Isaac Asimov
Critique • Works • Views and quotes
Born
Petrovichi, Russia, 1920
Died
New York City, United States, 1992
Places lived
Russia; Brooklyn, New York, United States; West Philadelphia; Boston; New York City
Nationality
Russian; Soviet; American
Publications
Novels, stories, essays, poetry, textbooks, memoirs
Genres
Science fiction, mystery, popular science, history, criticism, poetry
Writing language
English
Literature
• I, Robot (1950)
• The Foundation Trilogy (1951–1953)
Novels
• Foundation (1951)
• The Gods Themselves (1972)
Novel Series
• The Foundation Trilogy (1951–1953)
Stories
• "Nightfall" (1941)
Story Collections
• I, Robot (1950)
Science Fiction
• I, Robot (1950)
• The Foundation Trilogy (1951–1953)
• The Martian Way (1952)
• The Caves of Steel(1954)
• The Gods Themselves (1972)
Science Fiction Series
• Robot series (1950–1985)
• The Foundation Trilogy (1951–1953)
Science Fiction Stories
• "Robbie (1940)"
• "Nightfall" (1941)
• "The Bicentennial Man (1976)"
Crime and Mystery
• The Caves of Steel (1954)
American Literature
• I, Robot (1950)
• The Foundation Trilogy (1951–1953)
First appearance of works in book form
1950
Pebble in the Sky Novel
I, Robot Nine stories
First book appearance of "Robbie", "Runaround", "Reason", "Catch that Rabbit", "Liar!", "Little Lost Robot", "Escape!", "Evidence", "The Evitable Conflict"
1951
The Stars, Like Dust Novel
Foundation Novel
1952
The Currents of Space Novel
Foundation and Empire Novel
David Starr, Space Ranger Juvenile novel
1953
Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids Juvenile novel
Second Foundation Novel
1954
The Caves of Steel Novel
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus Juvenile novel
1955
The End of Eternity Novel
The Martian Way and Other Stories Four novellas
First book appearance of The Martian Way, Youth, The Deep, Sucker Bait
1956
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury Juvenile novel
1957
The Naked Sun Novel
Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter Juvenile novel
Earth Is Room Enough Fifteen stories, two poems/songs
First book appearance of stories "The Dead Past", "Franchise", "Gimmicks Three", "Kid Stuff", "The Watery Place", "Living Space", "The Message", "Satisfaction Guaranteed", "Hell-Fire", "The Last Trump", "The Fun They Had", "Jokester", "The Immortal Bard", "Someday", "Dreaming Is a Private Thing"; poems/songs "The Foundation of S.F. Success", "The Author's Ordeal"
1958
Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn Juvenile novel
The Death Dealers Novel, also published as A Whiff of Death
1959
Nine Tomorrows Nine stories, two poems
First book appearance of stories "Profession", "The Feeling of Power", "The Dying Night", "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda", "The Gentle Vultures", "All the Troubles of the World", "Spell My Name with an S", "The Last Question", "The Ugly Little Boy"; poems "I Just Make Them Up, See!", "Rejection Slips"
1960
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science Science
1961
Words From the Myths Criticism
1962
Fact and Fancy Essays
1963
View From a Height Essays
1964
The Rest of the Robots Eight stories, two novels
First book appearance of stories "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray", "Victory Unintentional", "First Law", "Let's Get Together", "Risk", "Lenny", "Galley Slave"
1965
The Greeks: A Great Adventure History
1966
Fantastic Voyage Novel
The Roman Republic History
1967
Through a Glass, Clearly Four stories
First book appearance of "It's Such a Beautiful Day", "Belief", "Breeds There a Man...?", "C-Chute"
Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Vol. I Criticism
The Roman Empire History
1968
Asimov's Mysteries Fourteen stories
First book appearance of "The Singing Bell", "The Talking Stone", "What's in a Name?", "Pâté de Foie Gras", "The Dust of Death", "A Loint of Paw", "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" (original version), "Marooned Off Vesta", "Anniversary", "Obituary", "Star Light", "The Key", "The Billiard Ball"
The Dark Ages History
1969
Nightfall and Other Stories Twenty stories
First book appearance of "Nightfall", "Green Patches", "Hostess", "In a Good Cause—", "What If—", "Sally", "Flies", "Nobody Here But—", "Strikebreaker", "Insert Knob A in Hole B", "The Up-To-Date Sorcerer", "Unto the Fourth Generation", "What is This Thing Called Love?", "The Machine that Won the War", "My Son, the Physicist", "Eyes Do More Than See", "Segregationist"
Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Vol. II Criticism
Opus 100 Stories, essays, excerpts from previous books
First book appearance of story "The Holmes-Ginsbook Device"
The Shaping of England History
1970
Asimov's Guide to the Shakespeare, Vols. I and II Criticism
Constantinople, the Forgotten Empire History
1971
The Best New Thing Children's story
Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor Humour
The Sensuous Dirty Old Man Humour
1972
The Gods Themselves Novel
The Early Asimov Twenty-seven stories
First book appearance of "The Callistan Menace", "Ring Around the Sun", "The Magnificent Possession", "Trends", "The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use", "Black Friar of the Flame", "Half-Breed", "The Secret Sense", "Homo Sol", "Half-Breeds on Venus", "The Imaginary", "Heredity", "History", "Christmas on Ganymede", "The Little Man on the Subway", "The Hazing", "Super-Neutron", "Not Final!", "Legal Rites", "Time Pussy", "Author! Author!", "Death Sentence", "Blind Alley", "No Connection", "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline", "The Red Queen's Race", "Mother Earth"
The Shaping of France History
1973
The Best of Isaac Asimov Twelve stories
"Mirror Image"
The Shaping of North America History
1974
Tales of the Black Widowers Twelve stories
First book appearance of "The Acquisitive Chuckle", "Ph As in Phony", "Truth to Tell", "Go, Little Book!", "Early Sunday Morning", "The Obvious Factor", "The Pointing Finger", "Miss What?", "The Lullaby of Broadway", "Yankee Doodle Went to Town", "The Curious Omission", "Out of Sight"
1975
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories Twenty-four stories
First book appearance of "Darwinian Pool Room", "Day of the Hunters", "Shah Guido G.", "Button, Button", "The Monkey's Finger", "Everest", "The Pause", "Let's Not", "Each an Explorer", "Blank!", "Does a Bee Care?", "Silly Asses", "Buy Jupiter", "A Statue for Father", "Rain, Rain, Go Away", "Founding Father", ""Exile to Hell", "Key Item", "The Proper Study", "2430 A.D.", "The Greatest Asset", "Take a Match", "Thiotimoline to the Stars", "Light Verse"
Lecherous Limericks Humour
1976
Murder at the ABA Novel, also published as Authorized Murder
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Eleven stories, poem
First book appearance of stories "Feminine Intuition", "Waterclap", "...That Thou Art Mindful of Him", "Stranger in Paradise", "The Life and Times of Multivac", "The Winnowing", "The Bicentennial Man", "Marching In", "Old-fashioned", "The Tercentenary Incident", "Birth of a Notion"; poem "The Prime of Life"
More Tales of the Black Widowers Thirteen stories
First book appearance of "When No Man Pursueth", "Quicker Than the Eye", "The Iron Gem", "The Three Numbers", "Nothing Like Murder", "No Smoking", "Season's Greetings!", "The One and Only East", "Earthset and Evening Star", "Friday the Thirteenth", "The Unabridged", "The Ultimate Crime", "Afterword"
More Lecherous Limericks Humour
1977
The Key Word and Other Mysteries Six juvenile stories, one added in 1982
First book appearance of "The Key Word", "Santa Claus Gets a Coin", "Sarah Tops", "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas", "A Case of Need", "The Disappearing Man"
Still More Lecherous Limericks Humour
1978
Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks Humour
Limericks Too Gross Humour
1979
In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954 Autobiography
Extraterrestrial Civilizations Science
1980
Casebook of the Black Widowers Twelve stories
First book appearance of "The Cross of Lorraine", "The Family Man", "The Sports Page", "Second Best", "The Missing Item", "The Next Day", "Irrelevance!", "None So Blind", "The Backward Look", "What Time Is It?", "Middle Name", "To the Barest"
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978 Autobiography
1981
Asimov on Science Fiction Essays
In the Beginning... Criticism
A Grossery of Limericks Humour
1982
Foundation's Edge Novel
The Complete Robot Thirty-one stories
First book appearance of "A Boy's Best Friend", "Point of View", "Think!", "True Love"
1983
The Robots of Dawn Novel
The Winds of Change and Other Stories Twenty-one stories
First book appearance of "About Nothing", "A Perfect Fit", "Death of a Foy", "Fair Exchange?", "For the Birds", "Found!", "Good Taste", "How It Happened", "Ideas Die Hard", "Ignition Point!", "It Is Coming", "The Last Answer", "The Last Shuttle", "Lest We Remember", "Nothing for Nothing", "One Night of Song", "The Smile That Loses", "Sure Thing", "To Tell at a Glance", "The Winds of Change"
