Word: abas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tsunami of words. In the four decades since he published his first story, Asimov has written more science fiction than Kurt Vonnegut's legendary Kilgore Trout. A compilation of Asimov's other works includes several volumes of detective fiction (Tales of the Black Widowers, Murder at the ABA); books on chemistry, astronomy and religion; The Intelligent Man 's Guide to Science ("The title refers to the author, not the reader"); the novelization of the film Fantastic Voyage, which helped propel Raquel Welch through the bloodstream; and a book of instructions on how to be a dirty...
Murder at the ABA (Doubleday, $7.95 hardcover; Fawcett, $1.75 paperback). At a convention of the American Booksellers Association, a bestselling young novelist named Giles Devore is found dead in his hotel room. The only one who suspects foul play is Author Darius Just, and he must work his way through a healthy number of suspects to prove his case. The formula is familiar, and Asimov, wearing his mystery writer's hat, works it out with ease. He also introduces himself as a character and manages to dominate long passages of the novel; when Asimov is not onstage, other characters...
...Tarheels finished third in the NCAA tournament when they lost by four points to an unheralded Florida State contingent. North Carolina started Bob McAdoo at center, Dennis Wycick and Bobby Jones at the forwards, and George Karl and WHO at the guards? (Hint: He played one year in the ABA, quite possibly the least talented backcourter ever to make the pros...
Atlantic: The champion Bullets move over to this division, but will be lucky to grab second place at the season's end. Philadelphia virtually locked up the championship with the Jones for McGinnis swap, provided Julius Erving can still do it, ABA-style. The Knicks are good on paper, and will be good if the paper is legal tender and given to Monroe and Jim McMillian. The Celtics will reach .500 only if opposing teams refuse to play while Dave Cowens is out. With Kevin Porter traded to Detroit for Eric Money, the Nets need a play maker...
...such abuses, Congressman St Germain would make it illegal for a banker to borrow from a correspondent bank under any circumstances. Bankers disagree vehemently on this point. Complained the ABA's Smith: "That may look good on the page of an economics textbook. But it would be disastrous for good, competitive banking. After all, bankers need full and speedy access to credit...