Isaac Asimov

• Robots/Empire/Foundation universe
  • Foundation
    • (Prelude to Foundation. 1988)
    • (Forward the Foundation. 1993)
    • Foundation. 1951
    • Foundation and Empire. 1952
    • Second Foundation. 1953
    • (Foundation's Edge. 1982)
    • (Foundation and Earth. 1986)
  • Galactic Empire
    • Pebble in the Sky. 1950
    • The Stars Like Dust. 1951
    • The Currents of Space. 1952
  • Robots
    • I, Robot. 1950
    • The Rest of the Robots. 1964
  • Lije Baley
    • The Caves of Steel. 1954
    • The Naked Sun. 1957
    • (The Robots of Dawn. 1983)
    • (Robots and Empire. 1985)
• Lucky Starr
  • Space Ranger. 1952
  • Pirates of the Asteroids. 1953
  • The Oceans of Venus. 1954
  • The Big Sun of Mercury. 1956
  • The Rings of Saturn. 1958
  • The Moons of Jupiter. 1957
• The End of Eternity. 1955
• The Martian Way. 1955
• Earth is Room Enough. 1957
• A Whiff of Death. 1958 == TheDeath Dealers
• Nine Tomorrows. 1959
• Fantastic Voyage
  • Fantastic Voyage. 1966
  • (Fantastic Voyage II : Destination Brain. 1987)
• Through a Glass, Clearly. 1967
• Asimov's Mysteries. 1968
• Nightfall
  • Nightfall One. 1969
  • Nightfall Two. 1969
• Early Asimov
  • The Early Asimov Volume 1. 1972
  • The Early Asimov Volume 2. 1972
  • The Early Asimov Volume 3. 1972
• The Gods Themselves. 1972
• Black Widowers
  • Tales of the Black Widowers. 1974
  • More Tales of the Black Widowers. 1976
  • The Casebook of the Black Widowers. 1980
  • Banquets of the Black Widowers. 1980
  • [Puzzles of the Black Widowers. 1990]
• Buy Jupiter. 1975
• Authorised Murder. 1976
• The Bicentennial Man. 1976
• The Union Club Mysteries. 1980
• Azazel. 1982
• The Winds of Change. 1983
• (Nemesis. 1989)
• (Nightfall. 1990. With Robert Silverberg)
• [Child of Time. 1991. With Robert Silverberg]
• [The Positronic Man. 1992. With Robert Silverberg]
• Gold. 1996
• Magic. 1996

• 50 Short Science Fiction Tales. 1963. With Groff Conklin
• Tomorrow's Children. 1966
• Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Where Do We Go From Here? 1. 1971
  • Where Do We Go From Here? 2
• Before the Golden Age
  • Before the Golden Age 1. 1974
  • Before the Golden Age 2. 1975
  • Before the Golden Age 3. 1975
  • Before the Golden Age 4. 1975
• (The Science Fictional Solar System. 1979. With Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh)
• Hugo Winners
  • The Hugo Winners Volume One 1962-1967
  • The Hugo Winners Volume Two 1968-1970
  • [The New Hugo Winners. 1991]
  • (The New Hugo Winners Volume II. 1992)