The Union Club Mysteries Thirty stories
First book appearance of "No Refuge Could Save", "The Telephone Number", "The Men Who Wouldn't Talk", "A Clear Shot", "Irresistible to Women", "He Wasn't There", "The Thin Line", "Mystery Tune", "Hide and Seek", "Gift", "Hot or Cold", "The Thirteenth Page", "1 to 999", "Twelve Years Old", "Testing, Testing!", "The Appleby Story", "Dollars and Cents", "Friends and Allies", "Which is Which?", "The Sign", "Catching the Fox", "Getting the Combination", "The Library Book", "The Three Goblets"", "Spell It!", "Two Women", "Sending a Signal", "The Favorite Piece", "Half a Ghost", "There Was a Young Lady"
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot First of ten juvenile novels written mainly by Janet Asimov
1984
Banquets of the Black Widowers Twelve stories
First book appearance of "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations", "The Woman in the Bar", "The Driver", "The Good Samaritan", "The Year of the Action", "Can You Prove It?", "The Phoenician Bauble", "A Monday in April", "Neither Brute Nor Human", "The Redhead", "The Wrong House", "The Intrusion"
Asimov's New Guide to Science Science
1985
Robots and Empire Novel
The Edge of Tomorrow Eleven stories and essays
The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries Five juvenile stories, one added in 1982
First book appearance of "Lucky Seven", "Christmas Solution, The", "The Twins", "The Man in the Park"
1986
Robot Dreams Twenty-one stories
First book appearance of "Robot Dreams"
Foundation and Earth Novel
The Alternate Asimovs Novel, novella, story
First book appearance of novel Grow Old With Me (original version of Pebble in the Sky), novella The End of Eternity (original version of novel), story "Belief" (two earlier versions)
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Twenty-six stories, two poems
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov Thirty-one stories
First book appearance of stories "The Magic Umbrella", "Never Out of Sight", "Speck", "A Problem of Numbers", "The Little Things", "Halloween", "Nothing Might Happen"
1987
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain Novel
1988
Prelude to Foundation Novel
Azazal Eighteen stories
First book appearance of "The Two-Centimeter Demon", "One Night of Song", "The Smile That Loses", "To the Victor", "The Dim Rumble", "Saving Humanity", "A Matter of Principle", "The Evil Drink Does", "Writing Time", "Dashing Through the Snow", "Logic Is Logic", "He Travels the Fastest", "The Eye of the Beholder", "More Things in Heaven and Earth", "The Mind's Construction", "The Fights of Spring", "Galatea", "Flight of Fancy"
1989
Nemesis Novel
Asimov on Science Essays
1990
Nightfall Novel, with Robert Silverberg
Robot Visions Eighteen stories, sixteen essays
First book appearance of tories "Robot Visions", "Too Bad!", "Christmas Without Rodney"
Puzzles of the Black Widowers Twelve stories
First book appearance of "The Fourth Homonym", "Unique Is Where You Find It", "The Lucky Piece", "Triple Devil", "Sunset on the Water", "Where Is He?", "The Old Purse", "The Quiet Place", "The Four-Leaf Clover", "The Envelope", "The Alibi", "The Recipe"
1991
Asimov's Chronology of the World Science and history
Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb Ecology, with Frederik Pohl
1992
The Ugly Little Boy Novel, with Robert Silverberg, also published as Child of Time
Asimov Laughs Again Humour
1993
Forward the Foundation Novel
The Positronic Man Novel, with Robert Silverberg
1994
I. Asimov: A Memoir Memoir
1995
Gold Fifteen stories, thirty-six essays
First book appearance of tories "Cal", "Left to Right", "Frustration", "Hallucination", "The Instability", "Alexander the God", "In the Canyon", "Good-bye to Earth", "Battle-Hymn", "Feghoot and the Courts", "Fault-Intolerant", "Kid Brother", "The Nations in Space", "The Smile of the Chipper", "Gold"
1996
Magic Eleven stories, essays
First book appearance of tories "To Your Health", "The Critic on the Hearth", "It's a Job", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "The Time Traveller", "Wine Is a Mocker", "The Mad Scientist", "The Fable of the Three Princes", "March Against the Foe", "Northwestward", "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon"
2003
The Return of the Black Widowers Sixteen stories by Asimov
First book appearance of "Northwestward", "Yes, But Why", "Lost In a Space Warp", "Police at the Door", "The Haunted Cabin", "The Guest's Guest"
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