get out of my house mule noises

["Brian J Dillard" <dillardb@student.msu.edu>]

from what i hear, the line 'i turn into the mule' and the 'eor' noises are a
reference to the mule, a powerful (psychic?) mutant character in isaac asimov's
foundation trilogy (actually by now it's more than a trilogy but anyway . . . .
), which i have owned since the age of 10 and NEVER read . . . . . i was always
more heinlein action than asimov cerebral in my SF taste. GOOMH also reportedly
was inspired by the film version of stephen king's 'the shining.'

i know these oft-reported tidbits, but here's a question, perhaps for IED: what
are the sources of this information? has kate mentioned asimov or king and/or
their works in any interviews? or is it all supposition?

brian dillard