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The Complete Stories: Volume One by Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK, July 25, 1994, 0-00-647647-3, £5.99, 430pp, pb, co, cover by Christopher Brown)
A selection of 25 pieces from the original omnibus of 46 (Doubleday Foundation, 1990 as Complete Stories: Volume I). This version includes the complete contents of Earth is Room Enough (Doubleday 1957) and all-but-one of the stories in Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday 1957).

vii · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in The Complete Stories, Volume 1 by Isaac Asimov, Doubleday Foundation, 1990

· Earth Is Room Enough · Isaac Asimov · co Doubleday, 1957

5 · The Dead Past · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1956

61 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954

63 · Franchise [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss If August 1955

83 · Gimmicks Three · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1956, as “The Brazen Locked Room”

91 · Kid Stuff · Isaac Asimov · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953

107 · The Watery Place · Isaac Asimov · ss Satellite Science Fiction October 1956

113 · Living Space · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1956

131 · The Message · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956

133 · Satisfaction Guaranteed [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories April 1951

151 · Hell-Fire · Isaac Asimov · vi Fantastic Universe May 1956

153 · The Last Trump · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Universe June 1955

173 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951

177 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction December 1956

193 · The Immortal Bard · Isaac Asimov · vi Universe Science Fiction #5, May 1954

197 · Someday · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

209 · The Author’s Ordeal · Isaac Asimov · pm Science Fiction Quarterly May 1957

213 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955
expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55.

· Nine Tomorrows · Isaac Asimov · co Doubleday, 1959

231 · Profession · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction July 1957

297 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958

309 · The Dying Night [Wendell Urth] · Isaac Asimov · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956

341 · I’m in Marsport Without Hilda · Isaac Asimov · ss Venture Science Fiction November 1957

357 · The Gentle Vultures · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction December 1957

377 · All the Troubles of the World · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction April 1958

397 · Spell My Name with an S · Isaac Asimov · ss Star Science Fiction January 1958, as “S as in Zebatinsky”

415 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956

The Complete Stories: Volume Two by Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK, January 9, 1995, 0-00-648016-0, £5.99, 464pp, pb, co, cover by Christopher Brown)
The remaining 21 pieces from the original omnibus of 46 (Doubleday Foundation, 1990 as Complete Stories: Volume I). This collection contains Nightfall and Other Stories (Doubleday 1959), plus one more story, ‘The Ugly Little Boy’.

7 · The Ugly Little Boy · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Magazine September 1958, as “Lastborn”

55 · Nightfall and Other Stories · Isaac Asimov · co Doubleday, 1969

55 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941

95 · Green Patches · Isaac Asimov · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950, as “Misbegotten Missionary”

115 · Hostess · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1951

163 · Breeds There a Man…? · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1951

207 · The C-Chute · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1951

251 · “In a Good Cause—” · Isaac Asimov · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951

281 · What If… · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Summer 1952

297 · Sally · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic May/June 1953

319 · Flies · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1953

327 · Nobody Here But— · Isaac Asimov · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

341 · It’s Such a Beautiful Day · Isaac Asimov · nv Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955

369 · Strikebreaker · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories January 1957, as “Male Strikebreaker”

385 · Insert Knob A in Hole B · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1957

387 · The Up-to-Date Sorcerer · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1958

405 · Unto the Fourth Generation · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959

415 · What Is This Thing Called Love? · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories March 1961, as “Playboy and the Slime God”

431 · The Machine That Won the War · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961

439 · My Son, the Physicist! · Isaac Asimov · vi Scientific American February 1962

445 · Eyes Do More Than See · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1965

449 · Segregationist [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Abbottempo April 1967

457 · I Just Make Them Up, See! · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958

461 · Rejection Slips · Isaac Asimov · pm Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, 1959

The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries by Isaac Asimov (Walker and Company, 1985, 0-8027-6602-1, $9.85, 50pp, hc, co, cover by Yoshi Miyake) [Larry]
Young-adult crime collection.

