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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 & Co., 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 & Co., August 1983 157 · How Did We Find Out About the Beginning of Life? · Isaac Asimov · ex Ward, Lock & Co., June 1982 159 · How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? · Isaac Asimov · ex Ward, Lock & Co., 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, W.W. Norton, 1981 _255 · Standing Ovation · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, W.W. Norton, 1981 _256 · Mind Your Own Business · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, W.W. Norton, 1981 _256 · The Table Round · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, W.W. Norton, 1981 _256 · Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel · Isaac Asimov · pm A Grossery of Limericks by Isaac Asimov & John Ciardi, W.W. 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 The 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

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, 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

Puzzles of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, January 1990, 0-385-26264-7, $19.95, 253pp, hc, co, cover by James Steinberg) [Black Widowers]     Collection of 12 mystery stories featuring the Black Widowers club. Three are originals. ix · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in 3 · The Fourth Homonym [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1985 24 · Unique Is Where You Find It [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Edge of Tomorrow by Isaac Asimov, Tor, 1985 46 · The Lucky Piece [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss 69 · Triple Devil [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1985 90 · Sunset on the Water [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1986 112 · Where Is He? [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1986 133 · The Old Purse [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1987, as “The Snatched Purse” 153 · The Quiet Place [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1988 174 · The Four-Leaf Clover [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss 193 · The Envelope [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1989 214 · The Alibi [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1989 234 · The Recipe [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss

The Rest of the Robots by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, November 1964, $5.95, xiii+556pp, hc, co) [Robots] ix · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in 1 · Part I. The Coming of the Robots 3 · Robot AL-76 Goes Astray [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories February 1942 17 · Victory Unintentional [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories August 1942 39 · Part II. The Laws of Robotics 41 · First Law [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Universe October 1956 47 · Let’s Get Together [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction February 1957 65 · Part III. Susan Calvin 67 · Satisfaction Guaranteed [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories April 1951 83 · Risk [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1955 111 · Lenny [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction January 1958 127 · Galley Slave [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1957 163 · Part IV. Lije Bailey 165 · The Caves of Steel [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1954 363 · The Naked Sun [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, January 1957

The Return of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov (Carroll & Graf, December 2003, 0-7867-1248-1, $24.00, xv+335pp, hc, co) [Black Widowers] [edited by William Brittain & Charles Ardai]     Collection of 17 mystery stories by Asimov, five previously uncollected. This includes two homage stories by William Brittain and Charles Ardai, who edited the collection. Introduction by Harlan Ellison, and an afterword by Asimov extracted from I. Asimov on “The Birth of the Black Widowers”. An Otto Penzler book. ix · Foreword · Harlan Ellison · fw 1 · The Best of the Black Widowers 3 · The Acquisitive Chuckle [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1972 17 · Ph as in Phony [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1972, as “The Phony Ph.D.” 35 · Early Sunday Morning [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1973, as “The Biological Clock” 53 · The Obvious Factor [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1973 71 · The Iron Gem [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1974, as “A Chip of the Black Stone” 91 · To the Barest [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1979 109 · Sixty Million Trillion Combinations [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 5 1980, as “Sixty Four Million Trillion Combinations 64 Million Trillion Combinations” 127 · The Redhead [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1984 145 · The Wrong House [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, 1984 163 · Triple Devil [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1985 181 · The Men Who Read Isaac Asimov [Black Widowers] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1978 195 · The Uncollected Black Widowers 197 · Northwestward [Batman; Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Further Adventures of Batman ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam, 1989 215 · Yes, but Why? [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Armchair Detective Spring 1990 231 · Lost in a Space Warp [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1990 247 · Police at the Door [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1990 263 · The Haunted Cabin [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1990 279 · The Guest’s Guest [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1991 291 · One More, Just for Harlan 293 · The Woman in the Bar [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 30 1980, as “The Man Who Pretended to Like Baseball” 311 · Commemorative 313 · The Last Story [Black Widowers] · Charles Ardai · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2002 331 · Afterword: Birth of the Black Widowers · Isaac Asimov · ex from I. Asimov, Doubleday, April 1994