• "The Callistan Menace". 1939. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use". 1939. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "Marooned off Vesta". 1939. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Trends". 1939. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "The Magnificent Possession". 1940. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "Half-Breed". 1940. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "Ring Around the Sun". 1940. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "Homo Sol". 1940. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Robbie". 1940. = Strange Playfellow. In I, Robot
• "Half-Breeds on Venus". 1940. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Heredity". 1941. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Super-Neutron". 1941. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "The Secret Sense". 1941. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "History". 1941. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Liar!". 1941.
  • In Doorway into Time
  • In I, Robot
• "Not Final!". 1941. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Reason". 1941. In I, Robot
• "Nightfall". 1941.
  • In Nightfall One
  • In Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1
  • In The Astounding-Analog Reader Book One
  • In The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
• "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray". 1942. In The Rest of the Robots
• "Black Friar of the Flame". 1942. In The Early Asimov Volume 1
• "The Imaginary". 1942. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Time Pussy". 1942. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Christmas on Ganymede". 1942. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Victory Unintentional". 1942. In The Rest of the Robots
• "Runaround". 1942.
  • In The Coming of the Robots
  • In I, Robot
• "The Hazing". 1942. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Death Sentence". 1943. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "Catch That Rabbit". 1944. In I, Robot
• "Blind Alley". 1945. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "Escape!". 1945. In I, Robot
• "Evidence". 1946. In I, Robot
• "Little Lost Robot". 1947.
  • In Best SF Two
  • In I, Robot
• "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline". 1948. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "No Connection". 1948. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "Mother Earth". 1949. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "The Red Queen's Race". 1949. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "Darwinian Pool Room". 1950. In Buy Jupiter
• "The Little Man on the Subway". 1950. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Legal Rites". 1950. In The Early Asimov Volume 2
• "Green Patches". 1950. = Misbegotten Missionary. In Nightfall One
• "The Evitable Conflict". 1950. In I, Robot
• "Day of the Hunters". 1950. In Buy Jupiter
• "Satisfaction Guaranteed". 1951.
  • In Earth is Room Enough
  • In The Rest of the Robots
• "'In a Good Cause-'". 1951. In Nightfall Two
• "C-Chute". 1951.
  • In Through a Glass, Clearly
  • In Nightfall One
• "The Fun They Had". 1951.
  • In Earth is Room Enough
  • In 50 Short Science Fiction Tales
• "Hostess". 1951. In Nightfall One
• "Shah Guido G.". 1951. In Buy Jupiter
• "Breeds There a Man...?". 1951.
  • In Through a Glass, Clearly
  • In Nightfall One
• "Button, Button". 1952. In Buy Jupiter
• "The Martian Way". 1952. In The Martian Way
• "Youth". 1952. In The Martian Way
• "The Monkey's Finger". 1952. In Buy Jupiter
• "The Deep". 1952. In The Martian Way
• "What If -". 1952.
  • In Great Science Fiction by Scientists
  • In Nightfall Two
• "An Immortal Bard". 1953. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Sally". 1953. In Nightfall Two
• "Everest". 1953. In Buy Jupiter
• "Flies". 1953. In Nightfall Two
• "Kid Stuff". 1953. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Belief". 1953.
  • In 14 Great Tales of ESP
  • In Prologue to Analog
  • In Through a Glass, Clearly
  • In The Winds of Change
• "'Nobody Here But -'". 1953. In Nightfall Two
• "It's Such a Beautiful Day". 1954.
  • In Through a Glass, Clearly
  • In Nightfall Two
• "Sucker Bait". 1954. In The Martian Way
• "Let's Not". 1954. In Buy Jupiter
• "The Foundation of S.F. Success". 1954. In Earth is Room Enough
• "The Pause". 1954. In Buy Jupiter
• "Franchise". 1955. In Earth is Room Enough
• "The Talking Stone". 1955.
  • In Space, Time & Crime
  • In Asimov's Mysteries
• "The Singing Bell". 1955. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "The Message". 1955. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Risk". 1955. In The Rest of the Robots
• "The Last Trump". 1955. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Dreaming is a Private Thing". 1955. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Hell-Fire". 1956. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Someday". 1956. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Pate de Foie Gras". 1956.
  • In Where Do We Go From Here? 2
  • In Asimov's Mysteries
• "The Watery Place". 1956. In Earth is Room Enough
• "The Dead Past". 1956.
  • In Possible Tomorrows
  • In Earth is Room Enough
• "Each an Explorer". 1956. In Buy Jupiter
• "What's in a Name?". 1956. = Death of a Honey-Blonde. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "The Last Question". 1956. In Nine Tomorrows
• "Living Space". 1956. In Earth is Room Enough
• "First Law". 1956. In The Rest of the Robots
• "Gimmicks Three". 1956. = The Brazen Locked Room. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Jokester". 1956.
  • In Earth is Room Enough
  • In The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
• "The Dying Night". 1956.
  • In Nine Tomorrows
  • In Asimov's Mysteries
• "The Gentle Vultures". 1957. In Nine Tomorrows
• "Let's Get Together". 1957. In The Rest of the Robots
• "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda". 1957.
  • In Nine Tomorrows
  • In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Profession". 1957. In Nine Tomorrows
• "A Loint of Paw". 1957. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Ideas Die Hard". 1957. In The Winds of Change
• "Blank!". 1957. In Buy Jupiter
• "Insert Knob A in Hole B". 1957. In Nightfall Two
• "The Dust of Death". 1957. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Galley Slave". 1957. In The Rest of the Robots
• "Strikebreaker". 1957. = Male Strikebreaker. In Nightfall Two
• "Silly Asses". 1957. In Buy Jupiter
• "An Author's Ordeal". 1957. In Earth is Room Enough
• "Does a Bee Care?". 1957. In Buy Jupiter
• "Spell My Name with an S". 1958. = S, as in Zebatinsky. In Nine Tomorrows
• "Buy Jupiter". 1958. In Buy Jupiter
• "The Up-to-Date Sorcerer". 1958. In Nightfall Two
• "Lenny". 1958.
  • In The Expert Dreamers
  • In The Rest of the Robots
• "All the Troubles of the World". 1958. In Nine Tomorrows
• "The Feeling of Power". 1958.
  • In Nine Tomorrows
  • In Spectrum 2