1 · The Disappearing Man [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life June 1978

11 · Lucky Seven [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life September 1982

21 · The Christmas Solution [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life December 1983

31 · The Twins [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss

41 · The Man in the Park [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss

“The Dream”, “Benjamin’s Dream”, and “Benjamin’s Bicentennial Blast” by Isaac Asimov (Library of Keepsakes, January 1976, no ISBN, 47pp, hc, co)
Collection of three stories about Benjamin Franklin.

v · Introduction · Charles V. Morris · in

9 · The Dream · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post January/February 1974

23 · Benjamin’s Dream · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 1974

35 · Benjamin’s Bicentennial Blast · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post June/July 1974

Earth Is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, October 1957, LC:57-11410, $2.95, 192pp, hc, co)

11 · The Dead Past · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1956

56 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954

58 · Franchise [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss If August 1955

74 · Gimmicks Three · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1956, as “The Brazen Locked Room”

80 · Kid Stuff · Isaac Asimov · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953

93 · The Watery Place · Isaac Asimov · ss Satellite Science Fiction October 1956

98 · Living Space · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1956

112 · The Message · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956

114 · Satisfaction Guaranteed [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories April 1951

128 · Hell-Fire · Isaac Asimov · vi Fantastic Universe May 1956

130 · The Last Trump · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Universe June 1955

146 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951

149 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction December 1956

162 · The Immortal Bard · Isaac Asimov · vi Universe Science Fiction #5, May 1954

165 · Someday · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

174 · The Author’s Ordeal · Isaac Asimov · pm Science Fiction Quarterly May 1957

177 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955
expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55.

The Far Ends of Time and Earth by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, January 1979, 0-385-13269-7, $12.95, xiv+538pp, hc, co)
Omnibus of Pebble in the Sky, Earth Is Room Enough, and The End of Eternity.

vii · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

1 · Pebble in the Sky [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1950

179 · Earth Is Room Enough · Isaac Asimov · co Doubleday, 1957

181 · The Dead Past · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1956

224 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954

225 · Franchise [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss If August 1955

240 · Gimmicks Three · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1956, as “The Brazen Locked Room”

246 · Kid Stuff · Isaac Asimov · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953

259 · The Watery Place · Isaac Asimov · ss Satellite Science Fiction October 1956

263 · Living Space · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1956

276 · The Message · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956

278 · Satisfaction Guaranteed [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories April 1951

291 · Hell-Fire · Isaac Asimov · vi Fantastic Universe May 1956

293 · The Last Trump · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Universe June 1955

308 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951

311 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction December 1956

324 · The Immortal Bard · Isaac Asimov · vi Universe Science Fiction #5, May 1954

327 · Someday · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

336 · The Author’s Ordeal · Isaac Asimov · pm Science Fiction Quarterly May 1957

338 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955
expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55.

353 · The End of Eternity · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1955

Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday Foundation, April 1993, 0-385-24793-1, $23.50, 415pp, hc, oc, cover by Bob Larkin) [Foundation]
Collection of four novellas plus an epilogue, part of the “Foundation” series focusing on the later life of psychohistorian Hari Seldon.

1 · Eto Demerzel [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991, as “Forward the Foundation”

99 · Cleon I [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992, as “Cleon the Emperor”

195 · Dors Venabili [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993, as “The Consort”

293 · Wanda Seldon [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na

411 · Epilogue [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · ss

Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Gnome Press, August 1951, LC:51-13439, $2.75, 255pp, hc, n., cover by David Kyle) [Foundation]
Fix-up novel of five short stories, one original. Also in The Foundation Trilogy and as The 1,000 Year Plan.

