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Isaac Asimov's Caliban


Isaac Asimov's Caliban (1993) is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimov's "Robot"/"Empire"/"Foundation" universe. The book is set on a planet in Asimov's Foundation universe, and focuses on a cultural and legal dilemma posed by the Three Laws of Robotics after a roboticist is apparently assaulted by one of her robots. This event threatens to cause a global panic, because the planet's entire way of life relies on the belief that robots are incapable of harming or disobeying humans.
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Isaac Asimov book series bibliography


This is a bibliography of books by Isaac Asimov organized by series chronologically and by series timeline (i.e. prequels first). See also Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological), Isaac Asimov bibliography (alphabetical), and Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography. Also see "Robot" series List of books for short stories about robots by Asimov. The Robot novels The Caliban trilogy (Not written by Asimov but in the same series) Also see "Foundation" series List of books for short stories also in the Foundation universe by Asimov.
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Law robots. Caliban turns himself in preemptively. The three talk while in jail, and Caliban manages to deduce what has happened to Beddle and rushes off to save him. While flying there, Caliban sends out a hyperwave message to tell the other robots that are searching to go back and that the situation is under control. Caliban goes to Valhalla, where he finds several New Law robots dead and Prospero holding Beddle prisoner, with a setup where if Beddle tries to leave, he will set off the bomb. Prospero was
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Three Laws of Robotics


the underlying basic ethical worldview that determines the actions of all robots. In the 1990s, Roger MacBride Allen wrote a trilogy which was set within Asimov's fictional universe. Each title has the prefix "Isaac Asimov's" as Asimov had approved Allen's outline before his death. These three books, "Caliban", "Inferno" and "Utopia", introduce a new set of the Three Laws. The so-called New Laws are similar to Asimov's originals with the following differences: the First Law is modified
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brain and comparing it to a normal Three-Law robotic brain. She, like Caliban, had been programmed without the Laws of Robotics, but had been purely a stationary unit. In switching the serial numbers, Ariel was able to have a set of robotic legs placed on her, allowing her to masquerade as a "normal" robot. Kresh rightly believes that Ariel presents far too great of a danger to human beings, and shoots her. However, he is convinced that Caliban does not present the same danger based
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very good successor to humanity given that their sole purpose is to serve humans. It is revealed that some members of Leving Labs have both personal and professional secrets to hide: Gubber Anshaw is romantically involved with Tonya Welton, while Jomaine Terach is aware of the creation of Caliban and the fact that he lacked the Three Laws of Robotics. Sheriff Kresh is aided in this respect when Caliban encounters a robot at a shipping depot and recounts his entire life history (about five days' worth). While the robot nearly seizes in
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Isaac Asimov bibliography (alphabetical)


"See also: Isaac Asimov bibliography (categorical), Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological)" The goal of this article is to present a complete bibliography of the books written or edited by Isaac Asimov, arranged alphabetically. Since Asimov is one of the most prolific authors of all time, and since he engaged in many collaborations with other authors, this is a substantial research project. This list may not yet be complete. The total number of books listed here is over 500. Asimov died in 1992 at age 72.
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brainlock and ends up precipitating a minor catastrophe by hyperwaving for help, the story the robot tells confirms what Kresh later uses to get the truth out of Terach. Caliban escapes the City of Hades (the capital of Inferno), but is located by both Dr. Leving and Sheriff Kresh. Kresh uses the occasion to finger the true culprit in the assault on Leving, who turns out to have been Ariel, Tonya Welton's personal robot. She had switched serial numbers with another robot after a test had been run on her
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City


Isaac Asimov's Robot City is a series of novels written by various authors and loosely connected to Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. It takes place between "The Robots of Dawn" and "Robots and Empire". Each volume is complete in itself, but they form a continuing series. The novels were written in response to a writing challenge issued by Asimov to write a series involving the Three Laws of Robotics, which brought about a collaboration of several authors. Asimov provided outlines for stories which filled in the gap
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Science Fiction by Asimov


Science Fiction by Asimov is a collection of stories by American author Isaac Asimov. Published by Davis Publications in 1986, it was given away free to subscribers of "Asimov's SF Magazine". It is the only anthology of Asimov's stories to include "Potential", a Multivac story first published in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" in the February 1983 issue. The story also appeared in "The 1984 Annual World's Best SF" and "Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" (1986)
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Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time


Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time is a series of six science fiction novels featuring Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. Written by American author William F. Wu as novels for young adults, they were the first series authorized to use Asimov's fictional universe after his death in 1992. Set on Earth, it tells the story of the Governors, a series of state-of-the-art administrative robots. Each Governor is physically composed of six smaller units and is responsible for single-handedly directing the operations of a
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Foundation's Triumph


Foundation's Triumph (1999) is a science fiction novel by David Brin, set in Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" universe. It is the third book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate. Brin synthesizes dozens of Foundation-Empire-Robots novels and short stories by Isaac Asimov, Roger MacBride Allen, and authorized others into a consistent framework. " Foundation's Triumph" includes an appendix chronology compiled by Attila Torkos. "Foundation’s Triumph
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Isaac Asimov


be spelled in the Latin alphabet, Asimov's father spelled it with an S, believing this letter to be pronounced like Z (as in German), and so it became Asimov. This later inspired one of Asimov's short stories, "Spell My Name with an S." Asimov refused early suggestions of using a more common name as a pseudonym, and believed that its recognizability helped his career. After becoming famous, he often met readers who believed that "Isaac Asimov" was a distinctive pseudonym created by an author
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The Billiard Ball


"The Billiard Ball" is a science fiction short story by American author Isaac Asimov, written in September 1966 and first published in the March 1967 issue of "If". It appeared in Asimov's 1968 collection "Asimov's Mysteries", in his 1973 collection "The Best of Isaac Asimov", in his 1986 collection "Robot Dreams" and in "The Complete Stories, Vol. 2". An example of what Asimov called his "late style," the story is a journalist's recollection of the
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A Loint of Paw


"A Loint of Paw" is a vignette by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" in August 1957. It was reprinted in the 1968 collection" Asimov's Mysteries "and the 1986 collection "The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov". The title of the story is a play on the words "a point of law", which alludes to fact that the punchline of the story is a play on the words of an old saw. Asimov's author's
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The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov


The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1986, and in paperback by the Fawcett Crest imprint of Ballantine Books in September 1987. The book contains thirty-one stories by Asimov, including fifteen featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers, nine of his Union Club mysteries, and seven others (one featuring his science fictional detective Wendell Urth and two featuring his boy detective Larry). Most were reprinted
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Asimov's Science Fiction


Asimov's Science Fiction (ISSN 1065-2698) is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication frequency is bimonthly (six issues per year). Circulation in 2012 was 22,593, as reported in the annual "Locus" magazine survey. "Asimov's Science Fiction" began life as the digest-sized "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" (or "IASFM" for short)
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Author! Author! (short story)


"Author! Author!" is a fantasy short story by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. By January 1943 Isaac Asimov was working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and had not written any fiction for almost a year. Still hoping to be published in "Unknown" after five rejections, he began writing "Author! Author!" and in April finished it and sold it to editor John W. Campbell for $150. The magazine closed because of a wartime paper shortage before the story was published, but it was included
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Foundation's Friends