• "I Just Make Them Up, See!". 1958. In Nine Tomorrows
• "The Ugly Little Boy". 1958. = Lastborn.
  • In Nine Tomorrows
  • In Tomorrow's Children
• "A Statue for Father". 1958. In Buy Jupiter
• "Rain, Rain, Go Away". 1959. In Buy Jupiter
• "Rejection Slips". 1959. In Nine Tomorrows
• "Obituary". 1959. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Anniversary". 1959. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Unto the Fourth Generation". 1959. In Nightfall Two
• "The Machine That Won the War". 1961.
  • In Best SF Seven
  • In Nightfall Two
• "What is This Thing Called Love?". 1961. = Playboy and the Slime God. In Nightfall Two
• "My Son, the Physicist". 1962. In Nightfall Two
• "Star Light". 1962.
  • In New Writings in SF 4
  • In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Author! Author!". 1964. In The Early Asimov Volume 3
• "Eyes Do More Than See". 1965.
  • In The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 15
  • In Nightfall Two
• "Founding Father". 1965. In Buy Jupiter
• "The Prime of Life". 1966. In The Bicentennial Man
• "The Key". 1966. In Asimov's Mysteries
• "The Billiard Ball". 1967.
  • In The Second 'If' Reader
  • In World's Best SF 1
  • In Asimov's Mysteries
• "Segregationist". 1967. In Nightfall Two
• "The Proper Study". 1968. In Buy Jupiter
• "Exile to Hell". 1968. In Buy Jupiter
• "Key Item". 1968. In Buy Jupiter
• "Feminine Intuition". 1969. In The Bicentennial Man
• "2430 A.D.". 1970. In Buy Jupiter
• "Waterclap". 1970.
  • In Worlds of If: May 1970
  • In The Bicentennial Man
  • In The Science Fictional Solar System
• "The Greatest Asset". 1971. In Buy Jupiter
• "Truth to Tell". 1972. = The Man Who Never Told a Lie. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Acquisitive Chuckle". 1972. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Go, Little Book!". 1972. = The Matchbook Collector. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Take a Match". 1972. In Buy Jupiter
• "Ph as in Phony". 1972. = The Phony Ph.D.. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Thiotimoline to the Stars". 1973.
  • In The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology
  • In Buy Jupiter
• "By the Numbers". 1973. In Study War No More
• "Early Sunday Morning". 1973. = The Biological Clock. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Out of Sight". 1973. = Six Suspects. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Pointing Finger". 1973. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Light Verse". 1973. In Buy Jupiter
• "Miss What?". 1973. = A Warning to Miss Earth. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Obvious Factor". 1973. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Nothing Like Murder". 1974. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Curious Omission". 1974. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "When No Man Pursueth". 1974. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Stranger in Paradise". 1974. In The Bicentennial Man
• "Big Game". 1974. In Before the Golden Age 4
• "Quicker Than the Eye". 1974. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "No Smoking". 1974. = Confessions of an American Cigarette Smoker. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Lullaby of Broadway". 1974. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Iron Gem". 1974. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Three Numbers". 1974. = All in the Way You Read It. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "That Thou Art Mindful of Him". 1974. In The Bicentennial Man
• "Yankee Doodle Went to Town". 1974. In Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The One and Only East". 1975. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Earthset and Evening Star". 1975. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Friday the Thirteenth". 1975. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Life and Times of Multivac". 1975. In The Bicentennial Man
• "Birth of a Notion". 1976. In The Bicentennial Man
• "The Cross of Lorraine". 1976. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "The Winnowing". 1976.
  • In The Bicentennial Man
  • In Analog: February 1976
• "The Tercentenary Incident". 1976. In The Bicentennial Man
• "Marching In". 1976. In The Bicentennial Man
• "The Family Man". 1976. = A Case of Income Tax Fraud. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "The Unabridged". 1976. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Good Taste". 1976. In The Winds of Change
• "The Bicentennial Man". 1976.
  • In The Bicentennial Man
  • In Stellar 2
• "Old-Fashioned". 1976. In The Bicentennial Man
• "Season's Greetings!". 1976. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "The Ultimate Crime". 1976. In More Tales of the Black Widowers
• "Sure Thing". 1977. In The Winds of Change
• "The Sports Page". 1977. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "The Missing Item". 1977. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "About Nothing". 1977. In The Winds of Change
• "To Tell at a Glance". 1977. In The Winds of Change
• "The Reluctant Critic". 1978. In Magic
• "Found!". 1978. In The Winds of Change
• "The Name of Our Field". 1978. In Gold
• "The Next Day". 1978. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "Extraordinary Voyages". 1978. In Magic
• "The Backward Look". 1979. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "Fair Exchange?". 1979. In The Winds of Change
• "Irrelevance!". 1979. = A Matter of Irrelevance. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "None So Blind". 1979. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "To the Barest". 1979. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "It Is Coming". 1979. In The Winds of Change
• "Hints". 1979. In Gold
• "Golden Age Ahead". 1979. In Gold
• "How It Happened". 1979. In The Winds of Change
• "Nothing for Nothing". 1979. In The Winds of Change
• "Second Best". 1980. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "The Telephone Number". 1980. = The Winning Number. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Men Who Wouldn't Talk". 1980. = Pigeon English. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Year of the Action". 1980. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "No Refuge Could Save". 1980. = To Spot a Spy. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Serials". 1980. In Gold
• "The Last Answer". 1980. In The Winds of Change
• "The Good Samaritan". 1980. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "For the Birds". 1980. In The Winds of Change
• "A Clear Shot". 1980. = Big Shot. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Death of a Foy". 1980. In The Winds of Change
• "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations". 1980. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "The Woman in the Bar". 1980. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "What Time is It?". 1980. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "Middle Name". 1980. In The Casebook of the Black Widowers
