Asimov had met Bradbury at the Hydra Club, a successor to the Futurians that included del Rey, Sturgeon, and Judith Merril, whom Asimov described as “the kind of girl who, when her rear end was patted by a man, patted the rear end of the patter.” He was speaking from experience, but he softened the facts—Merril had actually grabbed at his crotch.
