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Isaac Asimov


USA flag (1920 - 1992)
Husband of Janet Asimov

aka Dr A, Paul French, C L Ray

Isaac Asimov was the most famous, most honored, most widely read, and most beloved science fiction author of all time. In his five decades as an author, he wrote more than four hundred books, won every award his readers and colleagues could contrive to give him, and provided pleasure and insight to millions.

Isaac Asimov was born in Russia in 1920 and grew up in the USA. His fantastic career as a science fiction writer began in 1939 with the appearence of a short story 'Marooned Off Vesta', in Amazing Stories. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula Award once. With nearly five hundred books to his name and several hundred articles, Asimov's output was prolific by any standards. He died in 1992 at the age of 72.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, Horror
 
Series
Galactic Empire Trilogy
   1. The Stars, Like Dust (1951)
     aka The Rebellious Stars
   2. The Currents of Space (1952)
   3. Pebble in the Sky (1950)
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Foundation
   1. Prelude to Foundation (1988)
   2. Forward the Foundation (1993)
   3. Foundation (1951)
     aka The 1,000 Year Plan
   4. Foundation and Empire (1952)
     aka The Man Who Upset the Universe
   5. Second Foundation (1953)
   6. Foundation's Edge (1982)
   7. Foundation and Earth (1986)
continued in the series: Second Foundation
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Lucky Starr (as by Paul French)
   1. David Starr, Space Ranger (1952)
     aka Space Ranger
   2. Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1954)
     aka Pirates of the Asteroids
   3. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1954)
     aka The Oceans of Venus
   4. Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1956)
     aka The Big Sun of Mercury
   5. Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1957)
     aka The Moons of Jupiter
   6. Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (1958)
     aka The Rings of Saturn
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R. Daneel Olivaw
   1. The Caves of Steel (1954)
   2. The Naked Sun (1956)
   3. The Robots of Dawn (1983)
   4. Robots and Empire (1985)
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How Did We Find Out About...
   How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis? (1966)
   How Did We Find Out About Lasers? (1972)
   How Did We Find Out the Earth Is Round? (1972)
   How Did We Find Out About Electricity? (1973)
   How Did We Find Out About Numbers? (1973)
   How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs? (1973)
   How Did We Find Out About Germs? (1974)
   How Did We Find Out About Vitamins? (1974)
   How Did We Find Out About Comets? (1975)
   How Did We Find Out About Energy? (1975)
   How Did We Find Out About Atoms? (1976)
   How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power? (1976)
   How Did We Find Out About Outer Space? (1977)
   How Did We Find Out About Earthquakes? (1978)
   How Did We Find Out About Black Holes? (1978)
   How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? (1979)
   How Did We Find Out About Antarctica? (1979)
   How Did We Find Out About Oil? (1980)
   How Did We Find Out About Coal? (1980)
   How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes? (1981)
   How Did We Find Out About the Beginnings of Life? (1982)
   How Did We Find Out About Life in the Deep Sea? (1982)
   How Did We Find Out About the Universe? (1983)
   How Did We Find Out About Genes? (1983)
   How Did We Find Out About Computers? (1984)
   How Did We Find Out About Robots? (1984)
   How Did We Find Out About the Atmosphere? (1985)
   How Did We Find Out About DNA? (1985)
   How Did We Find Out About the Speed of Light? (1986)
   How Did We Find Out About Blood? (1986)
   How Did We Find Out About Sunshine? (1987)
   How Did We Find Out About the Brain? (1987)
   How Did We Find Out About Superconductivity? (1988)
   How Did We Find Out About Microwaves? (1989)
   How Did We Find Out About Neptune? (1990)
   How Did We Find Out About Pluto? (1991)
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ABC's of...
   Space Dictionary (1969)
     aka ABCs Of Space
   ABC's of the Ocean (1970)
   ABC's of Ecology (1972)
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Novels
   The End of Eternity (1955)
   A Whiff of Death (1958)
     aka The Death Dealers
   The Double Planet (1960)
   Fantastic Voyage (1966)
   The Gods Themselves (1972)
   The Heavenly Host (1975)
   Murder at the ABA (1976)
     aka Authorized Murder
   Destination Brain (1987)
   Nemesis (1989)
   Nightfall (1990) (with Robert Silverberg)
   Child of Time (1991) (with Robert Silverberg)
   The Ugly Little Boy (1992) (with Robert Silverberg)
   The Positronic Man (1992) (with Robert Silverberg)
   History of I-Botics (1997) (with James Chambers)
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Collections
   The Martian Way (1955)
   Earth Is Room Enough (1957)
   Nine Tomorrows (1959)
   Through a Glass, Clearly (1967)
   Asimov's Mysteries (1968)
   Nightfall and Other Stories (1969)
   The Best New Thing (1971)
   Nightfall Two (1971)
   The Early Asimov Volume 1 (1972)
     aka Eleven Years of Trying
   The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973)
   Have You Seen These? (1974)
   The Early Asimov Volume 2 (1974)
   The Early Asimov Volume 3 (1974)
   Buy Jupiter (1975)
   Lecherous Limericks (poems) (1975)
   Bicentennial Man (1976)
   More Lecherous Limericks (poems) (1976)
   The Key Word and Other Mysteries (1977)
   Still More Lecherous Limericks (poems) (1977)
   Limericks: Too Gross (poems) (1978) (with John Ciardi)
   Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks (poems) (1978)
   Prisoners of the Stars (1978)
   A Grossery of Limericks (poems) (1981) (with John Ciardi)
   The Winds of Change (1983)
   The Union Club Mysteries (1983)
   Isaac Asimov's Limericks for Children (poems) (1984)
   The Edge of Tomorrow (1985)
   The Disappearing Man (1985)
   The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986)
   The Alternate Asimovs (1986)
   Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov (1988)
   Azazel (1988)
   All the Troubles of the World (1989)
   The Asimov Chronicles (1989)
   Pshrinks Anonymous (1990)
   The Complete Stories (1990)
   Gold (1991)
   The Complete Stories Volume Two (1992)
   Magic (1996)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Fun They Had (1951)
   Youth (1952)
   The Last Question (1956)
   Let's Get Together (1957)
   Good Taste (1976)
   The Last Answer (1980)
   It's Such a Beautiful Day (1985)
   Franchise (1989)
   Robbie (1989)
   Sally (1989)
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Anthologies edited
   Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963) (with Groff Conklin)
   Tomorrow's Children (1966)
   Where Do We Go from Here? (1971)
   Treasury of Humour (1972)
   Mars, We Love You (1973)
   Before the Golden Age Volume 1 (1974)
   Before the Golden Age Volume 2 (1975)
   Before the Golden Age Volume 3 (1975)
   Before the Golden Age Volume 4 (1976)
   Familiar Poems, Annotated (1977)
   100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
   100 Great Science Fiction Stories (1978)
   Asimov's Choice: Extraterrestrials and Eclipses (1978)
   Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction (1978) (with George Scithers)
   Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction, Volume 2 (1979)