• "Hide and Seek". 1981. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "What Writers Go Through". 1981. In Gold
• "The Last Shuttle". 1981. In The Winds of Change
• "Book Reviews". 1981. In Gold
• "1 to 999". 1981. = One in a Thousand. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Irresistable to Women". 1981. = Call Me Irresistable. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Appleby Story". 1981. = The Last Laugh. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "He Wasn't There". 1981. = The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Twelve Years Old". 1981. = The 12-Year-Old Problem. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Influence of Science Fiction". 1981. In Gold
• "Ignition Point!". 1981. In The Winds of Change
• "Testing, Testing!". 1981. = Cloak and Dagger Duel. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Thin Line". 1981. = Taxicab Crackdown. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Science Fiction Anthologies". 1981. In Gold
• "A Perfect Fit". 1981. In The Winds of Change
• "Can You Prove It?". 1981. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "Gift". 1981. = Decipher Deception. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Hot or Cold". 1981. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Thirteenth Page". 1981. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Mystery Tune". 1981. = Death Song. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Getting the Combination". 1982. = Playing It by the Numbers. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Dim Rumble". 1982. In Azazel
• "Lest We Remember". 1982. In The Winds of Change
• "The Smile That Loses". 1982.
  • In Azazel
  • In The Winds of Change
• "Friends and Allies". 1982. = Mirror Image. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Flying Saucers and Science Fiction". 1982. In Gold
• "The Favourite Piece". 1982. = Face the Music. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "One Night of Song". 1982.
  • In Azazel
  • In The Winds of Change
• "To the Victor". 1982. In Azazel
• "The Three Goblets". 1982. = A Flash of Brilliance. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Two Women". 1982. = Cherchez la Femme: the Case of the Disappearing Woman. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Winds of Change". 1982. In The Winds of Change
• "Sending a Signal". 1982. = A Piece of the Rock. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Dollars and Cents". 1982. = Countdown to Disaster. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Which is Which?". 1982. = The Perfect Alibi. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Revisions". 1982. In Gold
• "Catching the Fox". 1982. = Stopping the Fox. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "When Fantasy Became Fantasy". 1982. In Magic
• "Spell It!". 1982. = Book Smart. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Library Book". 1982. = Mystery Book. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Sign". 1982. = The Telltale Sign. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Phoenician Bauble". 1982. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "The All-Human Galaxy". 1983. In Gold
• "Women and Science Fiction". 1983. In Gold
• "Half a Ghost". 1983. = A Ghost of a Chance. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "Best-Seller". 1983. In Gold
• "Saving Humanity". 1983. In Azazel
• "A Monday in April". 1983. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "A Matter of Principle". 1983. In Azazel
• "There Was a Young Lady". 1983. = Poetic License. In The Union Club Mysteries
• "The Longest Voyage". 1983. In Gold
• "Nowhere!". 1983. In Gold
• "The Intrusion". 1984. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "The Evil Drink Does". 1984. In Azazel
• "Names". 1984. In Gold
• "Religion and Science Fiction". 1984. In Gold
• "Neither Brute nor Human". 1984. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "The Wrong House". 1984. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "Dashing Through the Snow". 1984. In Azazel
• "Writing Time". 1984. In Azazel
• "Irony". 1984. In Gold
• "Time-Travel". 1984. In Gold
• "The Redhead". 1984. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "Fantasy". 1984. In Magic
• "Pseudonyms". 1984. In Gold
• "The Driver". 1984. In Banquets of the Black Widowers
• "Symbolism". 1985. In Gold
• "Plagiarism". 1985. In Gold
• "The Eye of the Beholder". 1985. In Azazel
• "Fairy Tales". 1985. In Magic
• "In Days of Old". 1985. In Magic
• "He Travels the Fastest". 1985. In Azazel
• "Logic Is Logic". 1985. In Azazel
• "Giants in the Earth". 1985. In Magic
• "Magic". 1985. In Magic
• "Dialog". 1985. In Gold
• "Science Fiction Series". 1986. In Gold
• "The Unicorn". 1986. In Magic
• "Sword and Sorcery". 1986. In Magic
• "Originality". 1986. In Gold
• "Writing for Young People". 1986. In Gold
• "More Things in Heaven and Earth". 1986. In Azazel
• "Dear Judy-Lynn". 1986. In Magic
• "The Fights of Spring". 1986. In Azazel
• "Outsiders, Insiders". 1986. In Gold
• "The Mind's Construction". 1986. In Azazel
• "Survivors". 1987. In Gold
• "Unknown". 1987. In Magic
• "Galatea". 1987. In Azazel
• "Left to Right". 1987. In Gold
• "The Fable of the Three Princes". 1987. In Magic
• "Psychohistory". 1988. In Gold
• "Flight of Fancy". 1988. In Azazel
• "The Two-Centimeter Demon". 1988. In Azazel
• "Lost in Non-Translation". 1989. In Magic
• "Knock Plastic!". 1989. In Magic
• "Northwestward". 1989. In Magic
• "The Mad Scientist". 1989. In Magic
• "Metaphor". 1989. In Gold
• "Thinking about Thinking". 1989.
  • In The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22
  • In Magic
• "Look Long Upon a Monkey". 1989. In Magic
• "Ignorance in America". 1989. In Magic
• "To Your Health". 1989. In Magic
• "The Smile of the Chipper". 1989. In Gold
• "Good-bye to Earth". 1989. In Gold
• "The Instability". 1989. In Gold
• "Plotting". 1989. In Gold
• "Prediction". 1989. In Gold
• "Fault-Intolerant". 1990. In Gold
• "Wine Is a Mocker". 1990. In Magic
• "The Time Traveller". 1990. In Magic
• "Reading and Writing". 1990. In Magic
• "Cal". 1990. In Gold
• "The Robot Chronicles". 1990. In Gold
• "Ideas". 1990. In Gold
• "Inventing a Universe". 1990. In Gold
• "Kid Brother". 1990. In Gold
• "Sailing the Void (introduction to Project Solar Sail)". 1990. In Project Solar Sail
• "Concerning Tolkien". 1991. In Magic
• "Baby, It's Cold Outside". 1991. In Magic
• "It's a Job". 1991. In Magic
• "Suspense". 1991. In Gold
• "Gold". 1991. In Gold
• "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon". 1991. In Magic
• "Frustration". 1991. In Gold
• "The Critic on the Hearth". 1992. In Magic
• "March Against the Foe". 1994. In Magic
• "The Nations in Space". 1995. In Gold
• "Invasion". 1995. In Gold
• "Hallucination". 1995. In Gold
• "Battle-Hymn". 1995. In Gold
• "The Science Fiction Blowgun". 1995. In Gold
• "In the Canyon". 1995. In Gold
• "Feghoot and the Courts". 1995. In Gold
• "Alexander the God". 1995. In Gold
• "The Right Answer". 1996. In Magic

