Isaac Asimov Summary

Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) Scientist and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov made his reputation in both fields with his prolific writings and his interest in the popularization of science. Asimov publ... Read more

By the time of his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov was widely regarded as one of the most productive and versatile writers of all time. Asimov was best-known for his science-fiction novels and popularized... Read more

Critical Essay by Raymond J. Wilson The solution to one of Asimov's most important questions, the role of the individual in history, lies in one of his most basic principles, the mystery-story... Read more

Critical Essay by Ron Marinucci Much of [In Joy Still Felt] is fascinating. In addition to chronicling his personal and professional lives, Asimov offers intelligent perceptions of such varied topics... Read more

Critical Essay by Virginia Kirkus' Service In the lucid and information packed style that has rendered the author outstanding in the juvenile science field, Isaac Asimov describes twenty-six m... Read more

Critical Essay by Betty Flowers [The Rest of the Robots] is a true delight—reprints of eight short stories and two novels all by Asimov and all written with his characteristic verve, intellige... Read more

Critical Essay by Science Books As the companion volume to Asimov's earlier Breakthroughs in science …, [Great ideas of science] is composed of short essays on famous scientists and the... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert J. Anthony In "More Words of Science," Isaac Asimov exhibits, as he did in his 1959 "Words of Science" (to which this book is a sequel), the same ... Read more

Critical Essay by Science Books The language of science continues to grow at an astounding rate. When Isaac Asimov's book, Words of Science, was published in 1959, term such as "quasar,... Read more

Critical Essay by Brian W. Aldiss Asimov employed the wide-angle lens for his view of life and it is a pity that his largest milestone, the Foundation trilogy, was written before sf authors were able... Read more

Critical Essay by Hazel Pierce Asimov has balanced the demands of [two genres, mystery and science fiction] by building on their common ground. Both types impose the need for logical, analytical m... Read more

Critical Essay by Mark Mansell Isaac Asimov's previous collection, Buy Jupiter!, was largely a selection of Asimovian trivia, outrageous puns and shaggy dog stories. The Bicentennial Man, howe... Read more

Critical Essay by Margaret L. Chatham [Saturn and Beyond is another] in Asimov's series of astronomy books for junior high, misleadingly titled as always. The first three quarters of the book ... Read more

Critical Essay by Villiers Gerson ["Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus"] is Paul French's best juvenile science fiction book to date. Crackling with suspense, lit by humor, spar... Read more

Critical Essay by Thomas Leclair Like a black hole, Extraterrestrial Civilizations contracts, moving from a billion trillion possibilities to imaginable probabilities as Asimov shows how the origins ... Read more

Critical Essay by Booklist With more than 200 books including science fact as well as science fiction and mysteries to his credit, it is not surprising that [in Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts] A... Read more

Critical Essay by Katherine Thorp [In Asimov on Science Fiction] Asimov's forthright views are presented in a crisp and witty style. His lifetime of experience in the field provides mature jud... Read more

Critical Essay by Choice It is tempting to say that [Asimov on science fiction] has been assembled by a robot, but accuracy—and the state-of-the-art—blames the more prosaic computer pri... Read more

Critical Essay by Publishers Weekly That peerless science writer Asimov here presents [Change!], a collection of short essays (most about three pages), all but one of which first appeared in American... Read more

Critical Essay by John Clute [The Complete Robot] collects everything from "Robbie" (1940), which was the first robot story of this the most famous series of robot stories in the world,... Read more

Critical Essay by H. H. Holmes ["Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury"] is much the best of the Space Patrol genre this spring. It's an interplanetary detective story of sabota... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Berkvist The swashbuckling science-fiction hero, Buck Rogers style, can be a pretty depressing fellow. In "Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn" … Paul Fr... Read more

Critical Essay by Theodore M. Bernstein ["Words of Science and the History Behind Them" is] entertaining and informative…. Isaac Asimov, who has written science fiction and scien... Read more

According to John L. O'Sullivan, "The right of our [America's] manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent".  One of the major aspects of the American dream can be c... Read more