   The Science Fictional Solar System (1979) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (1979) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction (1979) (with George Scithers)
   Microcosmic Tales (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
   Space Mail (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Who Done It? (1980) (with Alice Laurance)
   The Future in Question (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
   The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The Future I (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
   The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   Catastrophes! (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   100 Malicious Little Mysteries (1981)
     aka Miniature Mysteries
   Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Thinking Machines (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Travels Through Time (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg, Thomas Leonard and Charles G Waugh)
   Wild Inventions (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Fantastic Creatures (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Space Mail 2 (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   TV: 2000 (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Laughing Space (1982) (with J O Jeppson (Janet Asimov))
   Mutants (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Dragon Tales (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Flying Saucers (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The Big Apple Mysteries (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   The Last Man on Earth (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Speculations (1982) (with Alice Laurance)
   The Golden Years of Science Fiction Second Series (1983)
   Golden Years of SF (1983)
   Caught in the Organ Draft (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Hallucination Orbit (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Show Business Is Murder (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   Starships (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Creations (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and George Zebrowski)
   13 Horrors of Halloween (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   The Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Computer Crimes and Capers (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Golden Years of SF 3rd Series (1984)
   Golden Years of SF 4th Series (1984)
   Science Fiction 18 (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984) (with Terry Carr and Martin H Greenberg)
   Murder On the Menu (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   Election Day 2084 (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels (1985)
   Golden Years of SF 5th Series (1985)
   The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg and George R R Martin)
   Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Great Scientists (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Amazing Stories (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Isaac Asimov's Choice (1986)
   Science Fiction Masterpieces (1986)
   The Twelve Frights of Christmas (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Hound Dunnit (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Golden Years of SF 6th Series (1988)
   Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
   Encounters (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The Best Crime Stories of the Nineteenth Century (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Extraterrestrials (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The Sport of Crime (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   Friends, Robots, Countrymen (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Purr-fect Crime (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   Tales of the Occult (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Senior Sleuths (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Visions of Fantasy (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Cosmic Critiques (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Orbit (1990)
   Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   War With the Robots (1992)
   All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Stories (1997)
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Anthology series
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Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
   1. Wizards (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   2. Witches (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   3. Cosmic Knights (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   4. Spells (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   5. Giants (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   6. Mythical Beasties (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   7. Magical Wishes (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   8. Devils (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   9. Atlantis (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   10. Ghosts (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   11. Curses (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   12. Faeries (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
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Series contributed to
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Great SF Stories
   1. The Great SF Stories One (1979) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   2. The Great SF Stories Two (1979) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   3. The Great SF Stories 3 (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   4. The Great SF Stories 4 (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   5. The Great SF Stories 5 (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   6. The Great SF Stories 6 (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   7. The Great SF Stories 7 (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   8. The Great SF Stories 8 (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   9. The Great SF Stories 9 (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   10. The Great SF Stories 10 (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   11. The Great SF Stories 11 (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   12. The Great SF Stories 12 (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   13. The Great SF Stories 13 (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   14. The Great SF Stories 14 (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   15. The Great SF Stories 15 (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   16. The Great SF Stories 16 (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   17. The Great SF Stories 17 (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   18. The Great SF Stories 18 (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   19. The Great SF Stories 19 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   20. The Great SF Stories 20 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   21. The Great SF Stories 21 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   22. The Great SF Stories 22 (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   23. The Great SF Stories 23 (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   24. The Great SF Stories 24 (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   25. The Great SF Stories 25 (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
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Plays show
 