Foundation's Friends, Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov is a 1989 book written in honor of science fiction author Isaac Asimov, in the form of an anthology of short stories set in Asimov's universes, particularly the "Robot"/"Empire"/"Foundation" universe. The anthology was edited by Martin H. Greenberg, and contributing authors include Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Harry Turtledove, and Orson Scott Card. A "revised and expanded" edition was published in 1997, which added numerous memorials and appreciations written by those
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The book is set at a point in history where humanity is spread among many planets and divided into two main cultures. There are the Settlers, who reject robotics as an affront to human potential, and the Spacers whose lives are saturated by robotics. The planet Inferno is a Spacer planet, though some characters are Settler visitors and provide a perceptual counterpoint to the Spacers' belief in their own superiority. The robots produced on this planet have their Three Laws integrated into every neural pathway, such that even "seeing" harm
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actors in a play are normally robots. And since nobody goes to the theatre, many of the seats are filled with robots to make the house look packed. "So at home on your screen what you see is a theatre full of robots applauding a stage full of robots." She notes another example of a woman who has a robot with enough intelligence to fly a spaceship, yet the robot's whole job is to brush the woman's teeth and hold the toothbrush in between. Over-reliance on robotics is
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screens only. The Three Laws of Robotics are examined in this novel not from the standpoint of what might happen if they fail, but what might happen if they work too well. "Settlers," who do not use robots, observe that Spacers' reliance on robotics has made them incompetent at a number of basic tasks. The average citizen of Inferno does not know their own address, cannot drive a car or dress themself, and is extremely antisocial. In general they use robots to avoid all human conflict and
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start. Caliban and Prospero, invited to the Governor's gathering at the behest of Dr. Fredda Leving, are present just as Tonya Welton, leader of the Settlers, gets into a fight with two supposed Ironheads, members of a fringe political group led by Simcor Beddle, which calls for the removal of all Settlers from Inferno and for the government to rescind the law drafting robotic labor for terraforming. It is at this point that the action begins. After Grieg successfully carries off the gathering and demonstrates his political will while hobnobbing
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done to a human can physically destroy a robot's brain. They are thus incapable of rebellion or disobedience, and are even unable to think anything which is contrary to the instructions of humans. Their total servitude and extreme intelligence have had severely damaging effects on the mental and physical health of the human population. Robots have taken over many basic tasks such as driving cars and even dressing humans. The main character, Alvar Kresh, decides to do an 'experiment' in which he tells his robot not to wake him up
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in the morning. On waking (late), he immediately realizes that he does not know where his clothes are stored, and that the clothes have fasteners which are specially designed for a robot's hands to operate. Ultimately he manages to get his clothes on but cannot fit them properly. The planet's leading roboticist, Fredda Leving, gives a speech in which she notes that robot labor has undermined not only human productivity but human leisure as well. She explains that in many performance halls, all but the lead
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Isaac Asimov's Inferno


of the investigation of the crime scene. He orders Sheriff's Deputies sent over by high-speed aircars, and calls in Dr. Leving to quietly examine the destroyed security robots on the scene. A man named Tierlaw Verick is swooped up after having evaded the initial searches by the deputies. Shortly after, Grieg's death is announced to the world of Inferno, and Caliban goes into hiding along with Prospero. Meanwhile, a Spacer import/export broker, Sero Phrost, meets with Simcor Beddle and blackmails him by pointing out
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Positronic brain


type directly parallel contemporary industrial robotics practice, though real-life robots do contain safety sensors and systems, in a concern for human safety (a weak form of the First Law; the robot is a safe tool to use, but has no "judgment", which is implicit in Asimov's own stories). Several robot stories have been written by other authors following Asimov's death. For example, in Roger MacBride Allen's Caliban trilogy, a Spacer roboticist called Gubber Anshaw invents the gravitonic brain. It offers speed
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Eric Asimov


Eric Asimov (born July 17, 1957) is an American wine critic and food critic for "The New York Times". Asimov was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of Stanley Asimov, former vice-president for editorial administration at "Newsday", and Ruth Asimov, a ceramic artist. He is a nephew of author Isaac Asimov and brother of "San Francisco Chronicle" writer Nanette Asimov. Asimov attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1980. He did graduate work in American studies at the University of
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presented as a waste of intelligence and human potential. Another symptom of too much robotic coddling presented in the book is called Inertia Syndrome. Alvar Kresh recalls the case of a man who became extremely agoraphobic and used his robots to wall himself off not only from the world but from all physical activity. Eventually he confined himself to a bed with a feeding tube, and demanded that his robots only enter the room as absolutely necessary in order to clean. At all other times he was alone, interacting with the world through computer
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with it all human contact of any sort. Fredda Leving notes that birthrates on all Spacer planets are below replacement level. This series deals with a new type of robots who do not have the Three Laws of Robotics. The Three Laws are integral to the functioning of a positronic brain, but these robots have gravitonic brains, into which it is possible to build any set of laws. For example, some gravitonic robots have already been built with the New Laws of Robotics which are designed to make them partners rather than slaves
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Isaac Asimov's Caliban


to humanity. Simcor Beddle's Ironhead movement stages a hit-and-run attack on a plantation near Settlertown, and they crop up once or twice more as the story progresses. The Ironheads nearly successfully start a riot when Beddle castigates Dr. Leving after one of her lectures on the nature of robots and how they affect human beings. It is her thesis that the superabundance of robotic labor has caused humans to become indolent and nearly incompetent at accomplishing even trivial tasks. She also claims that robots themselves do not qualify as a
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Isaac's Universe


pages in back on the authors contributing their works. There is also an introduction by Isaac Asimov that is seven pages long. This was followed by "Volume Two: Phases in Chaos" and "Volume Three: Unnatural Diplomacy". The novels are: "Fossil" by Hal Clement and "Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society" by Janet Asimov. The premise of Isaac's Universe is that the Milky Way Galaxy in the future is populated by six high-tech, space-faring species: Robert Silverberg,
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Syfy


