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Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction #4
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction Fourth Series
Science fiction stories by authors, such as Fredric Brown, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury concern strange creatures from other planets, the exploration of outer space and futuristic technology
632 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,339 books27.7k 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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October 22, 2025
Very good collection of SF's with some great ideas . Apart from the stories by Asimov and Clarke( Good ones) ...the best were ..
1. correspondence course
2.A logic named Joe
3.Vintage season
4.placet is a crazy place
5.what you need
6.First Contact
There are other good stories too and some of them are fantasies ..by Bradbury and Bracket mostly .
Overall , not everything is doom and dystopia in this collection as is norm for most SF collections these days . There are some real funny ones like Placet and Joe as well .In hindsight, it was a mistake to let the other 4 collections go by when it was cheap and available .Nowadays the prices are too steep in India .
1. correspondence course
2.A logic named Joe
3.Vintage season
4.placet is a crazy place
5.what you need
6.First Contact
There are other good stories too and some of them are fantasies ..by Bradbury and Bracket mostly .
Overall , not everything is doom and dystopia in this collection as is norm for most SF collections these days . There are some real funny ones like Placet and Joe as well .In hindsight, it was a mistake to let the other 4 collections go by when it was cheap and available .Nowadays the prices are too steep in India .
November 21, 2022
Like:
The Piper’s son
Wanted
Correspondence Course
First Contact
Into Thy Hands
Giant Killer
A logic named Joe
Rescue Party
Meihein in ce Klasrum
Vintage Season
Evidence
Technical Error
Dislike:
Memorial
Loophole
Conqueror’s Isle
Lorelei of the Red Mist
Indifferent:
The Waveries
Blind Alley
The Vanishing Venusians
Camouflage
The Power
The Nightmare
Placet is a Crazy Place
The Million Year Picnic
The Last Objective
The Piper’s son
Wanted
Correspondence Course
First Contact
Into Thy Hands
Giant Killer
A logic named Joe
Rescue Party
Meihein in ce Klasrum
Vintage Season
Evidence
Technical Error
Dislike:
Memorial
Loophole
Conqueror’s Isle
Lorelei of the Red Mist
Indifferent:
The Waveries
Blind Alley
The Vanishing Venusians
Camouflage
The Power
The Nightmare
Placet is a Crazy Place
The Million Year Picnic
The Last Objective
July 19, 2014
Some were excellent. Some dated.
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