Part of Series
E tre, di Isaac Asimov FRITZ LEIBER, LA NAVE DELLE OMBRE, Ship of Shadows, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, luglio 1969 FRITZ LEIBER, BRUTTO INCONTRO A LANKHMAR, I'll Met in Lankhmar, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, aprile 1970 THEODORE STURGEON, SCULTURA LENTA, Slow Sculpture, Galaxy, febbraio 1970 POUL ANDERSON, REGINA DELL'ARIA E DELLA NOTTE, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, aprile 1971 LARRY NIVEN, LUNA INCOSTANTE, Inconstant Moon, All the Myriad Ways, 1971 URSULA K. LE GUIN, IL MONDO DELLA FORESTA, The Word for World Is Forest, Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972 POUL ANDERSON, ORFEO SECONDO, Goat Song, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, febbraio 1972 FREDERIK POHL E C.M. KORNBLUTH, LA RIUNIONE, The Meeting, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, novembre 1972 R.A. LAFFERTY, LA MADRE DI EUREMA, Eurema's Dam, New Dimensions # 2, 1972 JAMES TIPTREE, JR., LA RAGAZZA COLLEGATA, The Girl Who Was Plugged In, New Dimensions # 3, 1973 HARLAN ELLISON, L'UCCELLO DI MORTE, The Death Bird, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, marzo 1973 URSULA K. LE GUIN, QUELLI CHE SI ALLONTANANO DA OMELAS, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, New Dimensions # 3, 1973 GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, UN CANTO PER LYA, A Song for Lya, Analog, giugno 1974 HARLAN ELLISON, ALLA DERIVA APPENA AL LARGO DELLE ISOLETTE DI LATITUDINE 38° 54' N LONGITUDINE 77° 00' 13" O, Adrift Just off the Isles of Latitude 38º 54' N, Longitude 77º 00' 13" W, The Magazine of Fantasy & SF, ottobre 1974 LARRY NIVEN, L'UOMO DEL BUCO, The Hole Man, Analog, gennaio 1974 Postilla
Author
Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Professor Asimov is generally considered one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (lacking only an entry in the 100s category of Philosophy). Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, a title many still honor. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of nonfiction. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. Most of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery. Asimov was a long-time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs" He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, NY elementary school, and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are named in his honor.
