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Isaac Asimov

Full Name:	Isaak Yudovich Ozimov
Born:	January 2, 1920 Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
Died:	April 6, 1992 New York City, New York, USA
Occupation:	Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Historian, Professor of Biochemistry, Humorist
Nationality:	Russian American
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Biography

Isaac Asimov is one of the towering figures of Science Fiction, helping to guide the genre through periods of early growth to the threshold of the modern expanses of imagination that we know today. Asimov's Foundation Series and his Robot Series broke new ground, dealing adroitly with topics of futurism and humanism and winning awards and popular acclaim alike.

He was a frequent winner of industry awards such as the Hugo and the Nebula. Today, his name is almost synonymous with the genre, and there are two awards named after him for Science Fiction accomplishments.

From the Science Channel:

He saved the future from Evil Robots! Faced with a sci-fi tradition where robots exist only to torment their human creators, Isaac Asimov dreamed a better future where we need not fear our own technology. With his breakthrough sci-fi story collection, I, Robot, Asimov laid the ground rules for robo-behavior both in fiction and perhaps one day in real life.

With stories like Robbie and Runaround, Isaac Asimov wrote of a future where mechanical men can do our jobs for us. His ideas inspired General Motors to create Unimate (the first industrial robot) and paved the way for the widespread automation of modern industry.

In The Naked Sun, Asimov warns that mankind will attempt to use robots as tools of warfare. Today, increasingly advanced robotic soldiers wage war on the front lines of the modern battlefield.

Asimov's Bicentennial Man foretells the merging of man and machine with the advent of transhuman technology. Today, bionic limbs implanted smart chips, and even strength-enhancing robotic exoskeletons indicate that Asimov's age of the transhuman is upon us.

He's now regarded as the father of robotics. Isaac Asimov's amazingly prolific body of work — over 500 books — set the stage for a robo-friendly world. Today, droid doctors save lives performing delicate spinal surgery, and automaton astronauts repair orbital stations in the vacuum of space. And it all started with Isaac Asimov's futuristic vision: a robot in every home.

