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- A Pebble In The Sky, 1950
- I, Robot, 1950
- Foundation, 1951
- The Stars, Like Dust, 1951
- David Starr, Space Ranger, 1952
- Foundation and Empire, 1952
- The Currents of Space, 1952
- Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids, 1953
- Second Foundation, 1953
- Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus, 1954
- The Caves of Steel, 1954
- The End of Eternity, 1955
- The Martian Way and Other Stories, 1955
- Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury, 1956
- Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction Tales of Our Own Planet, 1957
- Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter, 1957
- The Naked Sun, 1957
- Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn, 1958
- The Death Dealers, 1958
- Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future, 1959
- Words of Science, and the History Behind Them, 1959
- Breakthroughs in Science, 1960
- Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 1964
- The Rest of the Robots, 1964
- The New Intelligent Man's Guide to Science, 1965
- Fantastic Voyage, 1966
- Through a Glass, Clearly, 1967
- Asimov's Mysteries, 1968
- Great Ideas of Science, 1969
- Nightfall and Other Stories, 1969
- Twentieth Century Discovery, 1969
- The Best New Thing, 1971
- Asimov's Guide to Science, 1972
- Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level A, 1972
- Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level B, 1972
- Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level C, 1972
- More Words of Science, 1972
- The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying, 1972
- The Gods Themselves, 1972
- Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level A, 1973
- Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level B, 1973
- Please Explain, 1973
- The Best of Isaac Asimov, 1973
- Have You Seen These?, 1974
- Tales of the Black Widowers, 1974
- Buy Jupiter and Other Stories, 1975
- The Heavenly Host, 1975
- Good Taste, 1976
- More Tales of the Black Widowers, 1976
- Murder at The ABA, 1976
- The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, 1976
- The Key Word and Other Mysteries, 1977
- A Choice of Catastrophes, 1979
- Casebook of the Black Widowers, 1980
- Three by Asimov, 1981
- Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos, 1982
- Foundation's Edge, 1982
- The Complete Robot, 1982
- Norby, the Mixed-up Robot, 1983
- The Measure of the Universe, 1983
- The Robots of Dawn, 1983
- The Union Club Mysteries, 1983
- The Winds of Change and Other Stories, 1983
- Asimov's New Guide to Science, 1984
- Banquets of the Black Widowers, 1984
- Norby's Other Secret, 1984
- It's Such a Beautiful Day, 1985
- Norby and the Invaders, 1985
- Norby and the Lost Princess, 1985
- Robots and Empire, 1985
- The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries, 1985
- The Edge of Tomorrow, 1985
- Foundation and Earth, 1986
- Norby and the Queen's Necklace, 1986
- Robot Dreams, 1986
- Science Fiction by Asimov, 1986
- The Alternate Asimovs, 1986
- The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov, 1986
- The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov, 1986
- Beginnings: The Story of Origins - of Mankind, Life, the Earth, the Universe, 1987
- Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, 1987
- Norby Finds a Villain, 1987
- Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov, 1987
- Prelude to Foundation, 1988
- Azazel, 1988
- Nemesis, 1988
- Norby Down to Earth, 1988
- All the Troubles of the World, 1989
- Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery, 1989
- Franchise, 1989
- Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure, 1989
- Robbie, 1989
- Sally, 1989
- The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov, 1989
- Nightfall, 1990
- Norby and the Oldest Dragon, 1990
- Puzzles of the Black Widowers, 1990
- Robot Visions, 1990
- The Complete Stories Volume 1, 1990
- Norby and the Court Jester, 1991
- Our Angry Earth: a Ticking Time Bomb, 1991
- The Complete Stories Volume 2, 1992
- The Ugly Little Boy, 1992
- Forward the Foundation, 1993
- The Positronic Man, 1993
A Good Place To Start
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| Foundation | 5 | |
| The Caves of Steel | 3 | |
| I, Robot | 3 |
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| The Stars, Like Dust | 1 | |
| Foundation and Empire | 1 | |
| Fantastic Voyage | 1 | |
| The Ugly Little Boy | 1 |
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Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 ? April 6, 1992: was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.
Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series, which was part of one of his two major series, the Galactic Empire Series, later merged with his other famous story arc, the Robot series. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of non-fiction. Asimov wrote or edited over 500 volumes and an estimated 90,000 letters or postcards, and he has works in every major category of the Dewey Decimal System except Philosophy.
Asimov was by consensus a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered to be one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime.
Most of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going back as far as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often gives nationalities, birth dates and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples of this style 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 of Mensa, albeit reluctantly; he described them as "intellectually combative".
He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are all named in his honor.
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