and author Isaac Asimov were among those on the initial advisory board, but both had died by the time the channel finally launched on September 24, 1992. Rubenstein recalled: "The first thing that was on the screen was 'Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry'." Leonard Nimoy was master of ceremonies at the channel's launch party, held at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan. Asimov's widow Janet and Roddenberry's widow Majel Barrett were both in attendance. The first program shown on the network
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for three novels, known as the Caliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen, set between "Robots and Empire" and the Empire series. The Caliban trilogy describes the terraforming of the Spacer world Inferno, a planet where an ecological crisis forces the Spacers to abandon many long-cherished parts of their culture. Allen's novels echo the uncertainties that Asimov's later books express about the Three Laws of Robotics, and in particular the way a thoroughly roboticized culture can degrade human initiative. After Asimov's death and at the request of
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Cosmic Knights


Cosmic Knights is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of knights edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. The third volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series, it was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in January 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987. The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.
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Magical Wishes


Magical Wishes is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of wishes edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the seventh volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in November 1986. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987. The book collects sixteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.
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Devils (anthology)


Devils is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of devils or demons edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the eighth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in June 1987. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in 1989. The book collects eighteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.
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Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological)


In a writing career spanning 53 years (1939–1992), science fiction and popular science author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote and published 40 novels, 382 short stories, over 280 non-fiction books, and edited about 147 others. In this article, Asimov's books are listed by year (in order of publication within a year, where known) with publisher indicated. They are divided between original works and edited books. Works of fiction are denoted by an asterisk (*) and books for children or adolescents by
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The Crucible of Time


The Crucible of Time is a fix-up science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in 1983. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" as "The Fire is Lit" (Sep 1982) and "Fusing and Refusing" (Jan 1983). The novel deals with the efforts of an alien species to escape their homeworld, whose system is passing through a cloud of interstellar debris, resulting in a high rate of in-falling matter. The species' unique
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Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy


Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy is a series of twelve themed paperback fantasy and science fiction anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, a companion set to the ten volume "Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction", produced by the same editors. It was published by Signet/New American Library from 1983 to 1991. Volumes 1 and 2 were also issued in hardcover in an omnibus collection titled "Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards". Each volume
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Shawna McCarthy


" During her time at "Asimov's", McCarthy edited four anthologies of stories from the magazine ("Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World" (1982), "Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders" (1983), "Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own" (1984) and "Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!" (1985)), and received the 1984 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor (she was nominated for this award three times). She left the magazine in 1985 and was succeeded
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) is a science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the fourth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, a series of short story collections that attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of "Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Second Series"
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) is the fifth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of "Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Third Series" with the second
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) is an English language science fiction short story collection, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is part of a series which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of "Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fourth Series "with the second half being "Isaac Asimov Presents
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) is an English language science fiction story collection, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is part of a series which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of" Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fourth Series "with the first half being "Isaac Asimov Presents The
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) is a science fiction anthology edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is the ninth volume of "Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories", a series of short story collections, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of "Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction,
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The Hazing


"The Hazing" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the October 1942 issue of "Thrilling Wonder Stories" and reprinted in the 1972 collection "The Early Asimov". Discussing the story in "The Early Asimov", the author noted that it is set in the same fictional universe as his earlier stories "Homo Sol" and "The Imaginary", but featured different characters. "The Hazing" was the thirtieth story written by Asimov, and the twenty-eighth to
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) is an English language collection of science fiction short stories, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. The series attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Second Series with the second half being "Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) is the sixth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Third Series with the first half being
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) is the tenth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fifth Series with the first half being
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 (1950)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) is the twelfth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Sixth Series with the first half being
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) is the eleventh volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Sixth Series with the second half being
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Foundation and Chaos


Foundation and Chaos (1998) is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear, set in Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" universe. It is the second book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate. The novel is the second part of The Second Foundation Trilogy and takes place almost entirely in the same time frame as "The Psychohistorians," which is the first part of the novel "Foundation". In addition to telling a more expanded version
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deals with those themes. In the Hugo Award-winning novelette "Gold", Asimov describes an author, clearly based on himself, who has one of his books ("The Gods Themselves") adapted into a "compu-drama", essentially photo-realistic computer animation. The director criticizes the fictionalized Asimov ("Gregory Laborian") for having an extremely nonvisual style, making it difficult to adapt his work, and the author explains that he relies on ideas and dialogue rather than description to get his points
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Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure


Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure is an educational interactive CD-Rom. The game was later updated as Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure II. It is part of Knowledge Adventure's Adventure series. Asimov died in April 1992, and this collaboration between his works and the developers behind the program was one of the last before he passed. The game's articles were based on Isaac Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. The game teaches topics ranging from roller coaster acceleration to planetary orbit to pulleys. The central hub of the program
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The Last Question


"The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of "Science Fiction Quarterly" and was anthologized in the collections "Nine Tomorrows" (1959), "The Best of Isaac Asimov" (1973), "Robot Dreams" (1986), "The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov" (1986), the retrospective "Opus 100" (1969), and in "Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1
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Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction


Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction is a series of ten themed paperback science fiction anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, a companion set to the twelve volume "Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy", produced by the same editors. It was published by Signet/New American Library from 1983 to 1990. Each volume in the series featured stories devoted to a different science fictional theme, as indicated in the individual volume titles. Most volumes also included an introduction by Asimov.
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Gnome Press


had more money, marketing and distribution outlets (the ability to sell wholesale to bookstores). Financial mismanagement also cut into Gnome's ability to retain authors. The company was notorious for not paying its writers royalties due, which is ultimately what led to its failure. Author Isaac Asimov claimed he was never paid for the publication of the "Foundation" books, and called Greenberg "an outright crook". In his biography, "I. Asimov: A Memoir", Asimov provides a short chapter on his own frustrating interactions
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The Little Man on the Subway


"The Little Man on the Subway" is a fantasy short story by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl, originally published in the 1950 issue of "Fantasy Book", and included in the 1972 collection "The Early Asimov". It was initially written in 1941 by Asimov's friend, the author/agent/writer Frederik Pohl, under the "nom de plume" of James MacCreigh. Unable to get it right, Pohl asked Asimov to rewrite it, which he did. It was rejected by John W. Campbell and
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The 1989 Annual World's Best SF


novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Isaac Asimov taking the place of the usual such effort by Wollheim. The stories were previously published in 1988 in the magazines "Interzone", "Analog Science Fiction and Fact", "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", "Omni", "Amazing Stories", and "Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine", the collection "Dance Band on the Titanic", and the anthology "Other Edens II". The
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political influences that affected it, as well as biographical information about the important characters. His interest in literature manifested itself in several annotations of literary works, including "Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare" (1970), "Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost" (1974), and "The Annotated Gulliver's Travels" (1980). Asimov was also a noted mystery author and a frequent contributor to "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine". He began by writing science fiction mysteries such as his Wendell Urth stories, but soon
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Pennterra


Pennterra is a science fiction novel by American author Judith Moffett, first published in 1987. Isaac Asimov wrote an introduction for the book and published it under his "Isaac Asimov Presents" series. "Pennterra" was reprinted in 2009 by Fantastic Books, an imprint of Warren Lapine's Wilder Publications. Quaker colonists founded a colony on a planet they dubbed Pennterra. They soon discovered the planet was already inhabited, by a species they dub the "hrossa". They put forward a number of conditions to the colonists, saying
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Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor


Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor is a book of "640 jokes, anecdotes, and limericks, complete with notes on how to tell them". Isaac Asimov was one of the most prolific writers in the past century, known for his many science fiction and non-fiction works. His 'guide' series is one of his scholarly contributions to the world's understanding of literature. For instance, "Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare" and "Asimov's Guide to the Bible", both prominent in this series,
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Foundation's Fear


Foundation's Fear (1997) is a science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford, set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. It is the first book of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by three authors, authorized by the Asimov estate. Emperor Cleon I wants to appoint Hari Seldon as the First Minister of the Galactic Empire. Powerful Trantor High Council member Betan Lamurk opposes the independent Seldon's appointment. Seldon himself is reluctant to accept the position because of its time constraints pulling him away
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Galactic Empire (Isaac Asimov)


The Galactic Empire is an interstellar empire featured in Isaac Asimov's "Robot", "Galactic Empire", and "Foundation" series. The Empire is spread across the Milky Way galaxy and consists of almost 25 million planets settled exclusively by humans. For over 12 millennia the seat of imperial authority was located on the ecumenopolis of Trantor, whose population exceeded 40 billion, until it was sacked in the year 12,328. The official symbol of the empire is the Spaceship-and-Sun. Cleon II was the last Emperor
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Robots and Empire


