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Isaac Asimov

USA  (1920 - 1992)
(Husband of Janet Asimov)
aka
Dr A, Paul French, C L Ray
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About Isaac Asimov
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.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay
I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay

Asimov's Dictionary of Scientific Terms
Asimov's Dictionary of Scientific Terms

Series
I, RobotThe Rest of the RobotsEight Stories from the Rest of the RobotsThe Complete Robot
The Robot CollectionRobot DreamsThe Robot NovelsRobot Visions
 
Empire
1. Pebble in the Sky (1950)
2. The Stars Like Dust (1951)
     aka The Rebellious Stars
3. The Currents of Space (1952)
Pebble in the SkyThe Stars Like DustThe Currents of Space
 
Lucky Starr (writing as 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
The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr (omnibus) (2001)
David Starr, Space RangerLucky Starr and the Pirates of the AsteroidsLucky Starr and the Oceans of VenusLucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
Lucky Starr and the Moons of JupiterLucky Starr and the Rings of SaturnThe Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr
 
The Caves of SteelThe Naked SunThe Robots of DawnRobots and Empire
 
Tales of the Black WidowersMore Tales of the Black WidowersThe Casebook of the Black WidowersBanquets of The Black Widowers
Puzzles of the Black WidowersThe Return of the Black Widowers
 
Norby, the Mixed-up RobotNorby and the InvadersNorby and the Lost PrincessNorby and the Queen's Necklace
The Norby ChroniclesRobot for HireNorby Through Time and SpaceNorby and Yobo's Great Adventure
Norby Down to EarthNorby and the Oldest DragonNorby and the Court Jester
 
Novels
The 1,000 Year PlanThe End of EternityA Whiff of DeathThe Double Planet
Fantastic VoyageThe Gods ThemselvesThe Heavenly HostMurder at the ABA
Good TasteDestination Brain: Fantastic Voyage IINemesisChild of Time
The Positronic ManThe Ugly Little BoyHistory of I-Botics: An Illustrated Novel
 
Collections
The Martian Way: And Other Stories (1955)
Earth Is Room Enough (1957)
Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the near future (1959)
Through a Glass, Clearly (1967)
Asimov's Mysteries (1968)
Nightfall: And Other Stories (1969) (with Robert Silverberg)
Nightfall Two (1971)
The Best New Thing (1971)
The Early Asimov Volume 2 (1972)
The Early Asimov Volume 3 (1972)
The Early Asimov Volume 1 (1972)
     aka Eleven Years of Trying
The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973)
Have You Seen These? (1974)
Buy Jupiter: And Other Stories (1975)
Lecherous Limericks (poems) (1975)
More Lecherous Limericks (poems) (1976)
The Complete Stories (1976)
Bicentennial Man: And Other Stories (1976)
Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks (poems) (1977)
The Key Word and Other Mysteries (1977)
Still More Lecherous Limericks (poems) (1977)
Limericks: Too Gross (poems) (1978) (with John Ciardi)
Limericks (poems) (1978)
Prisoners of the Stars (1978)
A Grossery of Limericks (poems) (1981) (with John Ciardi)
The Winds of Change: And Other Stories (1983)
The Union Club Mysteries (1983)
Isaac Asimov's Limericks for Children (poems) (1984)
The Disappearing Man: And Other Mysteries (1985)
The Edge of Tomorrow (1985)
The Alternate Asimovs (1986)
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986)
Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov (1987)
Azazel (1988)
All the Troubles of the World (1989)
The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov (1989)
Pshrinks Anonymous: The Mysterious Cure And Other Stories (1990)
Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection (1991)
The Complete Stories Volume Two (1995)
Magic (1995)
The Martian Way: And Other StoriesEarth Is Room EnoughNine Tomorrows: Tales of the near futureThrough a Glass, Clearly
Asimov's MysteriesNightfall: And Other StoriesNightfall TwoThe Best New Thing
The Early Asimov Volume 2The Early Asimov Volume 1The Best of Isaac AsimovHave You Seen These?
Buy Jupiter: And Other StoriesLecherous LimericksMore Lecherous LimericksThe Complete Stories
Bicentennial Man: And Other StoriesAsimov's Sherlockian LimericksStill More Lecherous LimericksLimericks: Too Gross
LimericksPrisoners of the StarsA Grossery of LimericksThe Winds of Change: And Other Stories
The Union Club MysteriesIsaac Asimov's Limericks for ChildrenThe Edge of TomorrowThe Alternate Asimovs
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovOther Worlds of Isaac AsimovAzazelThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
Pshrinks Anonymous: The Mysterious Cure And Other StoriesGold: The Final Science Fiction CollectionThe Complete Stories Volume TwoMagic
 
Chapbooks
Sally
 
Plays
I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay
 
Series contributed to
Prelude to FoundationForward the FoundationFoundationFoundation and Empire
Second FoundationFoundation's EdgeFoundation and EarthFoundation Trilogy
 
Nebula Award Stories 8
 
The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970sThe Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940sThe Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950sThe Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s
 
