Isaac Asimov
Standalone Works
Standalone Works
204 Books
The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use
Trends
The Callistan menace. Ring around the sun. The magnificent possession. Trends. The weapon too dreadful to use. Black friar of the flame. Half-breed. The secret sense.
The Callistan Menace
The Callistan menace. Ring around the sun. The magnificent possession. Trends. The weapon too dreadful to use. Black friar of the flame. Half-breed. The secret sense.
Ring Around the Sun
The Magnificent Possession
The Callistan menace. Ring around the sun. The magnificent possession. Trends. The weapon too dreadful to use. Black friar of the flame. Half-breed. The secret sense.
Half-Breeds on Venus
Half-Breeds on Venus The Imaginary Heredity History Christmas on Ganymede The Little Man on the Subway The Hazing
Half-Breed
The Callistan menace. Ring around the sun. The magnificent possession. Trends. The weapon too dreadful to use. Black friar of the flame. Half-breed. The secret sense.
Homo Sol
Not Final!
Super-Neutron Not Final! Legal Rites Time Pussy Author! Author! Death Sentence
Heredity
The Talking Stone Heredity Eyes Do More Than See It's Such a Beautiful Day The Last Answer
The Secret Sense
History
The easy style and the sympathy for the reader that have made Isaac Asimov one of the most successful writers on science of all time are applied here to the fascinating history of Professor Asimov's own field of specialization. From the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age the story of the step-by-step advance through the mysteries of the elements is recounted, and the impact of the great discoveries on civilization through applied chemistry is set forth in all its drama.
Time Pussy
Super-Neutron Not Final! Legal Rites Time Pussy Author! Author! Death Sentence
Christmas on Ganymede
Black Friar of the Flame
The Callistan menace. Ring around the sun. The magnificent possession. Trends. The weapon too dreadful to use. Black friar of the flame. Half-breed. The secret sense.
The Hazing
Half-Breeds on Venus The Imaginary Heredity History Christmas on Ganymede The Little Man on the Subway The Hazing
The Imaginary
Half-Breeds on Venus The Imaginary Heredity History Christmas on Ganymede The Little Man on the Subway The Hazing
Death Sentence
Author! Author! - novelette Death Sentence - short story Blind Alley - short story No Connection - short story The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - short story The Red Queen's Race - novelette Mother Earth - novelette
The Mule
Dead Hand
The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline
Blind Alley No Connection The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline The Red Queen's Race Mother Earth
No Connection
Author! Author! - novelette Death Sentence - short story Blind Alley - short story No Connection - short story The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - short story The Red Queen's Race - novelette Mother Earth - novelette
...And Now You Don't
The Red Queen's Race
Author! Author! - novelette Death Sentence - short story Blind Alley - short story No Connection - short story The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - short story The Red Queen's Race - novelette Mother Earth - novelette
The Little Man on the Subway
Half-Breeds on Venus The Imaginary Heredity History Christmas on Ganymede The Little Man on the Subway The Hazing
Darwinian Pool Room
Legal Rites
Super-Neutron Not Final! Legal Rites Time Pussy Author! Author! Death Sentence
Green Patches
Nightfall - novelette Green Patches - short story Hostess - novelette Breeds There a Man ... ? - novelette C-Chute - novelette
Day of the Hunters
In a Good Cause—
C-Chute
Nightfall - novelette Green Patches - short story Hostess - novelette Breeds There a Man ... ? - novelette C-Chute - novelette
Shah Guido G.
The Fun They Had
Contains: The Martian Way Sally The Fun They Had Franchise The Last Question Profession
Breeds There a Man...?
Nightfall - novelette Green Patches - short story Hostess - novelette Breeds There a Man ... ? - novelette C-Chute - novelette
Hostess
Nightfall - novelette Green Patches - short story Hostess - novelette Breeds There a Man ... ? - novelette C-Chute - novelette
What If—
The Martian Way
Youth
The Deep
Flies
The Monkey's Finger
Nobody Here But—
*Und Finsternis wird kommen...* ist eine Sammlung von 4 Kurzgeschichten. Es handelt sich um die deutsche Übersetzung von *Nightfall Part 1*. Der zweite Teil ist unter dem deutschen Titel ** erschienen, der dritte unter **. : : Nightfall Green Patches Hostess Nobody here but
Button, Button
Everest
It's Such a Beautiful Day
"It's Such a Beautiful Day" "Belief" "Breeds There a Man...?" "C-Chute"
The Immortal Bard
The Pause
Let's Not
The Martian Way and Other Stories
The Singing Bell
Hemoglobin and the Universe
The Talking Stone
The Talking Stone Heredity Eyes Do More Than See It's Such a Beautiful Day The Last Answer
The Last Trump
Dreaming Is a Private Thing
The End of Eternity
The story of temporal engineers who meta-regulate the history of humanity through the centuries, eliminating risk, adventure, and space travel in the process. One man rebels in order to save the existence of someone he loves, and in the end the time bureaucracy is destroyed for the sake of individuality and human achievement. The theme is the opposite of the Foundation stories, where the central planners and manipulators of humanity always dominate.
