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Arguablythegreatestsciencefictionwriterwhoeverlived,IsaacAsimovalsopossessedoneofthemostbrilliantandoriginalmindsofourtime.Hisaccessiblestyleandfar-reachinginterestsinsubjectsrangingfromsciencetohumortohistoryearnedhimthenickname"theGreatExplainer."I.Asimovishispersonalstory--vivid,open,andhonest--asonlyAsimovhimselfcouldtellit.Hereisthestoryoftheparadoxicalgeniuswhowroteoftraveltothestarsyetrefusedtoflyinairplanes;whoimaginedalienuniversesandvastgalacticcivilizationswhilestayinghometowrite;whocompulsivelyauthoredmorethan470booksyetstillfoundthetimetosharehisideaswithsomeofthegreatmindsofourcentury.Herearehiswide-rangingthoughtsandsharp-eyedobservationsoneverythingfromreligiontopolitics,loveanddivorce,friendshipandHollywood,fameandmortality.Here,too,isarivetingbehind-the-sceneslookatthevariedpersonalities--Campbell,Ellison,Heinlein,Clarke,delRey,Silverberg,andothers--whoalongwithAsimovhelpedshapesciencefiction.Asuniqueandirrepressibleasthemanhimself,I.Asimov??isthecandidmemoirofanincomparabletalentwhoentertainedreadersfornearlyhalfacenturyandwhoseworkwillsurelyendureintothefuturehesovividlyenvisioned.
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IsaacAsimovThegodfatherofsciencefiction,IsaacAsimovisthegenre’sundisputedmasterandoneofthemostprolificauthorsofalltime.FromhisfamousFoundationtrilogytohislaterstories,Asimovtookfictiontonew,strange,andoftenwondrousplaces.BiographyTolistIsaacAsimov''shonors,astolisthisbooks,wouldbeexcessive.LetitsimplybenotedthatIsaacAsimovwasthemostfamous,mosthonored,mostwidelyread,andmostbelovedsciencefictionauthorofalltime.Inhisfivedecadesasanauthor,hewrotemorethanfourhundredbooks,woneveryawardhisreadersandcolleaguescouldcontrivetogivehim,andprovidedpleasureandinsighttomillions.Hediedin1992,stillatwork.AuthorbiographycourtesyofHarperCollins.DateofBirth:一月20,1920PlaceofBirth:Petrovichi,RussiaDateofDeath:四月6,1992PlaceofDeath:NewYork,NewYorkEducation:ColumbiaUniversity,B.S.inchemistry,1939;M.A.inchemistry,1941;Ph.D.inbiochemistry,1948
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