11 · The Psychohistorians [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · nv

49 · The Enecylopedists [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction May 1942, as “Foundation”

93 · The Mayors [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction June 1942, as “Bridle and Saddle”

155 · The Traders [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1944, as “The Wedge”

181 · The Merchant Princes [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction August 1944, as “The Big and the Little”

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (Gnome Press, 1952, LC:52012466, $2.75, 247pp, hc, n.) [Foundation]
Fix-up novel based on two existing novellas. Also in The Foundation Trilogy and as The Man Who Upset the Universe.

7 · Prologue · Isaac Asimov · lk

11 · The General [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction April 1945, as “Dead Hand”

91 · The Mule [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction November 1945 (+1)

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (SFBC, October 1963, $2.20, 227+227+225pp, hc, om) [Foundation]
In England as An Isaac Asimov Omnibus.

· Foundation [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · n. Gnome Press, 1951

· Foundation and Empire [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · n. Gnome Press, 1952

· Second Foundation [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · n. Gnome Press, 1953

Have You Seen These? by Isaac Asimov (NESFA Press, March 1974, $5.95, 94pp, hc, co, cover by Eddie Jones)
All Stories Also in Buy Jupiter.

11 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

13 · Day of the Hunters · Isaac Asimov · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories November 1950

24 · Shah Guido G. · Isaac Asimov · ss Marvel Science Fiction November 1951

36 · The Monkey’s Finger · Isaac Asimov · ss Startling Stories February 1953

49 · Everest · Isaac Asimov · ss Universe Science Fiction #3, December 1953

55 · The Pause · Isaac Asimov · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954

73 · Blank! · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1957

81 · Silly Asses · Isaac Asimov · vi Future Science Fiction #35, February 1958

85 · Rain, Rain, Go Away · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Universe September 1959

I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Isaac Asimov & Harlan Ellison--- see under Harlan Ellison.

I, Robot (var. 1) by Isaac Asimov (Digit, 1958, D164, 2/-, 158pp, pb, co) [Robots]
Abridged reprint of the original collection (Gone Press, 1950); this edition drops two stories. Given as by Issac Asimov on the cover.

· Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow”

· Runaround [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942

· Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941

· Catch That Rabbit [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1944

· Liar! [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941

· Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947

· Escape! [Susan Calvin; Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1945, as “Paradoxical Escape”

Isaac Asimov by Isaac Asimov (Octopus, 1981, 0-905712-61-7, 864pp, hc, om)
Omnibus edition of five novels and one collection.

7 · Foundation [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · n. Gnome Press, 1951

151 · Foundation and Empire [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · n. Gnome Press, 1952

301 · Second Foundation [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · n. Gnome Press, 1953

449 · The Stars, Like Dust [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, February 1951

587 · The Naked Sun [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, January 1957

725 · I, Robot [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · co Gnome Press, 1950

An Isaac Asimov Omnibus by Isaac Asimov (Sidgwick & Jackson, October 1966, 30/-, 189+172+187pp, hc, om)
Reprint (Doubleday 1963 as The Foundation Trilogy) omnibus.

An Isaac Asimov Second Omnibus by Isaac Asimov (Sidgwick & Jackson, October 1969, 0-283-98072-9, £2.25, 516pp, hc, om)
Reprint (Doubleday 1961 as Triangle) omnibus.

The Key Word and Other Mysteries by Isaac Asimov (Walker US, January 1978, 0-8027-6302-2, $5.85, 54pp, hc, co, cover by Rod Burke) [Larry]
Collection of young-adult detective stories.

7 · The Key Word [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss

17 · Santa Claus Gets a Coin [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life December 1975

27 · Sarah Tops [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life February 1975, as “Try Sarah Tops”

36 · The Thirteenth Day of Christmas [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977

45 · A Case of Need [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Young World October 1975

The Key Word and Other Mysteries (var. 1) by Isaac Asimov (Piccolo, May 1982, 0-330-26681-0, 90p, 62pp, pb, co, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Larry]
Expanded from the original (Walker, 1978) edition by the addition of “The Disappearing Man”.