The Watery Place
Gimmicks Three
Hell-Fire
Living Space
What's in a Name?
The Message
The Dying Night
Part two of a collection of science fiction short stories. Anniversary The Billiard Ball The Dead Past The Dying Night The Fun They Had The Last Question Mirror-Image
Each an Explorer
A Loint of Paw
The Gentle Vultures
Profession All the Troubles of the World Spell My Name with an S Lastborn The Gentle Vultures
I'm in Marsport Without Hilda
Only a Trillion
Collection of science essays. It was the first collection of science essays published by Asimov. The book was also published under the title *Marvels of Science* - The Atoms That Vanish - The Explosions Within Us - Hemoglobin and the Universe - Victory on Paper - The Abnormality of Being Normal - Planets Have an Air About Them - The Unblind Workings of Chance - The Trapping of the Sun - The Sea-Urchin and We - The Sound of Panting - The Marvellous Properties of Thiotimoline: - The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline - Pâté de Foie Gras
Blank!
I Just Make Them Up, See!
I just make them up, see The feeling of power Satisfaction guaranteed Living space
The Dust of Death
Strikebreaker
Strikebreaker / by Isaac Asimov Sitting around the pool, soaking up the rays / by Frederik Pohl It's such a beautiful day / by Isaac Asimov
Insert Knob A In Hole B
Does a Bee Care?
Building Blocks of the Universe
A brief discussion of 102 basic chemical elements introduces a more detailed account of the structure, forms, and uses of the most common elements. In this book, which was periodically revised and updated, Isaac Asimov has chosen to call all the chemical elements so far discovered "building blocks of the universe," and shows why they are just that. He discusses some of the elements separately, some of them in groups, according to their importance, tells us how they were discovered, who discovered them, how they got their names, what their uses are, and, in some cases, what their dangers are. The book is full of interesting anecdotes and sidelights which help make the subject of chemistry, and its allied sciences, an endlessly fascinating one-even for those who are not chemistry students but who are interested in the world around them. Isaac Asimov knows how to write about science for young people and provides a clear, up-to-date approach to the "building blocks of the universe."
Spell My Name with an S
Profession All the Troubles of the World Spell My Name with an S Lastborn The Gentle Vultures
The Feeling of Power
The Up-To-Date Sorcerer
The Ugly Little Boy
Silly Asses
Buy Jupiter
Darwinian Pool Room Day of the Hunters Shah Guido G. Button, Button The Monkey's Finger Everest The Pause Let's Not Each an Explorer Blank! Does a Bee Care? Silly Asses Buy Jupiter! A Statue for Father Rain, Rain, Go Away Founding Father Exile to Hell Key Item The Proper Study 2430 A.D. The Greatest Asset Take a Match Thiotimoline to the Stars Light Verse
Rain, Rain, Go Away
A Statue for Father
Unto the Fourth Generation
Obituary
Nine Tomorrows
Nine Tomorrows is a collection of nine short stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer Isaac Asimov. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, "Rejection Slips", which was original to the collection. The book was first published in the United States in 1959 and in the UK in 1963. It includes two of Asimov's favorite stories, "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy". Contents "I Just Make Them Up, See!" "Profession" "The Feeling of Power" "The Dying Night" "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" "The Gentle Vultures" "All the Troubles of the World" "Spell My Name with an S" "The Last Question" "The Ugly Little Boy" "Rejection Slips"
What is This Thing Called Love?
