Most of his popular science books explain concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.Īsimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. He also wrote over 380 short stories, including the social science fiction novelette “Nightfall,” which in 1964 was voted the best short science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. Later, with Foundation and Earth (1986), he linked this distant future to the Robot stories, creating a unified “future history” for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. The Galactic Empire novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. His other major series are the “Galactic Empire” series and the Robot series. Asimov’s most famous work is the “Foundation” series, the first three books of which won the one-time Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1966. Clarke, Asimov was considered one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers during his lifetime. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction.Īsimov wrote hard science fiction.

He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Asimov was a prolific writer, and wrote or edited more than 500 books. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

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