• Three Laws of Robotics
• Edward Seiler's comprehensive Isaac Asimov 'Home Page'

Author rating: 1
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• see also: Non-fiction works

• Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl. The Little Man on the Subway. 1950

• Isaac Asimov. The Hazing. 1942

• Isaac Asimov. Super-Neutron. 1941

• Isaac Asimov. Not Final!. 1941

• Isaac Asimov. Legal Rites. 1950

• Isaac Asimov. Time Pussy. 1942

• Isaac Asimov. Heredity. 1941

• Isaac Asimov. History. 1941

• Isaac Asimov. Christmas on Ganymede. 1942

• Isaac Asimov. The Imaginary. 1942

• Isaac Asimov. Homo Sol. 1940

• Isaac Asimov. Half-Breeds on Venus. 1940

Isaac Asimov. Gold. HarperCollins Voyager. 1996

Review:
The final collection of Asimov's uncollected science fiction short stories and essays -- the last fantasy stories are similarly collected in Magic -- published after his death in 1992. (This makes the line 'Even death, it seems, won't stop us, since Heinlein has already published a posthumous book' in the essay "Inventing a Universe" all the more poignant.)

Part One: The Final Stories

The stories' range are classic Asimov, ranging from insightful tales to dreadful puns. Many seem to focus on the travails of being an author.