Star Light
Life and Energy
Life and Energy is a 1962 book by Isaac Asimov. It is about the biological and physical world, and their contrasts and comparisons. Thus the book is divided into two sections, which is separated by further sub-sections : 1) energy; 2) body. In order to accomplish its goal, the book starts with "layman" discussions about energy and how these can be used to single out human from other living systems, or even living systems from non-living matter, what differentiates a rock from an oyster, and finishes with advanced concepts, how living systems are able to "produce" energy. The first chapters covers the common questions of the distinctions between living and inanimate objects. Asimov then explains in a step by step manner about the physical world first through slow, but interesting chapters. He writes about the effect and major role of the evolution and advance of man by fire and heat, he tells about thermodynamics , he recollects the thoughts of previous scientists, and their painstaking works, and finally, the quantum theory and radiation, which has revolutionised physics and technology. An explanation of electricity and basic chemistry laws and features are also included. The physi
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales
Ballade of an Artificial Satellite - poem by Poul Anderson The Fun They Had - juvenile - short story by Isaac Asimov Men Are Different - short story by Alan Bloch The Ambassadors - short story by Anthony Boucher The Weapon - short story by Fredric Brown Random Sample - short story by T. P. Caravan Oscar - short story by Cleve Cartmill The Mist - short story by Peter Grainger Teething Ring - short story by James Causey The Haunted Space Suit - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Stair Trick - short story by Mildred Clingerman Unwelcome Tenant - short story by Roger Dee The Mathematicians - short story by Arthur Feldman The Third Level - short story by Jack Finney Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful! - short story by Stuart Friedman The Figure - short story by Lawrence L. LeShan The Rag Thing - short story by Donald A. Wollheim The Good Provider - short story by Marion Gross Columbus Was a Dope - short story by Robert A. Heinlein Texas Week - short story by Albert Hernhuter Hilda - short story by H. B. Hickey The Choice - short story by Wayland Hilton-Young Not with a Bang - short story by Damon Knight The Altar at Midnight - short story by C. M. Kornbluth A Bad Day for Sales - short story b
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
The lives and achievements of 1195 great scientists from ancient times to the present; chronologically arranged.
Five-Odd
Author! Author!
Author! Author! - novelette Death Sentence - short story Blind Alley - short story No Connection - short story The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline - short story The Red Queen's Race - novelette Mother Earth - novelette
Eyes Do More Than See
The Talking Stone Heredity Eyes Do More Than See It's Such a Beautiful Day The Last Answer
Founding Father
Fantastic Voyage
The Key
**The Key Word and Other Mysteries** is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, featuring his boy detective Larry. The book was illustrated by Rod Burke. It was first published in hardcover by Walker & Company in 1977, and in paperback by Avon Books in 1979. A British edition illustrated by Geoff Taylor and adding one additional story was issued by Pan Books in 1982. The book contains five stories by Asimov . Most were reprinted from magazines, but one was written for the book. Larry appeared in six other stories, five of which appear in The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries. -- Description from Wikipedia "The Key Word" "Santa Claus Gets a Coin" "Sarah Tops" "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" "A Case of Need" "The Disappearing Man"
Understanding Physics
While many of us understand complex theories of criticism or finance, we cannot explain why the lights go on when we flick a switch or how a radio works. In this reader-friendly, unabridged edition of three of his best-selling books, renowned science writer Isaac Asimov demystifies physics, teaching the fundamentals in a manner easily understood by lay people. Including the complete text of Motion, Sound and Heat, Light, Magnetism and Electricity, and The Electron, Proton and Neutron, this volume will guide you through the evolution of physics from its early Greek beginnings up to the modern theories of the creation of time, space and matter. Each volume relates the tale of the human quest through the ages for answers to the fundamental questions of how the universe works. Told in its historical context, this quest for knowledge is a story of high drama and uncommon valor, when men put their very lives on the line for the sake of scientific truth. 3 Volumes: Motion, Sound & Heat Light, Magnetism & Electricity The Electron, Proton & Neutron
The Billiard Ball
Part two of a collection of science fiction short stories. Anniversary The Billiard Ball The Dead Past The Dying Night The Fun They Had The Last Question Mirror-Image
Through a Glass, Clearly
"It's Such a Beautiful Day" "Belief" "Breeds There a Man...?" "C-Chute"
Exile to Hell
The Proper Study
Asimov's Mysteries
A collection of hybrid science-fiction/mystery stories. The mysteries usually turn on a point of science, but the author plays fair and explains the science in an understandable well before revealing the solution. The Singing Bell The Talking Stone What's in a Name? The Dying Night Pâté de Foie Gras The Dust of Death A Loint of Paw I'm in Marsport Without Hilda Marooned Off Vesta Anniversary Obituary Star Light The Key The Billiard Ball
Opus 100
Opus 100 excerpts Isaac Asimov's first hundred written books.
