Publisher Random House Audio Date June 2004 Binding CD: Audiobook Edition Unabridged ISBN 9780739312704 Author Isaac Asimov Read by: Scott Brick i, Robot by Isaac Asimov is one of those classic science fiction stories […]
Publisher: Bantam Year of Publication: 1988 Number of Pages: 434 Cover: Paperback ISBN-10: 0-553-27839-8 ISBN-13: 978-0553-27839-2 Author: Isaac Asimov Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov was published about a half century after the original Foundation […]
Source: The Last Question – by Isaac Asimov – Read by Leonard Nimoy
Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation are the three books that make up the original Isaac Asimov sci fi classic Foundation Trilogy. These books were originally published as a series of short stories in […]
Today, a magazine at the top of the markets, Asimov’s Science Fiction, formerly known as Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine.
Let’s try looking back at the Foundation universe… which some of you have read… considering Isaac Asimov’s sci fi classic in light of his acknowledged influences – Edward Gibbon, Adam Smith and Karl Marx… which I […]
Astounding, Alec Nevala-Lee’s biography and history of the golden age of the genre, is a must read.
The short story Anniversary by Isaac Asimov is an example of life imitating art and an imaginative author’s ability to predict some of the technical advancements and legal issues of over fifty years in the future.
Marooned off Vesta was Asimov’s first published story, appearing in the March 1939 issue of Amazing Stories. The story, and the story behind the story, is an example of man’s will and determination to to never give up.
Alright we are back with my coverage on SF detectives and we return with the classic SF/mystery novel, written by the grand-daddy of SF himself, The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov. This first novel in […]
2013Feb24 Isaac Asimov, Psychohistory, Robot Crimes, and Positronic Brains. Isaac Asimov, aka: Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, aka: Исаак Юдович Озимов, is another member of the Big Four of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov […]
A look at one of the brightest lights in our field
A modern day empire builder looks back on one of his influences in this re-read of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
David Hartwell, David Drake, Robert Silverberg and Isaac Asimov
This week a double header from Noreascon’s past, featuring Kate Wilhem, Damon Knight, Isaac Asimov and a Hugo Awards Banquet
Reviewer John Dodds loved Steel Sky, which reads like Alexandre Dumas crossed with Isaac Asimov.
News of a seminar on Isaac Asimov, the publication of 818: Origen. Antología de ciencia ficción hispano-mexicana, and much much more.
“I write for the same reason as I breathe—because if I didn’t, I would die.”—Isaac Asimov
SpaceX Successfully Captures Starship Booster AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: October 13, 2024 AMAZING NEWS: 10/13/2024 SpaceX Attempts Fifth Test Launch Of Starship – NOW New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for OCT 9 Paul Levinson […]
This edition of Amazing News is sponsored by the Tiny Time Machine omnibus edition Of Special Note PBS American Masters features a discussion of the contributions and legacy of Judy-Lynn del Rey. Nick Mamatas links […]
For those of you who have been in science fiction fandom for a loooooong time, we present a tale for the ages, or the aged, as the case may be. The names are real, but […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 8, 2024 New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for SEPT 4 Novedades de Agosto 2 y 3 REAL Science Fiction People Wear Convention Wear(TM) Shirts Matt’s Reviews: Prelude to Foundation […]
This Week’s News is Sponsored by Convention Wear(TM), Amazing Stories’ new line of distinctly SFnal shirts created just for Fans! You can learn more about them and see the designs here, or order them now in […]
A story about a writer? Not the first, but this details his rise as an author, and his books into box-office hit movies. It is also about a scientist who believes that he can reproduce […]
I started reading Science Fiction in the 1960s. I read contemporary works then, but also older works…stories from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s. While there was plenty of new SF being published, there was even […]
Special Note: Today, we re-introduce a news section – The Weekly Recap – links to a selection of posts published on the site during the previous week. See below. AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS Moshe Feder reminds […]
Do You Want To Own the First Hugo Award Ever Given? On June 7 the Hugo Award given to Forrest J Ackerman by Isaac Asimov at the 1953 Worldcon will be up for auction – […]
Alec Nevala-Lee was a 2019 Hugo and Locus Awards finalist for the group biography Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His most recent […]
Current issue of Alter Ego features biography of Golden Age great Edmond Hamilton Written by Glen Cadigan (author of The Life & Art of Dave Cockrum), Alter Ego #187 focuses on Edmond Hamilton, one of the […]
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