Part Two: On Science Fiction

The essays are all to do with science fiction in some regard: how it got its name, the effect it has had on society, how to write it. There are some short autobiographical and historical pieces, and also various introductions from anthologies. [It would have been polite of the publishers to have noted this fact at the beginning of each piece, to put it in context, and to save the momentary confusion at the end when it says 'so I hope you enjoy the following 50 new stories about time-travelling robot alien invaders from the third moon of Neptune', or whatever.]

Part Three: On Writing Science Fiction

Mainly editorials from his magazine.

Rating: 3
[ unmissable | great stuff | worth reading | mind candy | waste of time | unfinishable ]

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Cal. 1990

Cal the robot wants to be a writer. His owner is supportive, to start with�

• Left to Right. 1987

pun

• Frustration. 1991

A strategist is frustrated by his failure to get a computer model of a winnable war. The programmer knows why.

• Hallucination. 1995

Sam Chase has been sent as an apprentice to Energy Planet by the Central Computer. But he's more interested in neurophysiology.

• The Instability. 1989

Travelling back from the future might not be so easy.

• Alexander the God. 1995

Alexander's purpose-built computer was well on its way to helping him rule the planet.

• In the Canyon. 1995

A letter home from Mars.

• Good-bye to Earth. 1989

Space stations have delicate ecologies.

• Battle-Hymn. 1995

Winning an important vote through song.

• Feghoot and the Courts. 1995

pun

• Fault-Intolerant. 1990

The ideal word processor for the technophobic writer?

• Kid Brother. 1990

When you are allowed only one child, may a robot would make a good companion? [This reminded me in some ways of Asimov's earlier "Robbie".]

• The Nations in Space. 1995

Can you harm another without harming yourself? [The ending "moral" was heavy handed, and completely unnecessary.]

• The Smile of the Chipper. 1989

A novel employment interview [which also reminded me in some ways of Asimov's earlier "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda"].

• Gold. 1991

A science fiction writer convinces a famous compu-dramatist to make a version of one of his books. [The book in question is clearly The Gods Themselves.]

• The Longest Voyage. 1983

• Inventing a Universe. 1990

• Flying Saucers and Science Fiction. 1982

• Invasion. 1995

• The Science Fiction Blowgun. 1995

• The Robot Chronicles. 1990

• Golden Age Ahead. 1979

• The All-Human Galaxy. 1983

• Psychohistory. 1988

• Science Fiction Series. 1986

• Survivors. 1987

• Nowhere!. 1983

• Outsiders, Insiders. 1986

• Science Fiction Anthologies. 1981

• The Influence of Science Fiction. 1981

• Women and Science Fiction. 1983

• Religion and Science Fiction. 1984

• Time-Travel. 1984

• Plotting. 1989

• Metaphor. 1989

• Ideas. 1990

• Suspense. 1991

• Serials. 1980

• The Name of Our Field. 1978

• Hints. 1979

• Writing for Young People. 1986

• Names. 1984

• Originality. 1986

• Book Reviews. 1981

• What Writers Go Through. 1981

• Revisions. 1982

• Irony. 1984

• Plagiarism. 1985

• Symbolism. 1985

• Prediction. 1989

• Best-Seller. 1983

• Pseudonyms. 1984

• Dialog. 1985

reviewed 28 June 1998

Isaac Asimov. Magic. HarperCollins Voyager. 1996

Review:
The final collection of Asimov's uncollected fantasy short stories and essays -- the last science fiction stories are similarly collected in Gold -- published after his death in 1992.

Part One: The Final Fantasy Stories

Most of the fiction is about George and his demon Azazel -- which personally I do not find appealing.

Part Two: On Fantasy

Some short-short essays on how Asimov doesn't really write fantasy, except when he does. These are all rather too short to develop a theme.

Part Three: Beyond Fantasy

Probably the strongest part of the collection. This includes the interesting Lost in Non-Translation, about how and Thinking About Thinking, both against racism.

Rating: 4.5
[ unmissable | great stuff | worth reading | mind candy | waste of time | unfinishable ]

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Thinking about Thinking. 1989

• To Your Health. 1989

• The Critic on the Hearth. 1992

• It's a Job. 1991

• Baby, It's Cold Outside. 1991

• The Time Traveller. 1990

• Wine Is a Mocker. 1990

• The Mad Scientist. 1989

• The Fable of the Three Princes. 1987

Conventional fairy tale of three brothers attempting to win the hand of a cold-hearted princess.

• March Against the Foe. 1994

Various slight 'George and Azazel' stories

• Northwestward. 1989

A Tale of the Black Widowers

• Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon. 1991

Minor twist on the "wicked fairy at the christening" tale.