Up to the Fourth Generation
2430 A. D.
Waterclap
As Chemist to Chemist
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
The Stars in their Courses
Collection of essays: The Stars in Their Courses The Lop-Sided Sun The Lunar Honor-Roll Worlds in Confusion Two at a Time On Throwing a Ball The Man Who Massed the Earth The Luxon Wall Playing the Game The Distance of Far The Multiplying Elements Bridging the Gaps The Nobel Prize That Wasn't The Fateful Lightning The Sin of the Scientist The Power of Progression My Planet 'Tis of Thee -
Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor
Take a Match
Kid Stuff
The Greatest Asset
Truth to Tell
The Gods Themselves
The year is 2100 A.D.… And Man no longer stands alone in the universe. Now there are other worlds, other living beings. Alien beings who mate in threes and live on pure energy. New breeds of humans who have created their own environment and freed themselves from every social and sexual taboo. Yes, it is the future of new worlds, ever-changing worlds. And yet among them there is still Earth. Earth, where Man still strives to be the best. To advance himself beyond all other beings and their worlds. And this final, glorious step in mankind’s technical progress has been achieved: the discovery of an unlimited, non-polluting energy source. But what seems to be progress may, in reality, end in complete tragedy. Earth’s unlimited energy source is about to trigger unlimited destruction—and the end of a universe.
The Best of Isaac Asimov
Marooned Off Vesta Nightfall The C-Chute The Martian Way The Deep The Fun They Had - juvenile The Last Question The Dead Past The Dying Night Anniversary The Billiard Ball Mirror Image
Have You Seen These?
Collection of short stories: - The Day of the Hunters - Shah Guido G. - The Monkey's Finger - Everest - The Pause - Blank! - Silly Asses - Rain, Rain, Go Away
The Heavenly Host
Newly arrived on Planet Anderson Two just before Christmas, Jonathan is warned about the dangerous native inhabitants but an accidental meeting with one of the natives convinces him that they are friendly and peaceful.
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Darwinian Pool Room Day of the Hunters Shah Guido G. Button, Button The Monkey's Finger Everest The Pause Let's Not Each an Explorer Blank! Does a Bee Care? Silly Asses Buy Jupiter! A Statue for Father Rain, Rain, Go Away Founding Father Exile to Hell Key Item The Proper Study 2430 A.D. The Greatest Asset Take a Match Thiotimoline to the Stars Light Verse
Lecherous Limericks
Old-fashioned
The Ultimate Crime
Marching In
The Winnowing
Murder at the ABA
Birth of a Notion
Good Taste
Nightfall and Other Stories
What Is This Thing Called Love? Strikebreaker Sally Nightfall Segregationist Eyes Do More Than See Green Patches Hostess Breeds There a Man ... ? Flies The Up-to-Date Sorcerer Unto the Fourth Generation The Machine That Won the War My Son, the Physicist! It's Such a Beautiful Day Insert Knob A in Hole B "In a Good Cause—" What If— The C-Chute Biographical Comments in "Nightfall and Other Stories" "Nobody Here But—"
Sure Thing
The Key Word
**The Key Word and Other Mysteries** is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, featuring his boy detective Larry. The book was illustrated by Rod Burke. It was first published in hardcover by Walker & Company in 1977, and in paperback by Avon Books in 1979. A British edition illustrated by Geoff Taylor and adding one additional story was issued by Pan Books in 1982. The book contains five stories by Asimov . Most were reprinted from magazines, but one was written for the book. Larry appeared in six other stories, five of which appear in The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries. -- Description from Wikipedia "The Key Word" "Santa Claus Gets a Coin" "Sarah Tops" "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" "A Case of Need" "The Disappearing Man"
Nothing for Nothing
Opus 200
Excerpt from The Gods Themselves Excerpt from ABCs of Space Excerpt from How Did We Find Out About Comets? Excerpt from Comets and Meteors Excerpt from Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star Excerpt from The Collapsing Universe "The Bicentennial Man" Excerpt from How Did We Find Out About Numbers? Excerpt from "Skewered!" Excerpt from Light Excerpt from Please Explain Excerpt from Worlds Within Worlds "Good Taste" Excerpt from How Did We Find Out About Germs? Excerpt from The Ends of the Earth Excerpt from More Words of Science Excerpt from The Land of Canaan Excerpt from The Shaping of France Excerpt from The Golden Door Excerpt from Eyes on the Universe "The Dream" "Lost in Non-Translation" "Light Verse" "The Monsters We Have Lived With" Excerpt from Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor Excerpt from The Sensuous Dirty Old Man Excerpt from Lecherous Limericks Excerpt from More Lecherous Limericks Excerpt from Still More Lecherous Limericks Excerpt from Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship Excerpt from Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare Excerpt from Asimov's Annotated Don Juan Excerpt from Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost Excerpt from Familiar Poems Annotated Excerpt from Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks E