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Isaac Asimov recommends
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Tumithak of the Corridors (2005)
Charles R Tanner
"Human Characters and an Exciting Plot!"
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Over the River and Through the Woods (1996)
Clifford D Simak
"I read Cliff's stories with particular attention, and I couldn't help but notice the simplicity and directness of the writing - the utter clarity of it. I made up my mind to imitate it, and I labored over the years to make my writing simpler, clearer, more uncluttered, to present my scenes on a bare stage"
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The Multiplex Man (1992)
James P Hogan
"Arthur C Clarke, move over."

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Anthologies containing stories by Isaac Asimov
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Black Cat Weekly #43 (2022)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 43)

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Awards
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1966) : Eyes Do More Than See
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1966) : Founding Father
Hugo Best Novel winner (1973) : The Gods Themselves
Nebula Awards Best Novel winner (1973) : The Gods Themselves
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1975) : That Thou Art Mindful of Him!
Hugo Best Novellette winner (1977) : The Bicentennial Man
Nebula Awards Best Novellette winner (1977) : The Bicentennial Man
Hugo Best Novel winner (1983) : Foundation's Edge
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1983) : Foundation's Edge
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1984) : The Robots of Dawn
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1987) : Robot Dreams [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1987) : Robot Dreams [short story]
Hugo Best Novellette winner (1992) : Gold [short story]


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