• Magic. 1985

• Sword and Sorcery. 1986

• Concerning Tolkien. 1991

• In Days of Old. 1985

• Giants in the Earth. 1985

• When Fantasy Became Fantasy. 1982

• The Reluctant Critic. 1978

• The Unicorn. 1986

• Unknown. 1987

• Extraordinary Voyages. 1978

• Fairy Tales. 1985

• Dear Judy-Lynn. 1986

• Fantasy. 1984

• Reading and Writing. 1990

• The Right Answer. 1996

• Ignorance in America. 1989

• Knock Plastic!. 1989

• Lost in Non-Translation. 1989

How two particular bible parables (Ruth and Naomi, and the Good Samaritan) fail to mean to us today what they should, because the key central point about the 'race' of the hero in each has not been translated.

• Look Long Upon a Monkey. 1989

reviewed 29 August 1998

• T.P Caravan. Random Sample. 1953

• Cleve Cartmill. Oscar. 1941

• Peter Cartur. The Mist. 1952

• James Causey. Teething Ring. 1953

• Arthur C. Clarke. The Haunted Spacesuit. 1958. = Who's There?

• Mildred Clingerman. Stair Trick. 1952

• Roger Dee. Unwelcome Tenant. 1950

• Arthur Feldman. The Mathematicians. 1953

• Jack Finney. The Third Level. 1952

• Stuart Friedman. Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!. 1952

• Edward Grendon. The Figure. 1947

• David Grinnell. The Rag Thing. 1951

• Marion Gross. The Good Provider. 1952

• Robert A. Heinlein. Columbus Was a Dope. 1947

• Albert Hernhuter. Texas Week. 1954

• H. B. Hickey. Hilda. 1952

• W. Hilton-Young. The Choice

• Damon Knight. Not With a Bang. 1950

• C. M. Kornbluth. The Altar at Midnight. 1952

• Fritz Leiber. A Bad Day For Sales. 1953

• John Lewis. Who's Cribbing?. 1953

• John D. MacDonald. Spectator Sport. 1950

• Avro Manhattan. The Cricket Ball. 1955

• Winston K. Marks. Double-Take. 1953

• John P. McKnight. Prolog. 1951

• Lion Miller. The Available Data on the Worp Reaction. 1953

• Alan Nelson. Narapoia. 1951

• Alan E. Nourse. Tiger by the Tail. 1951

• Peter Phillips. Counter Charm

• Arthur Porges. The Fly. 1952

• Mack Reynolds. The Business, as Usual. 1952

• Frank M. Robinson. Two Weeks in August. 1951

• Edward G. Robles. See?. 1954

• Eric Frank Russell. Appointment at Noon. 1954

• James H. Schmitz. We Don't Want Any Trouble. 1953

The aliens don't want any trouble, and the humans are going to have to be very careful to ensure they don't get any. But that might not be enough.

• Howard Schoenfeld. Built Down Logically. 1951

• Robert Sheckley. The Perfect Woman. 1954

• Walt Sheldon. The Hunters. 1952

• Evelyn E. Smith. The Martian and The Magician. 1952

• Will Stanton. Barney. 1951

• Theodore Sturgeon. Talent. 1953

• William Tenn. Project Hush. 1954

• A. E. van Vogt. The Great Judge. 1948

• Ralph Williams. Emergency Landing. 1940

• S Fowler Wright. Obviously Suicide. 1951

• Karen Anderson. Six Haiku. 1962

• Poul Anderson. Ballade of an Artificial Satellite. 1958

• Isaac Asimov. The Fun They Had. 1951

• Alan Bloch. Men Are Different. 1954

• Anthony Boucher. The Ambassadors. 1952

• Fredric Brown. The Weapon. 1951

• Idris Seabright. An Egg a Month from All Over. 1952

• William Lee. Junior Achievement

• James H. Schmitz. Novice. 1962

15 year-old genius Telzey Amberdon discovers she is a xenotelepath when she visits Jontarou with her pet Tick-Tock, and encounters the natives

• Stephen Vincent Benet. Place of the Gods. 1937. = By the Waters of Babylon

• Margaret St Clair. Child of Void. 1949

• Will F. Jenkins. The Litle Terror. 1953

• Lewis Padgett. When the Bough Breaks. 1944

• Clifford D. Simak. No Life of Their Own. 1959

• Ray Bradbury. All Summer in a Day. 1954

• Isaac Asimov. The Ugly Little Boy. 1958. = Lastborn

• Philip K. Dick. The Father-Thing. 1954

• Gertrude Freidberg. The Wayward Cravat. 1958

• Mark Clifton. Star Bright. 1952

• Damon Knight. Cabin Boy. 1951

• Zenna Henderson. Gilead. 1954

• Fritz Leiber. A Pail of Air. 1951

• Robert Sheckley. The Accountant. 1954

• Jerome Bixby. It's a GOOD Life. 1953

• Robert A. Heinlein. The Menace from Earth. 1957

• Stanley G. Weinbaum. A Martian Odyssey. 1934

The first expedition to Mars finds many strange and wonderful alien creatures, including the intelligent Tweel

