Fantasy Erzählungen des 19. Jahrhunderts

by Isaac Asimov

Titel der Originalausgabe:
„Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy Stories of the 19th Century“,
Copyright © 1983 der deutschen Übersetzung, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag

- Isaac Asimov „Einführung: Als die Phantastik zur Fantasy wurde“
(Introduction: When Fantasy Became Fantasy)

- Washington Irving „Die Legende vom verschlafenen Tal“
(The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1819)

- Prosper Mérimée „Federigo“
(Federigo, 1829)

- Nathaniel Hawthorne „Dr. Heidegger's Experiment“
(Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, 1837)

- Nikolaj Gogol „Der Mantel“
(Šinel´- The Overcoat, 1842)

- Charles Dickens „Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa“
(A Christmas Carol, 1843)

- Hans Christian Andersen „Die Schneekönigin“
(Snedronningen - The Snow Queen, 1844)

- Edward Everett Hale „Hände Weg“
(Hands Off, 1881)

- Leo Tolstoy „Wieviel Land braucht ein Mensch?“
(How Much Land Does a Man Need, 1886)

- Oscar Wilde „Das Gespenst von Canterville“
(The Canterville Ghost, 1887)

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle „Objekt Nr. 249“
(Lot No. 249, 1892)

- Robert Louis Stevenson „Der Flaschenteufel“
(The Bottle Imp, 1893)

- Frank Stockton „Der Weihnachts-Sadrach“
(The Christmas Shadrach, 1893)

- Sir H. Rider Haggard „Schwarzes Herz und Weißes Herz“
(Black Heart and White Heart, 1896)

- H.G. Wells „Der Mann, der Wunder tun konnte“
(The Man Who Could Work Miracles, 1898)

Genres: Fantasy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

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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