[hanche]

I could have sworn it was Asimov, but now I’m not so sure. As I remember it, the problem was communication with astronauts in the outer reaches of the solar system.

[ninalanyon]

Now you have me wondering too. I'm still inclined to think it was Clarke because he was much more concerned with scientific and technical plausibility.

But now I'll have to dig into it to find out for sure.

[CRConrad]

A) Did you find anything? I would also have bet Asimov. (The "slightly sexist" point also speaks for that, IMO; I think Clarke was less so.)

B) Á propos another comment[1] by you, too old to reply to now[2]: Betcha you meant Gustavsberg, not "Gustavsen". They're Swedish, BTW, not Norwegian.

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[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44012715

[2]: Yeah, I admit: That's why I came here. But, hey, I found a discussion about two of the Grand Old Three!