In Memory Yet Green
The amazing Asimov tackles his most fascinating subject – himself! Isaac Asimov, said The New York Times, "has probably done more than anyone else to give scientifically illiterate readers a feeling for the excitement and accomplishment of modern science." Now, in his 200th book, the celebrated author recounts his life— from his emigration to Brooklyn from Russia to his creation of the famous FOUNDATION TRILOGY Here's what the reviewers say: "Everything you need to know about how a genius evolves...a remarkable record. .. Asimov has earned the right to be a phenomenon." - Algis Budrys, Chicago Sun-Times "The development of a unique talent...how he and his favorite early editor, John Wood Campbell Jr., of Astounding Science Fiction, came up with the famous three laws of robotics; how Campbell gave Asimov the idea for 'Nightfall,' popularly considered to be the greatest science fiction story of all time; how he almost wrote a book describing 'black holes' years before they were discovered; how the idea for his great 'Foundation' series came to him while he was riding a subway train....Asimov is a great storyteller and a first-rate explainer. Those qualities shine through in this auto
Death of a Foy
For the Birds
Visions of the Universe
Lest We Remember
One Night of Song
Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos
Tells the story of how people have learned and continue to learn about their world, covering explorations, discoveries, inventions, theories, and speculation.
Potential
About Nothing
Computer Crimes and Capers
DARL I LUV U - short fiction by Joe Gores An End of Spinach - short story by Stan Dryer Computers Don't Argue - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Goldbrick - novella by Edward Wellen Computer Cops - short story by Edward D. Hoch Sam Hall - novelette by Poul Anderson Spanner in the Works - novelette by J. T. McIntosh While-You-Wait - short story by Edward Wellen Getting Across - novelette by Robert Silverberg All the Troubles of the World - short story by Isaac Asimov
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
About Nothing A Perfect Fit Belief Death of a Foy Fair Exchange? For the Birds Found! Good Taste How It Happened Ideas Die Hard Ignition Point! It Is Coming The Last Answer The Last Shuttle Lest We Remember Nothing for Nothing One Night of Song The Smile That Loses Sure Thing To Tell at a Glance The Winds of Change
Asimov on Science Fiction
Collection of short essays dealing with various aspects of science fiction. Many of the essays are editorials from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. My Own View Extraordinary Voyages The Name of Our Field The Universe of Science Fiction Adventure! Hints By No Means Vulgar Learning Device It's a Funny Thing The Mosaic and the Plate Glass The Scientist As Villain The Vocabulary of Science Fiction Try to Write! How Easy to See the Future! The Dreams of Science Fiction The Prescientific Universe Science Fiction and Society Science Fiction, 1938 How Science Fiction Came to Be Big Business The Boom in Science Fiction Golden Age Ahead Beyond Our Brain The Myth of the Machine Science Fiction from the Soviet Union More Science Fiction from the Soviet Union The First Science Fiction Novel The First Science Fiction Writer The Hole in the Middle The Science Fiction Breakthrough Big, Big, Big The Campbell Touch Reminiscences of Peg Horace The Second Nova Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke The Dean of Science Fiction The Brotherhood of Science Fiction Our Conventions The Hugo Anniversaries The Letter Column The Articles of Science Fiction Rejection Slips What Makes Good Science Fiction? 1984 T
Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space
In this outstanding collection of Sherlockian tales, the master of detection solves the most fantastic cases of his career. Herein are answered questions which have plagued loyal readers for decades, including: What is the truth about the mysterious menace of Sumatra? What occurs when Holmes must pursue an extra-terrestrial? Stories by authors: Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Philip Jose Farmer; Sterling Lanier, Gene Wolfe, Edward Wellen and others, for your amusement and edification. Introduction: Sherlock Holmes / Isaac Asimov The Adventure of the devil's foot / Arthur Conan Doyle The Problem of the Sore Bridge among others / Philip Jose Farmer The Adventure of the global traveler / Anne Lear The Great dormitory mystery / F.N. Farber The Adventure of the misplaced hound / Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson The Thing waiting outside / Barbara Williamson A Father's tale / Sterling E. Lanier The Adventure of the extraterrestrial / Mack Reynolds A Scarletin study / Philip Jose Farmer Voiceover / Edward Wellen The Adventure of the metal murderer / Fred Saberhagen Slaves of silver / Gene Wolfe God of the naked unicorn / Richard Lupoff Death in the Christmas hour / James
