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Orbit: The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
3 stories by Isaac Asimov, Ben Bova, and Lawrence Watt-Evans.
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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Isaac Asimov
4,341 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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February 25, 2021
Only the final story of three is Asimov
1. Windwagon Smith and the Martians is a fun read that's well rendered. I'm nodding with lips pursed- all was number one of the group.
2. A good/great idea but written for a textbook. It seemed. The adaptation didn't need to go rectangular plopping out the hwa-zoo, getting all butt-lippy with unnecessary details of everything, when it was limited to what seemed like 10 pages. The art is smudgy but the guy could be really good/great with lighter line and extra turpentine.
3. Marooned Of Vesta is the worst in both story and art. Maybe Azimov's first short story was a good idea that he couldn't get any shine out of. If you look at it in little light the art seems Hamptonian but illuminate and the specifics are simplistic, despite the non-simplicities of space travel, and the guy doesn't really know how light works- using wherever he wants to get effect that falls flat anyway.
Having a blonde blue eye refer to the black guy as "boy" to settle him down? Uh-huh, he thought astronauts of the future would still be condescendingly racist to each-other...
The top three will probably be D, T, and DTTWM wherever you be for quite some time- despite efforts otherwise. After a long decline I've finally reached 100% disassociated.
1. Windwagon Smith and the Martians is a fun read that's well rendered. I'm nodding with lips pursed- all was number one of the group.
2. A good/great idea but written for a textbook. It seemed. The adaptation didn't need to go rectangular plopping out the hwa-zoo, getting all butt-lippy with unnecessary details of everything, when it was limited to what seemed like 10 pages. The art is smudgy but the guy could be really good/great with lighter line and extra turpentine.
3. Marooned Of Vesta is the worst in both story and art. Maybe Azimov's first short story was a good idea that he couldn't get any shine out of. If you look at it in little light the art seems Hamptonian but illuminate and the specifics are simplistic, despite the non-simplicities of space travel, and the guy doesn't really know how light works- using wherever he wants to get effect that falls flat anyway.
Having a blonde blue eye refer to the black guy as "boy" to settle him down? Uh-huh, he thought astronauts of the future would still be condescendingly racist to each-other...
The top three will probably be D, T, and DTTWM wherever you be for quite some time- despite efforts otherwise. After a long decline I've finally reached 100% disassociated.
February 10, 2013
Publication Dates: 1990 - 1990
Number of Issues Published: 3 (#1 - #3)
Format: Full color; Standard Modern Age US Size (25.9 cm high × 16.9 cm wide); Squarebound; Glossy interiors with cardstock cover.
Nice series of adaptations of Science Fiction stories taken from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Published by Eclipse Books
Number of Issues Published: 3 (#1 - #3)
Format: Full color; Standard Modern Age US Size (25.9 cm high × 16.9 cm wide); Squarebound; Glossy interiors with cardstock cover.
Nice series of adaptations of Science Fiction stories taken from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Published by Eclipse Books
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews