Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection volume 2

by Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Hal Clement

Astounding Stories was the highest quality "pulp" magazine ever published, thanks to intelligent editor John W. Campbell, Jr., who first discovered and published in these pages the best authors of the 20th century, including Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, AE Van Vogt, and others. In these 3 lush volumes Easton Press presents most of the best stories reprinted, for the first time ever, as they originally appeared in the magazine, including the cover paintings for each story -- by such great artists as Frank Kelly Freas. These leather-bound editions are printed on acid-neutral paper, with 22kt gold on the spine, gilded page edges, and ribbons attached to mark the pages. Just a few of the classic stories included are The Roads Must Roll by Robert A. Heinlein; Killdozer by Theodore Sturgeon; Cold Front by Hal Clement; The Shadow Out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft; The Changeling by A. E. Van Vogt; several stories by Isaac Asimov including Nightfall; and many others by such terrific writers as Poul Anderson, Fredric Brown, Eric Frank Russell, James Blish, Lewis Padgett, Murray Leinster, Edmond Hamilton, and Jack Williamson.

353 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 1990

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

[Timothy]

7 stories:

Nightfall (1941) • Isaac Asimov
# Bridle and Saddle (1942) • Isaac Asimov
Sucker Bait (1954) • Isaac Asimov
Profession (1957) • Isaac Asimov
Killdozer! (1944) • Theodore Sturgeon
Cold Front (1946) • Hal Clement
The Equalizer (1947) • Jack Williamson