The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
The disappearing man Lucky seven The Christmas solution The twins The man in the park
The Edge of Tomorrow
Unique Is Where You Find It - short story The Eureka Phenomenon - essay The Feeling of Power - short story The Comet That Wasn't - essay Found! - short story Twinkle, Twinkle, Microwaves - essay Pâté de Foie Gras - short story The Bridge of the Gods - essay Belief - novelette Euclid's Fifth - essay The Plane Truth - essay The Billiard Ball - novelette The Winds of Change - short story The Figure of the Fastest - essay The Dead Past - novelette The Fateful Lightning - essay Breeds There a Man? - novelette The Man Who Massed the Earth - essay Nightfall - novelette The Planet That Wasn't - essay The Ugly Little Boy - novelette The Three Who Died Too Soon - essay The Last Question - short story The Nobel Prize That Wasn't - essay
Hallucination
Twelve science fiction stories which explore the complexities and limitations of the human mind as it responds to unusual situations, bizarre societies, and unorthodox problems. Includes a brief analysis of each story. It's a Good Life - short story by Jerome Bixby - short story by Roald Dahl Hallucination Orbit - novelette by J. T. McIntosh The Winner - short story by Donald E. Westlake A Rose by Other Name ... - short story by Christopher Anvil The Man Who Never Forgot - short story by Robert Silverberg Runaround - novelette by Isaac Asimov Absalom - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore Wings Out of Shadow - novelette by Fred Saberhagen In Case of Fire - short story by Randall Garrett What Friends Are For - short story by John Brunner The Drivers - short story by Edward W. Ludwig
The Alternate Asimovs
Grow Old Along with Me The End of Eternity Belief Belief
The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
An anthology of short science fiction stories by Asimov that includes everything *but* robot stories. All the Troubles of the World A Loint of Paw The Dead Past Death of a Foy Dreaming Is a Private Thing Dreamworld Eyes Do More Than See The Feeling of Power Flies Found! The Foundation of Science Fiction Success Franchise The Fun They Had How It Happened I Just Make Them Up, See! I'm in Marsport Without Hilda The Immortal Bard It's Such a Beautiful Day Jokester The Last Answer The Last Question My Son, the Physicist! Obituary Spell My Name with an S Strikebreaker Sure Thing The Ugly Little Boy Unto the Fourth Generation
Left to Right
Fantastic Voyage II
Not a sequel to the original Fantastic Voyage , which Asimov chooses to ignore completely; the upshot isn't too much more than a sclerotically talky retread. In the 21st century, the superpowers coexist peacefully—so why do the Russians choose to kidnap frustrated brain researcher Albert Morrison ? Well, genius scientist Shapirov, the inventor of miniaturization, lies in a coma, the victim of an experimental accident; the Russians need Morrison's expertise in order to tap the thoughts of the dying Shapirov . The problem is that Morrison doesn't believe in miniaturization and, indeed, is terrified at the prospect. Still, after some judicious blackmail, he agrees to enter a specially-built submarine, along with its stereotyped crew, hearty Dezhnev, manipulative Boranova, Finno-Russian Kaliinin, and obsessive Konev: they will be shrunk to molecular size and injected into Shapirov's comatose brain. After various adventures—unsurprising stuff to fans of the first Voyage—they reemerge, the mission apparently a failure and Shapirov dead, with a mildly surprising twist ending still to come. Like much of Asimov's recent output: a novel-sized conversation, scientifically more credible than F
Azazel
Meet Azazel... He's two centimeters tall. He's fiery red. He has magical powers strong enough to wreck a normal human's life...all with the best intentions, of course. George Bitternut, an eccentric linguist and deadbeat, stumbles onto an ancient incantation that calls forth this diminutive demon of astonishing wizardry. Unfortunately, Azazel refuses to do anything for George's personal gain—but he agrees to help out a few of his friends. With Dr. Asimov himself as eager audience, George recounts eighteen episodes of life with Azazel—disastrous, hilarious episodes that could only spring from the science fiction's most fertile imagination. Contents: * The Two-Centimeter Demon * One Night of Song * The Smile that Loses * To the Victor * The Dim Rumble * Saving Humanity * A Matter of Principle * The Evil Drink Does * Writing Time * Dashing Through the Snow * Logic Is Logic * He Travels the Fastest * The Eye of the Beholder * More Things in Heaven and Earth * The Mind's Construction * The Fights of Spring * Galatea * Flight of Fancy
Ancient Astronomy
Briefly describes beliefs of astronomers from ancient times to 1609, when Galileo's discoveries through the telescope gave birth to modern astronomy.
