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Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction #2
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Second Series
28 stories and novellas from various authors from 1941-1942. Previously published as two separate works entitled Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 3 (1941) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 4 (1942)
723 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1983
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Isaac Asimov
4,361 books28.1k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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April 2, 2021
1941 to 1942, five to six years before I was born. There was a world war going on; the world was changing forever. At the forefront of this change was this strange beast called science fiction, engendered in the pulp magazines of the late 1930's, maturing into a distinct genre. I discovered these works when I was 8 years old, and I was hooked for life. These were the first tales, and they were magical to me. Now at 73 or so I'm revisiting those magical moments. I didn't notice the sexism, the absence of virtual any strong female characters, rather awkward dialogue, but the thrill is still there for me. Five stars doesn't reflect the quality or the literary character of the stories. It reflects the magic I can revisit one last time in my life.
BTW this was the first hardcover book I've read this century. I had to use reading glasses to read the small print. But there is something incredible in holding a book in my hands, to savor each story, to save for another day more of the book.
BTW this was the first hardcover book I've read this century. I had to use reading glasses to read the small print. But there is something incredible in holding a book in my hands, to savor each story, to save for another day more of the book.
July 11, 2008
Lots of fantastic short stories, all from 1942. I'd read some before but found some new ones that were great.
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