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Asimov on Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov

First published 1981
Publisher Doubleday & Company
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Roger Zimmerman
Pages 334
Price $14.95
ISBN 0385174438

A collection of articles.


• "First Edition" • Year is on the title and copyright pages, month from Locus #244 (May 1981) • Printing not stated, no number line; has gutter code 'W8' on page 334, indicates a printing in February 1981 • "Jacket by Roger Zimmerman" on rear flap • Every essay has a short Foreword, some have brief Afterwords; two essays are missing from the TOC

Year Reviewer Publication
1981 Gene DeWeese Science Fiction Review, Winter 1981
1982 Tom Staicar Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1982
1983 Dave Langford White Dwarf, November 1983
1984 Jim England Vector 120
1984 Joseph Nicholas Paperback Inferno, #51

Page Title Author(s) Type
13 Introduction (Asimov on Science Fiction) Isaac Asimov Essay
17 My Own View Isaac Asimov Essay
21 Extraordinary Voyages Isaac Asimov Essay
25 The Name of Our Field Isaac Asimov Essay
30 The Universe of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
34 Adventure! Isaac Asimov Essay
41 Hints Isaac Asimov Essay
46 By No Means Vulgar Isaac Asimov Essay
51 Learning Device Isaac Asimov Essay
56 It's a Funny Thing Isaac Asimov Essay
60 The Mosaic and the Plate Glass Isaac Asimov Essay
64 The Scientist As Villain Isaac Asimov Essay
69 The Vocabulary of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
74 Try to Write! Isaac Asimov Essay
81 How Easy to See the Future! Isaac Asimov Essay
87 The Dreams of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
99 The Prescientific Universe Isaac Asimov Essay
103 Science Fiction and Society Isaac Asimov Essay
112 Science Fiction, 1938 Isaac Asimov Essay
121 How Science Fiction Came to Be Big Business Isaac Asimov Essay
132 The Boom in Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
136 Golden Age Ahead Isaac Asimov Essay
140 Beyond Our Brain Isaac Asimov & Ben Bova Essay
153 The Myth of the Machine Isaac Asimov Essay
164 Science Fiction from the Soviet Union Isaac Asimov Essay
171 More Science Fiction from the Soviet Union Isaac Asimov Essay
181 The First Science Fiction Novel Isaac Asimov Essay
184 The First Science Fiction Writer Isaac Asimov Essay
187 The Hole in the Middle Isaac Asimov Essay
190 The Science Fiction Breakthrough Isaac Asimov Essay
196 Big, Big, Big Isaac Asimov Essay
203 The Campbell Touch Isaac Asimov Essay
208 Reminiscences of Peg Isaac Asimov Essay
212 Horace Isaac Asimov Essay
217 The Second Nova Isaac Asimov Essay
223 Ray Bradbury Isaac Asimov Essay
227 Arthur C. Clarke Isaac Asimov Essay
230 The Dean of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
235 The Brotherhood of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
241 Our Conventions Isaac Asimov Essay
245 The Hugo Isaac Asimov Essay
249 Anniversaries Isaac Asimov Essay
254 The Letter Column Isaac Asimov Essay
259 The Articles of Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
263 Rejection Slips Isaac Asimov Essay
269 What Makes Good Science Fiction? Isaac Asimov Essay
275 1984 Isaac Asimov Essay
290 The Ring of Evil Isaac Asimov Essay
295 The Answer to Star Wars? Isaac Asimov Essay
300 Speculative Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
305 The Reluctant Critic Isaac Asimov Essay
313 There's Nothing Like a Good Foundation Isaac Asimov Essay
318 The Wendell Urth Series Isaac Asimov Essay
322 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Isaac Asimov Essay
326 Hollywood and I Isaac Asimov Essay
331 The Prolific Writer Isaac Asimov Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Asimov on Science Fiction Cover 1981 Doubleday / SFBC Hardcover Nonfiction 5223 318
Asimov on Science Fiction Cover 1982 Discus / Avon Paperback Nonfiction xvi+300
Asimov on Science Fiction Cover 1983 Granada Hardcover Nonfiction 334
Asimov on Science Fiction Cover 1984 Granada Paperback Nonfiction Richard Clifton-Dey 384