The Asimov Chronicles
A collection of 50 Asimov stories, covering half a century of his work, including tales of distant worlds, parallel universes, unknowable aliens and immeasurable space. Among this collection are "Nightfall", "The Martian Way" and "The Ugly Boy". Contains: Marooned off Vesta Robbie Nightfall Runaround Death sentence Catch that rabbit Blind alley Evidence Little lost robot No connection The Red Queen's race Green patches Breeds there a man ...? The Martian way Sally The Fun they had Franchise The Last question Profession The Ugly little boy Unto the fourth generation Thiotimoline and the space age The Machine that won the war My son, the physicist T-formation Author! Author! Eyes do more than see The Key The Billiard ball Exile to hell Feminine intuition A Problem of numbers Bill and I Mirror image Light verse That thou art mindful of him Earthset and evening star The Bicentennial man True love Found Nothing for nothing For the birds Ignition point Lest we remember Saving humanity Neither brute nor human The Fourth homonym The Eye of the beholder The Quiet place I love little Pussy
Nemesis
Tearing its way through space on a collision course for Earth is Nemesis, a fiery ball of destruction, a dwarf star as red as the color of blood. Circling Nemesis is Rotor, an Earth colony whose occupants have cut themselves off from the anarchy and degeneration of an old and wasted world to form their own utopian existence. For them Rotor is a kind of Ark; one with hidden dangers that must be understood. ---------- Set in the twenty-third century, this novel was written two years before Asimov's death, and is part of his unified History involving his Robot stories and the Empire series of stories. This story deals with a point in time just before the discovery of true FTL travel becomes possible.
Cal
Nightfall
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own--a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the stubborn denial of scientists. Only a handful of people on the planet Lagash are prepared to face the truth--that their six suns are setting all at once for the first time in 2,000 years, signaling the end of civilization!
Isaac's Universe Volume Two
Our Angry Earth
Promotes a picture of the current state of our planet, based on the most recent scientific information, as well as an overview of the large-scale social, economic and political reforms that must be instituted if we are to make our world a green and hospitable place for generations to come.
Asimov's Chronology of the World
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
Atom
Inside the Atom is a popular science book by American author Isaac Asimov and describes the internal structure of the atom. The sequence of concepts described in the book follows their historical discovery. The author describes the various sub-atomic structures within the atom, and the functions they fill in the whole structure. Later chapters describe chemical elements and isotopes, the stability and instability of atomic nuclei, and finally atomic energy, the uses it has, and the threat that it poses. The book is aimed at educated lay-readers, and high-school science students.