Robots and Empire is a science fiction novel by the American author Isaac Asimov and published by Doubleday Books in 1985. It is part of Asimov's "Robot" series, which consists of many short stories (collected in "I, Robot", "The Rest of the Robots", and "The Complete Robot") and several novels ("The Caves of Steel", "The Naked Sun", and "The Robots of Dawn"). "Robots and Empire" is part of Asimov's consolidation
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey


Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey is a science fiction novel written in 1987 by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. The 1995 computer game Robot City is based on the plot of "Odyssey". Derec, a man without a memory, is stranded on an icy asteroid. His only chance for survival is gaining information from a band of mining robots who are searching for a mysterious object known as the "
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Cyborg


Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Cyborg is a 1987 novel by William F. Wu. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, which are inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series, and his "Foundation" novels. Derec and Ariel are stranded on a mystery planet in an experimental city entirely populated by robots. Because Robot City has no spaceport, space ships or any way to radio for help, their only hope is to find the Key of Perihelion, an advanced transporting device that brought them
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Prodigy


Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Prodigy is a book written in 1988 by Arthur Byron Cover. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, which are inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. Derec, Ariel, their alien companion Wolruf, and Derec's robot Mandelbrot are still stranded on a mystery planet in an experimental city entirely populated by uniquely designed robots. Robot City has no spaceport, space ships or any way to radio for help, and the Keys of Perihelion being produced by the robots
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge


Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge is a book written in 1988 by Rob Chilson. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, which is based on Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. It was Rob Chilson's return to writing at novel length after a break of over a decade. Derec, Ariel, their alien companion Wolruf, and Derec's robot Mandelbrot are still waiting in Dr. Avery's ship at the hyperspace relay star, Kappa Whale. Several weeks have passed since they arrived and no
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Perihelion


Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Perihelion is a book written in 1988 by William F. Wu. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, which was inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. Derec, Ariel, their alien companion Wolruf, and Derec's robot Mandelbrot have returned to Robot City to convince Dr. Avery to remove the Chemfets he injected into Derec's blood while they were in his custody. From the top the Compass Tower they descend into the apartment on the uppermost floor. There they
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Robot series (Asimov)


PAPPI" by Sheila Finch, "Plato's Cave" by Poul Anderson, "The Fourth Law of Robotics" by Harry Harrison and "Carhunters of the Concrete Prairie" by Robert Sheckley. Not all of these stories are entirely consistent with the Asimov stories. The anthology also included "Strip-Runner" by Pamela Sargent, set in the era of the Elijah Baley novels. Shortly before his death in 1992, Asimov approved an outline for three novels ("Caliban", "Inferno", "Utopia")
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Suspicion


Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Suspicion is a book written in 1987 by Mike McQuay. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, which is inspired by Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. Derec, who has amnesia, and Katherine have been transported to mysterious planet containing an experimental city entirely populated by robots. The only other human that had resided in the city was murdered several days before their arrival, which was by transport using a mysterious device called the Key of Perihelion. Because they wish to
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 13 (1951)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) is a collection of science fiction short story, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, part of a series that which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. It was the first book in the series to not be reprinted as part of the "Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction" series. This volume was originally published by
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Feghoot


in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", "Amazing Stories", and other publications. The individual pieces were identified by Roman numerals rather than titles. The stories have been collected in several editions, each an expanded version of the previous, the most recent being "The Collected Feghoot" from Pulphouse Publishing. Many of the ideas and puns for Bretnor's stories were contributed by others, including F. M. Busby and E. Nelson Bridwell. Other authors have published feghoots written on their own, including Isaac Asimov and John
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Michael Bishop (author)


