Isaac Asimov

(b.1920-d.1992)

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Bio:

Born in Russia, emigrated to the US with his family. Biochemist and professor at Boston University School of Medicine. First professional appearance in Amazing (1939). Editorial director of IASFM (1977-1992). Hugo (1973, 1977, 1983), Nebula (1972, 1976) award winner, Grand Master Nebula 1986. Coined the words robotics, psychohistory and positronic. His Foundation series won the Hugo for Best All Time Series. Science column in F&SF . Married to Janet Asimov, with whom he collaborated on the Norby series.

Many of his works have been filmed and his Caves of Steel/Naken Sun books are being made into a miniseries to be aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Bibliography:

13 Crimes of SF
13 Horrors of Halloween
1983 Ed. with M. H. Greenberg and C.R. Waugh
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
1978 Ed. w. M. H. Greenberg and J. Olander
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories
1984 Ed. w. Martin H. Greenberg and Terry Carr
50 Short SF Tales
1963 sh.st.coll. Introduction and Editor with Groff Conklin
February 1963, MacMillan Publishing Co. Paperback ISBN:0-202=16390-8 Amazon.com
Asimov's Chronology of the World: The History of the World from the Big Bang to Modern Times
October 1991, Harpercollins Hardcover ISBN:0-062-70036-7 Amazon.com
The Alternate Asimov's
sh.sts. 1986
Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes
September 1993, Harperperennial Library Paperback Reprint Edition, ISBN:0-060-92448-9 Amazon.com
Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery
December 1994, Harpercollins Upd Edition Hardcover, ISBN:0-062-70113-4 Amazon.com
Asimov's Mysteries
sh.sts. 1968
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
1989 in two
1991 or 6
1990-91 volumes
Atom: A Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos

