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Visions of Fantasy
A collection of fantasy tales includes works by such noted writers of the genre as Jane Yolen, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Madeleine L'Engle, and Ray Bradbury
180 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1989
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Isaac Asimov
4,347 books28k 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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March 18, 2018
I first received this book as a gift in 1994. It’s a fun collection!
August 13, 2022
I don’t read a lot of anthologies for fun. I usually only read them if I have a story published in them. This collection…took me by surprise. I picked it up on a whim and, as with most collections, didn’t love ALL of it…but a few of these stories are really sticking with me. Wow. What a fun book. Highly recommend to fans of fantasy short stories.
August 19, 2025
Nice little book. Very good, entertaining stories. Definitely for the young adult, but not too very young. The stories are light and fun. Some have lessons of life, others are just stories. As an old adult, I liked it.
April 4, 2023
Carinissima antologia per Ragazzi, ha di tutto dal fantasy all’horror alla fantascienza!
February 5, 2019
My favorites were The Box and The Fable of Three Princes.
September 14, 2013
I've been reading quite a bit in the youth/young adult category and hoped this was a book I could share with my grandkids both of whom are avid and fairly mature readers. I found this collection of stories very disappointing though. Most were either entirely predictable or just plain uninteresting. An exception might be "A Dozen of Everything" by Zimmer Bradley and The Fable of the Three Princes" by Azimov, I also liked Anne McCaffery's story but had read it before.
January 31, 2011
I'm still a little stunned that this was my first time reading anything by Asimov. How did I go so long reading fantasy and sci fi without reading any of this work? His fiction contribution was great, but I enjoyed his preface quite a bit. The book really is worth it just for that, although the various stories were also excellent!
September 19, 2011
I have been searching for some short stories for my students and came upon this collection. The only story I really found amusing was "Letters from Camp" which posed as the opposite of "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. I am thinking of reading the story with my students but not sure how to tie it into argument writing. However Asimov's introduction is excellent in describing the genre of fantasy.
September 7, 2016
4.5 rounds up to 5 stars. A solid collection, if more aimed at children (lots of child protagonists) than I expected. Great variety of authors and styles and ordered well. I think my favorite might've been the Anne McCaffrey...ah, memories of Pern.
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