· The Key Word [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Key Word and Other Mysteries by Isaac Asimov, Walker US, 1978

· Santa Claus Gets a Coin [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life December 1975

· Sarah Tops [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life February 1975, as “Try Sarah Tops”

· The Thirteenth Day of Christmas [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977

· A Case of Need [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Young World October 1975

· The Disappearing Man [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Boys’ Life June 1978

The Man Who Upset the Universe by Isaac Asimov (Ace, 1955, D-125, 35¢, 254pp, pb, n.) [Foundation]
Reprint (Gnome Press 1952 as Foundation and Empire) fix-up novel.

The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, 1955, $3.95, 222pp, hc, co, cover by Dick Shelton)

13 · The Martian Way · Isaac Asimov · na Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952

72 · Youth · Isaac Asimov · nv Space Science Fiction May 1952

110 · The Deep · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1952

137 · Sucker Bait [Troas] · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction February 1954 (+1)

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Gollancz, June 28, 1990, 0-575-04698-8, £13.95, 352pp, hc, n., cover by Chris Moore)
Sf novel based on Asimov’s classic short story of the same name.

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Doubleday Foundation, November 1990, 0-385-26341-4, $19.95, 339pp, hc, n., cover by Don Dixon)
Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel based on Asimov’s classic short story of the same name.

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (SFBC, November 1990, #17605, $9.98, 277pp, hc, n., cover by Don Dixon)
Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story of the same name.

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Pan, May 10, 1991, 0-330-31468-8, £7.99, 352pp, tp, n., cover by Chris Moore)
Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story of the same name.

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra, September 1991, 0-553-29099-1, $5.99, 339pp, pb, n., cover by Don Dixon)
Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story of the same name.

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Pan, November 27, 1992, 0-330-32096-3, £4.99, 352pp, pb, n., cover by Chris Moore)
Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story of the same name.

Nine Tomorrows by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, February 1959, $3.50, 236pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Powers)

· I Just Make Them Up, See! · Isaac Asimov · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958

· Rejection Slips · Isaac Asimov · pm

· Profession · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction July 1957

· The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958

· The Dying Night [Wendell Urth] · Isaac Asimov · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956

· I’m in Marsport Without Hilda · Isaac Asimov · ss Venture Science Fiction November 1957

· The Gentle Vultures · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction December 1957

· All the Troubles of the World · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction April 1958

· Spell My Name with an S · Isaac Asimov · ss Star Science Fiction January 1958, as “S as in Zebatinsky”

· The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956

· The Ugly Little Boy · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Magazine September 1958, as “Lastborn”

Opus 100 by Isaac Asimov (Houghton Mifflin, June 1969, LC:75-80416, $5.95, xv+318pp, hc, co)

xi · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

1 · Part 1. Astronomy

5 · The Callistan Menace · Isaac Asimov · ex Astonishing Stories April 1940

8 · Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter [David “Lucky” Starr] · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1957, as by Paul French

18 · View from Amalthea · Isaac Asimov · ex The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1968

30 · Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus [David “Lucky” Starr] · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1954, as by Paul French

33 · The Martian Way · Isaac Asimov · ex Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952

41 · The Universe · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1966

54 · Galaxies · Isaac Asimov · ex Follett, 1968

57 · Part 2. Robots

60 · The Perfect Machine · Isaac Asimov · ex Science Journal October 1968

61 · Strange Playfellow [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ex Super Science Stories September 1940

62 · Liar! [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ex Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941

63 · Runaround [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ex Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942

65 · Three Laws of Robotics [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ex from “Runaround”, Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942; presented as an extract from I, Robot.

67 · The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science · Isaac Asimov · ex Basic Books, 1960

69 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956

85 · Part 3. Mathematics

90 · The Realm of Numbers · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1959

95 · Quick and Easy Math · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1964

106 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958

121 · Part 4. Physics

128 · Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1964

138 · Only a Trillion · Isaac Asimov · ex Abelard Press, 1957; from the Introduction.