Azazel
Short story collection
November 1988, Doubleday Hardcover ISBN:0-385-24410-x Amazon.com
Banquets of the Black Widowers
1984
Before the Golden Age
Beginnings
The Best SF of Isaac Asimov
sh.sts. 1986
The Best of Isaac Asimov
sh.sts. 1973
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
1986
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
sh.sts. 1976
The Bloodstream; River of life
n-f
Buy Jupiter And Other Stories
1975 expansion of Have You Seen These?
Cal
shorts? 1991 free to members of the Isaac Asimov Collection Book Club
The Casebook of the Black Widowers
1980
The Caves of Steel
1954
Child of Time
1991 w. Robert Silverberg
The Clock We Live On
n-f
The Collected Fiction: The Far Ends of Time and Earth
sh.sts. 1979
The Collected Fiction: Prisoners of the Stars
sh.sts. 1979
The Complete Robot
sh.sts. 1982
The Complete Stories of IA, Vol I
1990 Omnibus
The Complete Stories of IA, Vol II
sh.sts. 1992
The Currents of Space
1952
David Starr: Space Ranger
1952 as Paul French
The Death Dealers
1958 (?)
The Dissapearing Man and Other Misteries
1985
The Early Asimov: or, Eleven Years of Trying
sh.sts. 1972 published also as two books or three volumes all of the same title
Earth Is Room Enough
sh.sts. 1957
The Edge of Tomorrow
sh.sts. 1985
Eight Stories from the Rest of The Robots
sh.sts. 1966
The End of Eternity
1955
Fantastic Voyage
July 1993, Bantam Books Mass Market Paperback Reissue Edition, ISBN:0-553-27572-0 Amazon.com
Forward the Foundation
March 1994, Bantam Spectra Paperback Reissue Edition ISBN:0-553-56507-9 Amazon.com
The Foundation Trilogy
1964 aka An Isaac Asimov Omnibus
Foundation
1951 based of the short story "The 1000 Year Plan"
November 1991, Bantam Books Mass Market Paperback Revised Edition ISBN:0-553-29335-4 Amazon.com
Foundation and Empire
1952, Astounding May 1942 Jan 1950 aka The Man Who Upset the Universe
The Future I
1981 Ed. w. M. H. Greenberg and J. Olander
The Gods Themselves
1972 Nebula, 1973 Hugo
Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection
Short story collection
February 1996, Harper Mass Market Paperback Reprint Edition ISBN:0-061-05409-7
Good Taste
sh.sts. 1977
Have You Seen These?
sh.sts. 1974
The Heavenly Host
1975 Juvenile
The Hugo Winners, Vol I
Ed.
The Hugo Winers, Vol II
Ed.
In Memory Yet Green
auntobiography vol. I
I, Asimov: A Memoir
February 1995, Bantam Spectra Paperback Reprint Edition ISBN:0-553-56997-X
I, Robot
sh.sts.1950
An Isaac Asimov Double
1972 incl DS:Space Ranger and LS:Pirates of the Asteroids
Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories
Ed. w. M.H.G.
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury
1980 Omnibus incl. The Future in Question & Space Mail
Is Anyone There?
Jupiter
The Key Word and Other Mysteries
1977
Fantastic Voyage
1966 movie zation
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
1987
Flying Saucers
1982 Ed. w. M.H.Greenberg and C.G.Waugh, Fawcett
Foundation and Earth
1986, Doubleday
Foundation's Edge
1982 Hugo 1983
The Future in Question
1980 Ed. w. M. H. Greenberg and J. Olander
The Kingdom of the Sun
n-f
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids
1953 as P.French
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus
1954 as P. French
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
1956 as P. French
Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
1957 as P. French
Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn
1958 as P. French
Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection
1996 HarperPrism
SFBC hardcover #11406
Collection of 11 fantasy stories and 20 essays about fantasy.
The Martian Way and Other Stories
sh.sts. 1955
Microcosmic Tales
1980
Edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander
More Stories From the Hugo Winners, Vol II
Ed. 1971
More Tales of the Balck Widowers
1976
Murder at the ABA
1976
The Naked Sun
1957 ISBN:0-345-33821-9
Nemesis
Nightfall
With Robert Silveberg, Doubleday originally a short story. Made into a movie in 1988, and again in 2000 Amazon.com DVD - VHS
1990
Nightfall and Other Stories
1969 Vols I & II
Nine Tomorrows
sh.sts. 1959
The Norby Chronicles
1986 Omnibus w. Janet Asimov
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot
1983 w. Janet Asimov
Norby's Other Secret
1984 w. Janet Asimov
Norby: Robot for Hire
1987 Omnibus w. Janet Asimov
Norby and the Lost Princess
1985, w. Janet Asimov
Norby and the Invaders
1985 w. Janet Asimov
Norby Through Time and Space
1988 Omnibus w. Janet Asimov
Norby and the Queen's Necklace
1986 w. Janet Asimov
Norby Finds a Villian
1987 w. Janet Asimov
Norby Down to Earth
1989 w. Janet Asimov
Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure
1989 w. Janet Asimov
Norby and the Court Jester
1991 w. Janet Asimov
Norby and the Oldest Dragon
w. Janet Asimov
Of Matters Great and Small
Only A Trillion
Opus 100
w. Fred Pohl
Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov
1986 Omnibus
Our Angry Earth
Pebble in the Sky
1950, Doubleday
Prelude to Foundation
1988
The Relativity of Wrong
nsf, Mathematics book
February 1989, Pinnacle Books Mass Market Paperback ISBN:1-558-17169-x
The Rest of the Robots
sh.sts. 1964
Robot Dreams
sh.sts. 1986
Robot Visions
sh.sts. 1990
The Robots
1971 Omnibus, has The Caves of Steel plus The Naked Sun
The Robots
1988 Omnibus, has the above plus The Robots of Dawn
The Robots of Dawn
1983
Robots and Empire
1985
The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book
Edited with M. H. Greenberg and G. R. R. Martin
1983 (?)
January 1985, Crown Publishing hardcover ISBN:0-517-54978-6
Science, Numbers and I
A Second Isaac Asimov Double
1973 incl LS:Oceans of Venus & LS:Big Sun
Second Foundation
1953 aka 2nd Foundation: Galactic Empire
November 1991, Bantam Books Mass Market Paperback Reprint Eidtion ISBN:0-553-29336-2 Amazon.com
Space Mail
1980 Ed. w. M. H. Greenberg and J. Olander
The Stars in Their Course
The Stars Like Dust
1951 aka The Rebellious Stars
Stories From the Hugo Winners, Vol II
Ed.
Sun Shines Bright
October 1981, Doubleday Hardcover ISBN:0-385-17145-5
Tales of the Black Widowers
June 1978, Amereon Ltd. Hardcover ISBN:0-891-90278-3
A Third Isaac Asimov Double
1973 incl. LS:Moons of Jupiter & LS:Rings of Saturn
Three by Asimov
sh.sts. 1981
Through a Glass, Clearly
sh.sts. 1967
1966?
Tomorrow's Children
1966
Triangle
3 s aka An Isaac Asimov Second Omnibus
The Twelve Frights of Christmas
1986 Ed. with M. H. Greenberg and C.R. Waugh
Twentieth Century Discovery
The Ugly Little Boy
1989 Tor Double #9 with Robert Silveberg
The Union Club Mysteries
1988
Where Do We Go From Here?
Ed.
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
sh.sts. 1983
1984?
The World of Carbon
n-f
The World of Nitrogen
n-f
Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters
Edited by Stanley Asimov
"The Bicentennial Man"
Made into a movie starring Robin Williams in 1999. Amazon.com: VHS DVD
novelette 1976 Nebula, Hugo 1977
"Blind Alley"
1945 Astounding
"Cleon the Emperor" Fictionwise ebook
1992, Asimov's
"Farewell, Farewell"
1992
Essay for F&SF , just before his death
"The Feeling of Power"
sh.st. Feb 1958 F&SF , Galaxy Publ. Corp.
"Flying Saucers and SF"
introduction to Flying Saucers
"The Fun They Had"
sh.st. 1951
"Gold"
Hugo. Fictionwise ebook
1991, Analog
"Introduction to the 1989 Annual World's Best SF"
"Is Anyone Listening?"
Essay on over-population
"Ideas Die Hard"
sh.st. 1957 Galaxy
"I'm In Marsport Without Hilda"
sh.st. 1957
"The Immortal Bard"
sh.st. 1953
"The Light Fantastic"
Science article
August 1962, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
"Marooned Off Vesta"
1939 Amazing
"Misbegotten Missionary"
1950
"My Son the Physicist"
sh.st. April 1963 F&SF
"Nightfall"
Later expanded into a novel in collaboration wtih RObert Silverberg
sh.st. 1941 Astounding, St & Smith
"Potential" Fictionwise ebook
1983, IASFM
"Robot Dreams" Fictionwise ebook
1986 in Robot Dreams
"The Segregationist"
1968 Abbottempo, publ. by Abbott Labs.
"Social Science Fiction"
1953 in Modern Science Fiction Edited by Reginald Bretnor
Essay about sociology oriented SF
"Someday"
1959
"Strikebreaker"
sh.st. 1956 SF Stories
"Thiotimoline and the Space Age"
(c) 1960 by Street & Smith
1961 in The Year's Best SF: 6th Annual Edition edited by Judith Merril
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
science fact Oct 1963 F&SF
"The Ultimate Crime"
sh.st. 1976
"What If ..."
sh.st. Summer 1952 Fantastic
"What Is This Thing Called Love?"
sh.st. 1961

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