Isaac Asimov - Softcover

OLANDER, Joseph D. & Martin Harry Greenberg--Editors

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800842588 ISBN 13: 9780800842581

Publisher: Taplinger Pub Co, 1977

Synopsis

Isaac Asimov is one of the most varied men of our time -- biochemist popularizer of science, and legendary cience fiction writer. His astonishing productivity -- more than 180 books published to date -- has resulted in some of science fiction's monumtal works: his classic Foundation Trilogy, his rbilliant dusion of SF and the mystery story in The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, and his remarkable robot stories. This book is intended to broaden the reader's perspectives about Asimov's science fiction. Some of these perspectives are favorable, while others are critical; some are theoretical, while others are descriptive and "practical." But each contributor aims to share a particular point of view about Asimov's science fiction. In a delightful and informative afterword, Isaac Asimov responds with his own "Asimov's Guide to Asimov."

About this title

About the Author:

To list Isaac Asimov's honors, as to list his books, would be excessive. Let it simply be noted that Isaac Asimov was the most famous, most honored, most widely read, and most beloved science fiction author of all time. In his five decades as an author, he wrote more than four hundred books, won every award his readers and colleagues could contrive to give him, and provided pleasure and insight to millions. He died in 1992, still at work.

To list Isaac Asimov's honors, as to list his books, would be excessive. Let it simply be noted that Isaac Asimov was the most famous, most honored, most widely read, and most beloved science fiction author of all time. In his five decades as an author, he wrote more than four hundred books, won every award his readers and colleagues could contrive to give him, and provided pleasure and insight to millions. He died in 1992, still at work.

William Shatner's career as an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, recording artist, author, and horseman has spanned more than fifty years. One of pop culture's most recognizable figures, he is also a major Hollywood philanthropist. Shatner and his wife and three married children live in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taplinger Pub Co
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0800842588
• ISBN 13: 9780800842581
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247