140 · The Nutrino · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1966

147 · Superneutron · Isaac Asimov · ex Astonishing Stories September 1941

149 · Part 5. Chemistry

152 · The Sound of Panting · Isaac Asimov · ex Astounding Science Fiction June 1955

156 · Biochemistry and Human Metabolism · Isaac Asimov · ex William Wilkins, 1952

159 · The Chemicals of Life · Isaac Asimov · ex Abelard Press, 1954

166 · The Noble Gases · Isaac Asimov · ex Basic Books, 1966

175 · Thiotimoline and the Space Age [Thiotimoline] · Isaac Asimov · fa Analog Science Fact—Fiction October 1960

185 · The Kinetics of the Reaction Inactivation of Tyrosinase During Its Catalysis of the Aerobic Oxidation of Catechol · Isaac Asimov · ex 1948

189 · Part 6. Biology

191 · The Wellsprings of Life · Isaac Asimov · ex Abelard Press, 1960

201 · Photosynthesis · Isaac Asimov · ex Basic Books, 1968

211 · Part 7. Words

216 · Words of Science · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1959

220 · Words on the Map · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1962

223 · Words from History · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1968

227 · Part 8. History

231 · The Greeks · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1965

234 · The Roman Republic · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1966

236 · The Egyptians · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1967

238 · The Near East · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1968

240 · There’s Nothing Like a Good Foundation · Isaac Asimov · ex SFWA Bulletin #10, January 1967

243 · The Dead Hand [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · ex Astounding Science Fiction April 1945

249 · Part 9. The Bible

255 · Asimov’s Guide to the Bible · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1968

258 · Twelve Point Three Six Nine · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1967

273 · Part 10. Short Shorts

276 · In Many Science Fiction Stories I Read About “Force Fields” and “Hyperspace”. What Are These and Do They Really Exist? · Isaac Asimov · ar Science Digest January 1968

279 · What Would Happen if an Irresistible Force Met an Immovable Body? · Isaac Asimov · ar Science Digest September 1968

281 · On Prediction · Isaac Asimov · in 1968

287 · An Uncompromising View · Isaac Asimov · br The Physics Teacher February 1969

290 · Dreamworld · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1955

293 · Part 11. Humour

299 · The Holmes-Ginsbook Device · Isaac Asimov · ss If December 1968

313 · Appendix: My Hundred Books · Isaac Asimov · bi

Opus 200 by Isaac Asimov (Houghton Mifflin, March 1979, 0-395-27625-X, $10.95, xiii+329pp, hc, co)
Also in pb (Dell Dec ’80).

xi · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in 1979

1 · Part 1. Astronomy

4 · The Gods Themselves · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1972

17 · ABC’s of Space · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1969

18 · How Did We Find Out About Comets? · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1975

23 · Comets and Meteors · Isaac Asimov · ex Follett, 1973

25 · Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star · Isaac Asimov · ex Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1976

37 · The Collapsing Universe · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1977

49 · Part 2. Robots

52 · The Bicentennial Man [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Stellar #2 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976

93 · Part 3. Mathematics

95 · How Did We Find Out About Numbers? · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1973

98 · Skewered! · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1974

109 · Part 4. Physics

111 · Light · Isaac Asimov · ex Follett, 1970

113 · Please Explain · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1973

118 · Worlds Within Worlds · Isaac Asimov · ex Atomic Energy Commission, 1972

125 · Part 5. Chemistry

128 · Good Taste · Isaac Asimov · ss Apocalypse Press, 1976

147 · Part 6. Biology

149 · How Did We Find Out About Germs? · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1974

151 · The Ends of the Earth · Isaac Asimov · ex Weybright and Talley, 1975

161 · Part 7. Words

164 · More Words of Science · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1972

167 · Part 8. History

169 · The Land of Canaan · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1971

182 · The Shaping of France · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1972

190 · The Golden Door · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1977

198 · Eyes on the Universe · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1975

200 · The Dream · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post January/February 1974