Galley Slave - Il robot che leggeva le bozze
Cleon the Emperor
The Complete Stories
Not Final! - short story The Hazing - short story Death Sentence - short story Blind Alley - short story Evidence - novelette The Red Queen's Race - novelette Day of the Hunters - short story The Deep - novelette The Martian Way - novelette The Monkey's Finger - short story The Singing Bell - short story The Talking Stone - short story Each an Explorer - short story Let's Get Together - short story Pâté de Foie Gras - short story Galley Slave - novelette Lenny - short story A Loint of Paw - short story A Statue for Father - short story Anniversary - short story Obituary - short story Rain, Rain, Go Away - short story Star Light - short story Founding Father - short story The Key - novelette The Billiard Ball - novelette Exile to Hell - short story Key Item - short story Feminine Intuition - novelette The Greatest Asset - short story Mirror Image - short story Take a Match - short story Light Verse - short story Stranger in Paradise - novelette That Thou Art Mindful of Him - novelette The Life and Times of Multivac - short story The Bicentennial Man - novelette Marching In - short story Old-Fashioned - short story The Tercentenary Incident - short story
Gold
With a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Orson Scott CardHe invented science fiction. And in this final and crowning achievement of a career spanning 50 years, Isaac Asimov shares short stories ranging from the humorous to the profound, ruminations on the science fiction genre itself, and thoughts on the craft and writing of science fiction.Gold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-year career of science fiction's transcendent genius, the world-famous author who defined the field of science fiction for its practitioners, its millions of readers, and the world at large.The first section contains stories that range from the humorous to the profound, at the heart of which is the title story, "Gold," a moving and revealing drama about a writer who gambles everything on a chance at immortality: a gamble Asimov himself made -- and won. The second section contains the grand master's ruminations on the SF genre itself. And the final section is comprised of Asimov's thoughts on the craft and writing of science fiction. **Short stories:** Cal Left to Right Frustration Hallucination The Instability Alexander the God In the Canyon Good-bye to Earth Battle-Hymn
Magic
To Your Health - short story The Critic on the Hearth - short story It's a Job - short story Baby, It's Cold Outside - short story The Time Traveler - short story Wine is a Mocker - short story The Mad Scientist - short story The Fable of the Three Princes - novelette March Against the Foe - short story Northwestward - short story Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon - short story Magic - essay Sword and Sorcery - essay Concerning Tolkien - essay In Days of Old - essay Giants in the Earth - essay When Fantasy Became Fantasy - essay The Reluctant Critic - essay The Unicorn - essay Unknown - essay Extraordinary Voyages - essay Fairy Tales - essay Dear Judy-Lynn - essay Fantasy - essay Reading and Writing - essay The Right Answer - essay Ignorance in America - essay Knock Plastic! - essay Lost in Non-Translation - essay Look Long Upon a Monkey - essay Thinking About Thinking - essay
Asimov's Choice Comets & Computers
The Prime of Life
It Is Coming
The Weapon
The Callistan menace. Ring around the sun. The magnificent possession. Trends. The weapon too dreadful to use. Black friar of the flame. Half-breed. The secret sense.
The Portable Star
Grow Old Along with Me
Grow Old Along with Me The End of Eternity Belief Belief
Kid Brother
Ideas Die Hard
Battle-Hymn
Primortals
Sixty Million Trillion Combinations
A Perfect Fit
Fair Exchange?
Alexander the God
In the Canyon
Fault-Intolerant
The Nations in Space
No Refuge Could Save
Ph As in Phony
The Train to Hell
Found!
Traces man's knowledge and use of electricity from early Greek experiments to the invention of the telegraph, telephone, and electric light.
The Encyclopedists
The Psychohistorians
How It Happened
The Last Shuttle
To Tell at a Glance
Rejection Slips
Big Game
Robot series
Getting Even
Belief
"It's Such a Beautiful Day" "Belief" "Breeds There a Man...?" "C-Chute"
Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
Three thousand of the most interesting and unusual of fascinating facts plucked from a broad spectrum including the sciences, history, fashion, entertainment, the Universe, and not to forget a veritable smorgasbord of the great eccentrics.
Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery
From 4 million b.c. to the present, Asimov gives entries on major scientific breakthroughs in chronological order. Annotation. Combining world history with scientific discoveries and inventions, Asimov illustrates, in chronological order, how science and cultural, social, and political events have affected each other. A good reference for the general reader. No bibliography.
A Short History of Chemistry
The easy style and the sympathy for the reader that have made Isaac Asimov one of the most successful writers on science of all time are applied here to the fascinating history of Professor Asimov's own field of specialization. From the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age the story of the step-by-step advance through the mysteries of the elements is recounted, and the impact of the great discoveries on civilization through applied chemistry is set forth in all its drama.
Inside the Atom
Inside the Atom is a popular science book by American author Isaac Asimov and describes the internal structure of the atom. The sequence of concepts described in the book follows their historical discovery. The author describes the various sub-atomic structures within the atom, and the functions they fill in the whole structure. Later chapters describe chemical elements and isotopes, the stability and instability of atomic nuclei, and finally atomic energy, the uses it has, and the threat that it poses. The book is aimed at educated lay-readers, and high-school science students.
The Winds of Change
About Nothing A Perfect Fit Belief Death of a Foy Fair Exchange? For the Birds Found! Good Taste How It Happened Ideas Die Hard Ignition Point! It Is Coming The Last Answer The Last Shuttle Lest We Remember Nothing for Nothing One Night of Song The Smile That Loses Sure Thing To Tell at a Glance The Winds of Change