• Hal Clement. Proof

• Lester del Rey. The Day Is Done. 1939

• Robert A. Heinlein. '--- And He Built a Crooked House'. 1940

Fun with tesseracts

• A. J. Deutsch. A Subway Named Mobius. 1950

• James Blish. Surface Tension. 1952

• Milton A. Rothman. Heavy Planet. 1939

• John W. Campbell Jr. Night. 1935

• H. Beam Piper. Omnilingual. 1957

• Arthur C. Clarke. The Deep Range. 1954

• William Morrison. Country Doctor. 1953

• Isaac Asimov. Pate de Foie Gras. 1956

• Walter S. Tevis. The Big Bounce. 1958

• Jerome Bixby. The Holes Around Mars. 1954

• James E. Gunn. The Cave of Night. 1955

• Hal Clement. Dust Rag. 1956

• Larry Niven. Neutron Star. 1966

• Edmond Hamilton. The Man Who Evolved. 1931

• Neil R. Jones. The Jameson Satellite. 1931

• Capt S. P. Meek. Submicroscopic. 1931

• Capt S. P. Meek. Awlo Of Ulm. 1931

• P. Schuyler Miller. Tetrahedra of Space. 1931

• Clifford D. Simak. The World of the Red Sun. 1931

• Charles R Tanner. Tumithak of the Corridors. 1931

• Jack Williamson. The Moon Era. 1931

• Laurence Manning. The Man Who Awoke. 1933

• Charles R Tanner. Tumithak in Shawm. 1933

• Donald Wandrei. Colossus. 1934

• Jack Williamson. Born of the Sun. 1934

• Murray Leinster. Sidewise in Time. 1934

• Raymond Z. Gallun. Old Faithful. 1934

• Stanley G. Weinbaum. Parasite Planet. 1935

Ham Hammond trades xixtchil spore-pods in the dangerous Venusian swamps. Made homeless by a mudspout, he and the hostile Pat Burlingame have a perilous hike out of the Hotlands ahead of them.

• Murray Leinster. Proxima Centauri. 1935

• Edmond Hamilton. The Accursed Galaxy. 1935

• Henry Hasse. He Who Shrank. 1936

• Leslie Frances Stone. The Human Pets of Mars. 1936

• John W. Campbell Jr. The Brain Stealers of Mars. 1936

• Edmond Hamilton. Devolution. 1936

• Isaac Asimov. Big Game. 1974

• John W. Campbell Jr. Other Eyes Watching. 1937

• John D. Clark. Minus Planet. 1937

• Nat Schachner. Past, Present, and Future. 1937

• Ross Rocklynne. The Men and the Mirror. 1938

• Larry Niven. Wait It Out. 1968

• Theodore L Thomas. The Weather on the Sun. 1970

• Alan E. Nourse. Brightside Crossing. 1956

• Robert Sheckley. Prospector's Special. 1959

• Isaac Asimov. Waterclap. 1970

• Terry Carr. Hop-Friend. 1962

• James Blish. Bridge. 1952

• Arthur C. Clarke. Saturn Rising. 1961

• Fritz Leiber. The Snowbank Orbit. 1962

• Alexei Panshin. One Sunday in Neptune. 1969

• Robert F. Young. Nikita Eisenhower Jones. 1960

• Duncan Lunan. The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule. 1972

• Poul Anderson. Barnacle Bull. 1960

• Jack Vance. The Dragon Masters. 1962

• Poul Anderson. No Truce with Kings. 1963

• Gordon R. Dickson. Soldier, Ask Not. 1964

• Harlan Ellison. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman. 1965

• Jack Vance. The Last Castle. 1966

• Larry Niven. Neutron Star. 1966

• Anne McCaffrey. Weyr Search. 1967

• Philip Jose Farmer. Riders of the Purple Wage. 1967

• Fritz Leiber. Gonna Roll the Bones. 1967

• Harlan Ellison. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. 1967

• Robert Silverberg. Nightwings. 1968

• Poul Anderson. The Sharing of Flesh. 1968

• Harlan Ellison. The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World. 1968

• Samuel R. Delany. Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones. 1969

• Greg Bear. Tangents. 1986

An old mathematician and a young boy contact the fourth dimension, with music.

• Roger Zelazny. Permafrost. 1986

• Roger Zelazny. 24 Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai. 1985

• Harlan Ellison. Paladin of the Lost Hour. 1985

• Frederik Pohl. Fermi and Frost. 1985

• Robert Silverberg. Gilgamesh in the Outback. 1986

• Orson Scott Card. Eye for Eye. 1988

• Ursula K. Le Guin. Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight. 1987

• Lawrence Watt-Evans. Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers. 1987