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Works in the WWEnd Database

Non Series Works
(1955) The 1000 Year Plan / No World of Their Own	(1954) An Earth Gone Mad / The Rebellious Stars	(1996) Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection	(1995) Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection	(1995) Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters
(1994) I. Asimov: A Memoir	(1991) Gold	(1989) The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!	(1989) Foundation's Friends	(1989) Nemesis
(1988) Azazel	(1987) Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov	(1986) Robot Dreams	(1986) Robot Dreams	(1986) Science Fiction Masterpieces
(1985) The Edge of Tomorrow	(1984) Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers	(1984) Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space	(1983) Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction	(1983) The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book
(1983) Starships	(1983) The Winds of Change and Other Stories	(1982) The Last Man on Earth	(1982) The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction	(1982) Speculations 17
(1980) The Future in Question	(1979) The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction	(1979) The Science Fictional Solar System	(1978) Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright	(1976) The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
(1975) Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	(1974) …That Thou Art Mindful of Him!	(1973) The Best of Isaac Asimov	(1972) The Gods Themselves	(1971) Where Do We Go From Here?
(1968) Asimov's Mysteries	(1967) Through a Glass Clearly	(1966) Tomorrow's Children: 18 Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction	(1965) Eyes Do More Than See	(1965) Founding Father
(1965) Of Time and Space and Other Things: Seventeen Essays on Science	(1959) Nine Tomorrows	(1957) Earth Is Room Enough	(1955) The End of Eternity	(1955) The Martian Way and Other Stories
(1954) Sucker Bait
Asimov: The Complete Stories
1. (1990) The Complete Stories, Volume 1	2. (1992) The Complete Stories, Volume 2
The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov
1. (1979) In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954	2. (1980) In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-1978
Baker's Dozen
0. (1985) Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels	0. (1984) Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels
Before the Golden Age
1. (1974) Before the Golden Age: Science Fiction Classics of the Thirties	2. (1974) Before the Golden Age: Science Fiction Classics of the Thirties	3. (1974) Before the Golden Age: Science Fiction Classics of the Thirties
The Early Asimov
0. (1972) The Early Asimov	1. (1973) The Early Asimov Volume 1	2. (1974) The Early Asimov Volume 2	3. (1974) The Early Asimov Volume 3
Elijah Bailey / R. Daneel Olivaw
1. (1954) The Caves of Steel	2. (1957) The Naked Sun	3. (1983) The Robots of Dawn	4. (1985) Robots and Empire
Fantastic Voyage
1. (1966) Fantastic Voyage	2. (1987) Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
The Foundation Series
0. (1974) The Foundation Trilogy	1. (1951) Foundation	2. (1952) Foundation and Empire	3. (1953) Second Foundation	4. (1982) Foundation's Edge
5. (1986) Foundation and Earth	6. (1988) Prelude to Foundation	7. (1993) Forward the Foundation
The Great SF Stories
1. (1979) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)	2. (1979) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)	3. (1980) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)	4. (1980) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942)	5. (1981) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943)
6. (1981) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944)	7. (1982) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945)	8. (1982) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946)	9. (1983) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947)	10. (1983) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948)
11. (1984) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949)	12. (1984) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 (1950)	13. (1985) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 13 (1951)	14. (1986) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 (1952)	15. (1986) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 15 (1953)
16. (1987) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954)	17. (1988) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 (1955)	18. (1988) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)	19. (1989) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 19 (1957)	20. (1990) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 20 (1958)
21. (1990) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 (1959)	22. (1991) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 22 (1960)	23. (1991) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 23 (1961)	24. (1992) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 24 (1962)	25. (1992) Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 25 (1963)
The Hugo Winners
0. (1979) The Hugo Winners, Volume 3 Book 1	0. (1979) The Hugo Winners, Volume 3 Book 2	0. (1973) More Stories From the Hugo Winners, Volume 2: (1968-70)	0. (1973) Stories From The Hugo Winners, Volume 2	1. (1962) The Hugo Winners, Volume 1: (1955-61)
2. (1971) The Hugo Winners, Volume 2: (1963-70)	3. (1977) The Hugo Winners, Volume 3: (1970-75)	4. (1985) The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: (1976-79)	5. (1986) The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: (1980-82)
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
1. (1983) Wizards	2. (1984) Witches	3. (1985) Cosmic Knights	4. (1985) Spells	5. (1985) Giants
6. (1986) Mythical Beasties	7. (1986) Magical Wishes	8. (1987) Devils	9. (1988) Atlantis	10. (1988) Ghosts
11. (1989) Curses	12. (1991) Faeries
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction
1. (1983) Intergalactic Empires	2. (1984) The Science Fictional Olympics	3. (1984) Supermen	4. (1986) Comets	5. (1986) Tin Stars
6. (1987) Neanderthals	7. (1987) Space Shuttles	8. (1988) Monsters	9. (1989) Robots	10. (1990) Invasions
Lucky Starr
1. (1952) David Starr, Space Ranger	2. (1953) Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids	3. (1954) Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus	4. (1956) Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury	5. (1957) Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
6. (1958) Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn
The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade
1. (1988) The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s	2. (1989) The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s	3. (1990) The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s	4. (1991) The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1960s	5. (1992) The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s
6. (1993) The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novel of the 1980s
Nebula Awards
8. (1973) Nebula Award Stories Eight
The New Hugo Winners
1. (1989) The New Hugo Winners: (1983-85)	2. (1992) The New Hugo Winners, Volume II: (1986-88)
Nightfall
0. (1990) Nightfall	0. (1971) Nightfall One	0. (1971) Nightfall Two	1. (1969) Nightfall and Other Stories
The Positronic Robot Stories
0. (1982) The Complete Robot	0. (1976) The Bicentennial Man	0. (1941) Liar!	1. (1950) I, Robot	2. (1964) The Rest of the Robots
3. (1992) The Positronic Man	4. (1990) Robot Visions
Tor Double
9. (1989) Tor Double #9: The Ugly Little Boy / The [Widget], The [Wadget], and Boff
Trantorian Empire
0. (1961) Triangle	1. (1950) Pebble in the Sky	2. (1951) The Stars, Like Dust	3. (1952) The Currents of Space