Het fopaas

by Isaac Asimov

Het fopaas bevat, behalve het titelverhaal, nog drie nooit eerder in het Nederlands verschenen korte romans, alle gesitueerd in de niet al te nabije toekomst: Op z'n Martiaans, Jeugd en De diepte.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

188 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Works 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.

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Reviews

[Jan Farndale · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of short stories. Scary how 'The Martian Way', published in 1952, could've been written about now, changing a few names and places. loved Azimov when I was in my thirties, rereading now, in my seventies and still love his foresight and intelligent observation/prediction. must fish out some more.

[Graham Dauncey · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is one obvious standout classic from this collection in the form of Nightfall. Probably one of Asimov’s best known tales and a sci-fi classic. The other stories in this collection are a bit more scattershot in their quality. Marooned off Vesta was his first published story written when he was still a teenager, and that shows with its very stilted style. C-chute and The Martian Way are interesting in their early depictions of EVA’s (before such things had in real life been attempted) but are not especially memorable as stories. The Deep is interesting in its concept - and one of the more satisfying stories of the collection. A mixed bag of a collection with one story really way above the others in quality

[SciFiOne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade B+. Short stories.