the easy way to become a successful writer. Asimov borrows Gilbert's rhythm and rhyme schemes in the song. It includes the lines: With a tiny bit of cribbin' from the works of Edward Gibbon and that Greek, Thucydides, in which Asimov is lampooning himself, referring to the inspiration for the Foundation stories. It was the first poem that Asimov ever sold. The piece was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October 1954. It was later included in Asimov's short story collection Earth is Room Enough (1957) and his The Complete Stories, vol. 1 (1990). (en)
  • «Засади успіху S.F.» — пастиш, написаний в 1954 році американським письменником Айзеком Азімовим на пісню англ. «If you're anxious for to shine» з комічної опери «Терпіння» Гілберта і Саллівана, описує легкий шлях, як стати успішним письменником. Азімов запозичує ритм і рими в пісні. Він включає строку з оригінального твору: «With a tiny bit of cribbin' from the works of Edward Gibbon and that Greek, Thucydides», в якому Азімов висміює своє запозичення ідеї для «Фундації». П'єса була вперше опублікована в журналі The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction у жовтні 1954 року. Включене в збірку оповідань Азімова «На Землі достатньо місця» (1957) та «Найкраща наукова фантастика Айзека Азімова» (1986). (uk)
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  • "The Foundation of S.F. Success" is a 1954 pastiche by American writer Isaac Asimov, of the patter song "If you're anxious for to shine" from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Patience, describing the easy way to become a successful writer. Asimov borrows Gilbert's rhythm and rhyme schemes in the song. It includes the lines: With a tiny bit of cribbin' from the works of Edward Gibbon and that Greek, Thucydides, in which Asimov is lampooning himself, referring to the inspiration for the Foundation stories. It was the first poem that Asimov ever sold. (en)
  • «Засади успіху S.F.» — пастиш, написаний в 1954 році американським письменником Айзеком Азімовим на пісню англ. «If you're anxious for to shine» з комічної опери «Терпіння» Гілберта і Саллівана, описує легкий шлях, як стати успішним письменником. Азімов запозичує ритм і рими в пісні. Він включає строку з оригінального твору: «With a tiny bit of cribbin' from the works of Edward Gibbon and that Greek, Thucydides», в якому Азімов висміює своє запозичення ідеї для «Фундації». (uk)
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  • The Foundation of S.F. Success (en)
  • Засади успіху S.F. (uk)
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