NOTES FOR A MEMOIR : ON ISAAC ASIMOV, LIFE, AND WRITING

Asimov, Janet Jeppson

ISBN 10: 1591024056 / ISBN 13: 9781591024057

Published by Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2006

A Pristine, SIGNED, 1ST PRINTING. Dr. Janet J. Asimov, a psychiatrist and celebrated fiction writer, has penned this delightful memoir with insight, poignancy, and wit on topics that she and her husband, Isaac Asimov, found especially meaningful over the years. From profound issues such as religion, philosophy, sex, personal identity, and mortality, to lighter subjects such as traveling together, camping, the golden thirties, and the problems and joys of writing. Seller Inventory # 003855

Synopsis:

This charming book is a series of entertaining and thought-provoking musings, mainly about the imagination, the sense of identity, the compulsion to write, and Isaac Asimov―who, as Janet Asimov says, was good at all of them. Dr. Janet J. Asimov, a psychiatrist and celebrated fiction writer, has penned this delightful memoir with insight, poignancy, and wit on topics that she and her husband, Isaac Asimov, found especially meaningful over the years. From profound issues such as religion, philosophy, sex, personal identity, and mortality, to lighter subjects such as traveling together, camping, the golden thirties, and the problems and joys of writing, Asimov reveals many new and fascinating details about two engaging and creative people whose greatest creation―in addition to their writings―was the life they made together. Replete with new information about Isaac Asimov and never-before-published excerpts from his witty letters to her, in addition to family photos, this collection of personal reminiscences complements Isaac Asimov's highly acclaimed one-volume autobiography, It's Been a Good Life, which Janet Asimov edited. The Times Literary Supplement praised it as "an excellent introduction to his vision and his personality." Janet Asimov concludes this singular memoir with her own short stories, many published in magazines, but never before collected together in one book. Notes for a Memoir is guaranteed to delight, entertain, and inspire.

About the Author: Janet J. Asimov, MD, is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, the author of twenty books and many short stories and articles, and the editor of the widely acclaimed It’s Been a Good Life by Isaac Asimov. For many years she also wrote a bimonthly science column for a newspaper syndicate.

Bibliographic Details

Title: NOTES FOR A MEMOIR : ON ISAAC ASIMOV, LIFE, ...
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: SIGNED
Edition: 1st Edition