209 · Part 9. The Bible

211 · Lost in Non-Translation · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972

225 · Part 10. Short-Shorts

227 · Light Verse [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Saturday Evening Post September/October 1973

232 · The Monsters We Haved Lived With · Isaac Asimov · ar TV Guide November 23 1974, as “They Don’t Make Monsters Like They Used To”

237 · Part 11. Humor

239 · Isaac Asimov’s Treasury of Humor · Isaac Asimov · ex Houghton Mifflin, 1971

247 · The Sensuous Dirty Old Man · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1971

250 · Lecherous Limericks · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1975

251 · More Lecherous Limericks · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1976

251 · Still More Lecherous Limericks · Isaac Asimov · ex Walker, 1977

253 · Part 12. Social Sciences

256 · Earth: Out Crowded Spaceship · Isaac Asimov · ex John Day, 1974

261 · Part 13. Literature

263 · Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1970

268 · Asimov’s Annotated “Don Juan” · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1972

270 · Asimov’s Annotated “Paradise Lost” · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, May 1974

274 · Familiar Poems Annotated · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1977

283 · Asimov’s Sherlockian Limericks · Isaac Asimov · ex Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine 1978

285 · Part 14. Mysteries

287 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · ex Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, 1974

290 · Earthset and Evening Star [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1975

306 · The Thirteenth Day of Christmas [Larry] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1977

310 · Murder at the ABA · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1976

317 · Part 15. Autobiography

319 · Before the Golden Age · Isaac Asimov · ex Before the Golden Age ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, 1974, as “Introduction”

322 · Little Brothers · Isaac Asimov · vi The Boys’ High Recorder Spring 1934

325 · Appendix: My Second Hundred Books · Isaac Asimov · bi

Opus 300 by Isaac Asimov (Houghton Mifflin, December 10, 1984, 0-395-36108-7, $18.95, xv+377pp, hc, co)
Non-fiction, associational, with material from Asimov’s third set of 100 books, plus the new essay “The Forever Foundation”.

xi · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

1 · Part 1. Astronomy

4 · Extraterrestrial Civilizations · Isaac Asimov · ex Crown, June 1979

23 · Visions of the Universe · Isaac Asimov · ex Cosmos Store, May 1981

25 · Venus, Near Neighbor of the Sun · Isaac Asimov · ex Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, March 1981

31 · Pluto · Isaac Asimov · si The Science Fictional Solar System ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1979

35 · Foundation’s Edge [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, October 1982

45 · Part 2. Earth Sciences

48 · Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos · Isaac Asimov · ex Crown, April 1982

54 · How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes? · Isaac Asimov · ex Ward Lock, May 1981

58 · The Floating Crystal Palace · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1978

71 · Part 3. Mathematics

73 · To Ungild Refined Gold · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983

85 · The Measure of the Universe · Isaac Asimov · ex Harper & Row, June 1983

103 · 1 to 999 [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery September 1981, as “One in a Thousand”

111 · Part 4. Physics

113 · Let Einstein Be! · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1981

125 · Converting It All · Isaac Asimov · ar American Way June 1980

129 · Part 5. Chemistry

131 · Big Brother · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982

142 · Bread and Stone · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982

153 · Part 6. Biology

155 · How Did We Find Out About Genes? · Isaac Asimov · ex Ward Lock, August 1983

157 · How Did We Find Out About the Beginning of Life? · Isaac Asimov · ex Ward Lock, June 1982

159 · How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? · Isaac Asimov · ex Ward Lock, June 1979

161 · Introduction to “Invariant” · Isaac Asimov · is Caught in the Organ Draft ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983

163 · Clone, Clone of My Own · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1979

175 · Part 7. Robots and Computers

178 · The Robots of Dawn [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ex Doubleday, 1983

191 · Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot · Isaac & Janet Asimov · ex Walker, 1983

197 · A Perfect Fit · Isaac Asimov · ss Cahners Publishing Co., October 14 1981

205 · The Word Processor and I · Isaac Asimov · ar Popular Computing February 1982

