Foundation's Friends [SIGNED by Connie Willis]

Martin H. Greenberg [editor]

ISBN 10: 0312931743 / ISBN 13: 9780312931742

Published by Tor Books, New York, 1989

About this Item

"First edition: September 1989" and full printing line with "1" on its copyright page, with publisher's original "$19.95" price on its jacket's front flap. SIGNED, with no personalization or inscription, by author Connie Willis on the title page of her story. This book is in near fine condition, marred only by light bumps on its spine ends. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is in fine condition: bright, whole, unmarked, and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble cushion, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foundation's Friends [SIGNED by Connie Willis]
• Publisher: Tor Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312931743
• ISBN 13: 9780312931742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Books
  • SF & Fantasy Anthologies

About this title

Synopsis

Original tales by such science fiction luminaries as Orson Scott Card, Harry Turtledove, and Connie Willis, written in honor of Isaac Asimov's fiftieth anniversary in the genre, are set in one of his fictional universes

Reviews

Subtitled "Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov," this pleasant anthology of new stories celebrates Asimov's 50 years of writing SF. Seventeen authors explore the people, places and ideas Asimov has made famous, albeit in their own styles. Robots circumvent, enhance or expound upon the Three Laws of Robotics, a la Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison (in a Stainless Steel Rat adventure) and Connie Willis, who puts Asimov himself into a "Dilemma." Mike Resnick reveals an introspective Susan Calvin; George Alec Effinger sends a Jewish American Princess to see "Nightfall," Edward D. Hoch visits the Black Widowers, and Orson Scott Card looks at Hari Seldon and the start of the Second Fundation. Frederik Pohl's "The Reunion at the Mile-High" is a charming and unexpected tale of the 50th reunion of the Futurians, Asimov and Pohl included, in an alternate-world 1989.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The secret beginning of the Second Foundation as chronicled in Orson Scott Card's "The Originist" highlights this collection of 17 stories set in the universes created by sf veteran Asimov, now in his 50th year of professional writing. Contributors include Robert Silverberg, Hal Clement, Connie Willis, Pamela Sargent, and Harry Turtledove, as well as other veteran sf writers. A few uneven stories fail to mar the general strength of this commemorative volume, which is recommended for most sf collections.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.