Anthology series
The Great SF Stories One: 1939The Great SF Stories Two: 1940The Great SF Stories 3: 1941The Great SF Stories 4: 1942
The Great SF Stories 5: 1943The Great SF Stories 6: 1944The Great SF Stories 7: 1945The Great SF Stories 8: 1946
The Great SF Stories 9: 1947The Great SF Stories 10: 1948The Great SF Stories 11: 1949The Great SF Stories 12: 1950
The Great SF Stories 13: 1951The Great SF Stories 14: 1952The Great SF Stories 15: 1953The Great SF Stories 16: 1954
The Great SF Stories 17: 1955The Great SF Stories 18The Great SF Stories 19: 1957The Great SF Stories 20
The Great SF Stories 22The Great SF Stories 23The Great SF Stories 24The Great SF Stories 25
 
WizardsWitches3 Cosmic KnightsSpells
GiantsMythical BeastiesAtlantisFaeries
 
Intergalactic EmpiresThe Science Fictional OlympicsSupermenComets
Tin StarsNeanderthalsSpace ShuttlesMonsters
RobotsInvasions
 
Young ExtraterrestrialsYoung Mutants
 
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
 
Anthologies edited
The Hugo Winners: Volume 1 (1962)
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963) (with Groff Conklin)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
The Hugo Winners 1968-1970 (1971)
Where Do We Go from Here? (1971)
Treasury of Humour (1972)
The Hugo Winners 1963-1967 (1973)
Mars, We Love You (1973)
Before the Golden Age Volume 1: Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's (1974)
Before the Golden Age Volume 2 (1974)
Before the Golden Age Volume 4 (1974)
Before the Golden Age Volume 3 (1974)
Familiar Poems, Annotated (1977)
The Hugo Winners 1971-1975 (1977)
The Hugo Winners Volume 3, Part 2: 1973 (1977)
The Hugo Winners Volume 3, Part 3: 1974-1975 (1977)
Asimov's Choice: Extraterrestrials and Eclipses (1978)
Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction (1978) (with George Scithers)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
100 Great Science Fiction Stories (1978)
13 Crimes of Science Fiction (1979)
The Science Fictional Solar System (1979) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction (1979)
Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction, Volume 2 (1979)
The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
The Future in Question (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
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)
Future I: Short Stories (1980) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Space Mail 2 (1981)
Catastrophes! (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)
Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (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)
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (1981)
Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
TV: 2000 (1982)
Laughing Space: Funny Science Fiction Chukled Over (1982) (with J O Jeppson (Janet Asimov))
Speculations (1982) (with Alice Laurance)
Dragon Tales (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Flying Saucers (1982)
The Big Apple Mysteries (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
The Last Man on Earth (1982)
Computer Crimes and Capers (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and George Zebrowski)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and George R R Martin)
Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Hallucination Orbit: Psychology in Science Fiction (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Show Business Is Murder (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Starships (1983) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
13 Horrors of Halloween (1983)
Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines (1983)
Best Horror and Supernatural (1983)
Golden Years of SF (1983)
Golden Years of SF 2nd Series (1983)
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)
Science Fiction 18: 1956 - Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Politics (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Golden Years of SF 3rd Series (1984)
Golden Years of SF 4th Series (1984)
Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Great Scientists (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels (1985)
Golden Years of SF 5th Series (1985)
Science Fiction Masterpieces (1986)
The Hugo Winners, 1980-1982 (1986)
The Twelve Frights of Christmas (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Isaac Asimov's Choice: 14 Top Science Fiction Stories (1986)
Hound Dunnit (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Extraterrestrials (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Encounters (1988)
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
The Sport of Crime (1988)
Golden Years of SF 6th Series (1988)
The Best Crime Stories of the Nineteenth Century (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Tales of the Occult (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
Purr-fect Crime: Fifteen Master Storytellers Celebrate the Sinister Feline (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Visions of Fantasy: Tales From the Masters (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Friends, Robots, Countrymen (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Cosmic Critiques: How and Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Orbit: The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1990)
Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
War With the Robots: 28 of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction (1992)
All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Stories (1997)
The Hugo Winners: Volume 1Fifty Short Science Fiction TalesTomorrow's ChildrenWhere Do We Go from Here?
Familiar Poems, AnnotatedAsimov's Choice: Extraterrestrials and EclipsesIsaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
100 Great Science Fiction Stories13 Crimes of Science FictionThe Science Fictional Solar SystemIsaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction
The Seven Deadly Sins of Science FictionThe Future in QuestionMicrocosmic TalesSpace Mail
Who Done It?Future I: Short StoriesSpace Mail 2Catastrophes!
100 Malicious Little MysteriesIsaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th CenturySeven Cardinal Virtues of Science FictionThinking Machines
Travels Through TimeWild InventionsThe Twelve Crimes of ChristmasTantalizing Locked Room Mysteries
TV: 2000Laughing Space: Funny Science Fiction Chukled OverSpeculationsDragon Tales
Flying SaucersThe Big Apple Mysteries