209 · Part 8. History

211 · A Choice of Catastrophes · Isaac Asimov · ex Simon & Schuster, September 1979

231 · Part 9. The Bible

234 · In the Beginning · Isaac Asimov · ex Crown, February 1981

245 · Part 10. Short-Shorts

247 · About Nothing · Isaac Asimov · vi Post Card Partnership, 1975, as “untitled (“All of Earth waited…”)”

248 · Sure Thing · Isaac Asimov · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1977

249 · Death of a Foy · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1980

251 · How It Happened · Isaac Asimov · vi Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Spring 1979

253 · Part 11. Humor

255 · A Grossery of Limericks · Isaac Asimov · gp (r)

_255 · Symmetry · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, Norton, 1981

_255 · Standing Ovation · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, Norton, 1981

_256 · Mind Your Own Business · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, Norton, 1981

_256 · The Table Round · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, Norton, 1981

_256 · Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, Norton, 1981

257 · A Fuller Explanation of Original Sin · Isaac Asimov · pm from Laughing Space, Houghton Mifflin, February 1982

258 · The Smile That Loses [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982

267 · Part 12. Social Sciences

269 · Alas, All Human · Isaac Asimov · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1979

280 · The Blind Who Would Lead · Isaac Asimov · ar Maclean’s February 2 1981

283 · That Old-Time Violence · Isaac Asimov · ar TV Guide June 14 1975, as “Violence—as Human as Thumbs”

287 · Part 13. Literature

289 · The Annotated Gulliver’s Travels · Isaac Asimov · ex Potter, November 1980

293 · On Style · Isaac Asimov · fw Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980

300 · First Person · Isaac Asimov · in The Future I ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Fawcett, 1981

305 · Part 14. Mysteries

307 · What Time Is It? [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, 1980

324 · The Library Book [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery July 1982, as “Mystery Book”

331 · Part 15. Autobiography

333 · My Father · Isaac Asimov · bg The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov, Prometheus Books, 1983

341 · Part 16. Science Fiction

343 · The Boom in Science Fiction · Isaac Asimov · ed Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1979

346 · The Ring of Evil · Isaac Asimov · ar Panorama May 1980, as “The One Ring Is What We Make It” [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

351 · Part 17. Miscellaneous

354 · Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts · Isaac Asimov · ex Grosset & Dunlap, October 1979

357 · The Delight of Uncertainty · Isaac Asimov · in Isaac Asimov Presents Super Quiz II by Ken Fisher, Dembner Books, 1983

361 · Part 18. Bonus

363 · The Forever Generation · Isaac Asimov · ar

373 · Appendix: My Third Hundred Books · Isaac Asimov · bi

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Gollancz, November 12, 1992, 0-575-04700-3, £14.99, 223pp, hc, n., cover by Peter Mennim)
Sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Pan, June 11, 1993, 0-330-32811-5, £8.99, 223pp, tp, n., cover by Peter Mennim)
Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Doubleday Foundation, November 1993, 0-385-26342-2, $22.50, 259pp, hc, n., cover by Joann Daley)
Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”. First American edition.

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Pan, November 5, 1993, 0-330-33058-6, £4.99, 223pp, pb, n., cover by Peter Mennim)
Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (SFBC, December 1993, #02037, $7.98, 204pp, hc, n., cover by Joann Daley)
Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”. Similar to the 1993 Doubleday Foundation edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra, January 1995, 0-553-56121-9, $5.99, 290pp, pb, n., cover by Stephen Youll)
Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.

Prisoners of the Stars by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, January 1979, 0-385-13270-0, $12.95, xiv+538pp, hc, om)
Omnibus of The Stars Like Dust, The Martian Way, and The Currents of Space.

vii · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in

1 · The Stars, Like Dust [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, February 1951

189 · The Martian Way and Other Stories · Isaac Asimov · co Doubleday, 1955

351 · The Currents of Space [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1952

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