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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. It's been a good life. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2002 (OCoLC)606605248 |
| Named Person: | Isaac Asimov; Isaac Asimov; Isaac Asimov |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Isaac Asimov; Janet Asimov |
| ISBN: | 1573929689 9781573929684 |
| OCLC Number: | 48958177 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Russia -- The United States -- City Child -- Religion -- Prodigy -- Becoming a Writer -- Science-Fiction Fan -- Starting to Write Science Fiction -- Writing Progress -- Famous Fiction -- During the War -- Postwar, and the Army -- Becoming a Ph. D. -- Postdoc -- Teaching, Writing, and Speaking -- Beyond Limitations -- Limitations Came -- Going On -- Major Nonfiction -- Writing and Thinking about Writing -- On Prolificity -- On Writers' Problems -- Miscellaneous Opinions and Quirks -- Sexism and Love -- Life While Famous -- The Bible -- Changes -- Shakespeare -- New Experiments in Writing -- More Working with Words -- Isaac, Himself -- More on Writing -- Heart Attack -- Extending Two Series -- Triple Bypass -- Humanists -- Senior Citizen and Honors -- Working on in Gathering Shadows -- Essay 400--"A Way of Thinking" -- Isaac's Personal Favorite: "The Last Question" -- A Bibliography of Works by Isaac Asimov. |
| Responsibility: | Isaac Asimov ; edited by Janet Jeppson Asimov. |
Abstract:
One of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century shares his inner thoughts and experiences. Popular science and science fiction writer Asimov (1902-92) wrote a three-volume autobiography, but it is now out of print, along with most other accounts of his own life. His widow, also a writer, has collected and excerpted bits from various sources, including his letters to her, and arranged them by topic rather than chronologically. She includes his favorite story and an essay about science, a chronology, and a bibliography.
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