discovers that the population of the whole world has been scattered, creating a potent stew of race, ethnicity, culture and language. A major theme throughout much of Bishop's work (and especially so in his short fiction) is the role of religion in the daily lives of human beings. When several readers wrote letters of protest to "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" about its 1983 publication of Bishop's novella "The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis," Isaac Asimov himself wrote an editorial defending the work and the
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with a common name. Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR on an unknown date between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920, inclusive. Asimov celebrated his birthday on January 2. Asimov's parents were Anna Rachel (née Berman) and Judah Asimov, a family of Jewish millers. He was named Isaac after his mother's father, Isaac Berman. When he was born, his family lived in Petrovichi near Klimovichi, which was then Gomel Governorate in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (
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well known and appreciated today, but was very much in the public eye back then." He said that Asimov being associated with CSICOP "gave it immense status and authority" in his eyes. Asimov described Carl Sagan as one of only two people he ever met whose intellect surpassed his own. The other, he claimed, was the computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert Marvin Minsky. Asimov was a long-time member and vice president of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "
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essays, anecdotes, and husband-wife dialogues about the ups and downs of being an author. Asimov and "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry developed a unique relationship during "Star Trek"s initial launch in the late 1960s. Asimov wrote a critical essay on "Star Trek"s scientific accuracy for "TV Guide" magazine. Roddenberry retorted respectfully with a personal letter explaining the limitations of accuracy when writing a weekly series. Asimov corrected himself with a follow-up essay to "TV Guide" claiming that despite its inaccuracies, "
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The Author's Ordeal


The Author's Ordeal are lyrics to a song written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. They were first published in "Science Fiction Quarterly", May 1957, pp. 34–36. They are included in three collections of Asimov's short stories: "Earth Is Room Enough", "The Far Ends of Time and Earth" (omnibus edition) and "The Complete Stories, Volume 1". The lyrics pastiche the Gilbert and Sullivan patter song known as "the (Lord Chancellor's) Nightmare Song" from "
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The Magnificent Possession


"The Magnificent Possession" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the July 1940 issue of "Future Fiction" and reprinted in the 1972 collection "The Early Asimov". It was the ninth story written by Asimov, and the seventh to be published. The author recalls that the story, an attempt at humour, was embarrassing to read later, and that he was glad that his long-time editor, John W. Campbell, never saw it, as he would
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)


Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) is an English language anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. The series attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of with the first half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939). This volume was originally published by DAW books in August 1979
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Mythical Beasties


Mythical Beasties is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of legendary creatures edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the sixth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in May 1986. The first British edition was issued under the alternate title Mythic Beasts in trade paperback by Robinson in 1988. The book collects thirteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors.
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by Roger MacBride Allen, set between "Robots and Empire" and the "Empire" series, telling the story of the terraforming of the Spacer world Inferno, and about the robot revolution started by creating a "No Law" Robot, and then New Law Robots. There is also another set of novels by various authors (Isaac Asimov's "Robot City", "Robots and Aliens" and "Robots in Time" series), loosely connected to the Robots Series, but containing many inconsistencies with Asimov's books
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Wizards (Asimov anthology)


Wizards is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of wizards edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. The first volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series, it was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in October 1983. It was later gathered together with "Witches", the second book in the series, into the omnibus hardcover collection "Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards" (1985). The
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The Best of Isaac Asimov


The Best of Isaac Asimov is a collection of twelve science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov, published by Sphere in 1973. It begins with a short introduction (six pages in the Doubleday hardcover edition) giving various details on the stories, such as how they came to be written, or what significance merits their inclusion in a "best of" collection, as well as some of Dr. Asimov's thoughts on a best of collection itself. The stories included are two of his early works, two of his
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Flies (Asimov short story)


"Flies" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the June 1953 issue of "Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction", and later appeared in Asimov's collections "Nightfall and Other Stories" (1969). The author's original title for the story was "King Lear, IV, i, 36–37", but Anthony Boucher, editor at the time, suggested a different title, which became "Flies". A group of former college students meet at a reunion twenty
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The Bicentennial Man


"The Bicentennial Man" is a novelette in the "Robot" series by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for best science fiction novelette of 1976. According to the foreword in "Robot Visions", Asimov was approached to write a story, along with a number of other authors who would do the same, for a science fiction collection to be published in honor of the United States Bicentennial. However, the arrangement fell through, leaving Asimov's the only story actually completed
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The Union Club Mysteries


" but feels the brevity and format of the stories allows the author little scope. It is also open to question whether they are supposed to be serious mysteries or tall stories. Asimov wrote a total of 55 Union Club stories. As well as the 30 in this book, three more were collected in "The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov" (Doubleday, 1986). The other 22 have never been collected in any of Asimov's books. One of these 22, "Getting Even," is also part of
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Second Foundation


