I, Asimov : A Memoir Paperback - 1995
by Isaac Asimov
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Following a career quantified by his more than 470 books on topics as diverse as Shakespeare, interplanetary conquest, and artificial intelligence, Isaac Asimov has posthumously gifted readers with a rich collection of essays, remembrances, and anecdotes that capture the great humor, bonhomie, and unceasing vision of his life and work. Photos.
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Details
- Title I, Asimov : A Memoir
- Author Isaac Asimov
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 608
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Publishing Group, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date 1995
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # G055356997XI3N00
- ISBN 9780553569971 / 055356997X
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 6.84 x 4.18 x 1.3 in (17.37 x 10.62 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, Scientists - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
First line
"I was born in Russia on January 2, 1920, but my parents emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 23, 1923."
From the jacket flap
Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. His accessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science to humor to history earned him the nickname "the Great Explainer." "I. Asimov is his personal story--vivid, open, and honest--as only Asimov himself could tell it.
Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic
civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the great
minds of our century. Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyed observations on everything from religion to politics, love and divorce, friendship and Hollywood, fame and mortality. Here, too, is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities--Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Clarke, del Rey, Silverberg, and others--who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction.
As unique and irrepressible as the man himself, "I. Asimov is the candid memoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half a
century and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividly envisioned.
Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic
civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the great
minds of our century. Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyed observations on everything from religion to politics, love and divorce, friendship and Hollywood, fame and mortality. Here, too, is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities--Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Clarke, del Rey, Silverberg, and others--who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction.
As unique and irrepressible as the man himself, "I. Asimov is the candid memoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half a
century and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividly envisioned.