Second Foundation is the third novel published of the "Foundation" Series by American writer Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press. "Second Foundation" consists of two previously published novellas originally published in "Astounding Magazine" (with different titles) between 1948 and 1950, making this the third volume in Asimov's "Foundation" series. Decades later, Asimov wrote two further sequel novels and two prequels. Later writers have added authorized tales to the
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, a knowledgeable authority, or just an excited layman—range over almost all conceivable subjects: the sciences, history, literature, religion, and of course, science fiction." Asimov explained his quest for holistic knowledge: Depending on the counting convention used, and including all titles, charts, and edited collections, there may be currently over 500 books in Asimov's bibliography— as well as his individual short stories, individual essays, and criticism. For his 100th, 200th, and 300th books (based on his
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Autobiographies of Isaac Asimov


of the stories in the book and to whom the book is dedicated. The book covers the first 60 stories Asimov wrote, and ends with the publication of his first novel in 1950. "Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s" (Doubleday, 1974) is a collection of science fiction short stories by a variety of authors, which were all originally published in pulp magazines in the 1930s. It also includes one of Asimov's eleven lost stories, "Big Game" (written in 1941
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The Early Asimov


The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying is a 1972 collection of short stories by Isaac Asimov. Each story is accompanied by commentary by the author, who gives details about his life and his literary achievements in the period in which he wrote the story, effectively amounting to a sort of autobiography for the years 1938 to 1949. (The book was followed by "Before the Golden Age" in 1974 and "Buy Jupiter and Other Stories" in 1975, which also included autobiographical material.) The book is dedicated
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Thiotimoline


Thiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by American biochemist and science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It was first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. The major peculiarity of the chemical is its "endochronicity": it starts dissolving before it makes contact with water. Asimov went on to write three additional short stories, each describing different properties or uses of thiotimoline. In Asimov's writings the endochronicity of thiotimoline is explained by the fact that in the thiotimoline molecule, there is
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Asimov's Chronology of the World


Asimov's Chronology of the World is a 1991 book by Isaac Asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from the Big Bang until the end of World War II. Each chapter covers a certain time period. The chapter is then broken down into headings for each important empire or country of the time and describes the events that happened there during that chapter's time period. The book is mostly a literary and comprehensive summary on historic people, events, and their connection and influence in historical and
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2430 A.D.


2430 A.D. is a science fiction short story by the American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the October 1970 issue of "Think", the IBM house magazine, and was reprinted in Asimov's 1975 collection "Buy Jupiter and Other Stories". Early in 1970 the author was commissioned by "Think" to write a story based on a quotation by writer and social commentator J. B. Priestley: Asimov, assuming that "Think" wanted a story that illustrated Priestley's quotation, crafted "2430 A.D." He selected
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Autobiographies of Isaac Asimov


Asimov's stories, first published between 1950 and 1973. The autobiographical material between the stories covers the same period, carrying on from where "The Early Asimov" left off and ending at his marriage to his second wife, Janet Jeppson Asimov. In the introduction Asimov explains that he hopes that by including autobiographical information in his story collections, it will be easier to resist editorial pressure to write a proper autobiography. "In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954" (Doubleday, 1979) is the
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Isaac Asimov


"Nightfall" is an archetypal example of social science fiction, a term he created to describe a new trend in the 1940s, led by authors including him and Heinlein, away from gadgets and space opera and toward speculation about the human condition. After writing "Victory Unintentional" in January and February 1942, Asimov did not write another story for a year. Asimov expected to make chemistry his career, and was paid $2,600 annually at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, enough to marry his girlfriend; he did not expect to
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Isaac Asimov


1950s. It became possible for a genre author to write full-time. In 1949, book publisher Doubleday's science fiction editor Walter I. Bradbury accepted Asimov's unpublished "Grow Old With Me" (40,000 words), but requested that it be extended to a full novel of 70,000 words. The book appeared under the Doubleday imprint in January 1950 with the title of "Pebble in the Sky". Doubleday published five more original science fiction novels by Asimov in the 1950s, along with the six juvenile Lucky Starr novels
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, none of his own books was classified in that category. According to UNESCO's "Index Translationum database", Asimov is the world's 24th most-translated author. An online exhibit in West Virginia University Libraries' virtually complete Asimov Collection displays features, visuals, and descriptions of some of his over 600 books, games, audio recordings, videos, and wall charts. Many first, rare, and autographed editions are in the Libraries' Rare Book Room. Book jackets and autographs are presented online along with descriptions and
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