Isaac Asimov

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Biography

Isaac Asimov was a prolific author, biochemist, and professor known for his influential contributions to the science fiction genre. Born on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi, Russia, Asimov immigrated to the United States with his family at a young age. He earned a PhD in biochemistry from Columbia University and went on to teach at Boston University School of Medicine. Asimov is best known for his Foundation series, a groundbreaking work of science fiction that explores the rise and fall of civilizations over thousands of years. The series has been lauded for its intricate world-building, complex characters, and thought-provoking themes. Asimov's work has had a lasting impact on the genre and has inspired countless writers and filmmakers. In addition to his science fiction writing, Asimov penned numerous non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects, from history to science to religion. He was a tireless advocate for science education and a popular lecturer at universities around the world. Isaac Asimov passed away on April 6, 1992, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and imagination that continues to inspire readers today.

Standalone Novels

Individual novels by Isaac Asimov not part of a series

  • 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories
  • 100 Great Fantasy Short, Short Stories
  • 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
  • 100 Malicious Little Mysteries
  • A Choice of Catastrophes: The Disasters That Threaten Our World
  • A Short History of Chemistry
  • ASIMOV ON NUMBERS
  • AZAZEL
  • About Black Holes
  • Alle Robotergeschichten. .
  • Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction
  • Asimov Chronicles
  • Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes
  • Asimov Mysteries
  • Asimov On Astronomy
  • Asimov on Physics
  • Asimov on Science Fiction
  • Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective/1959-1989
  • Asimov on Science: A 30-Year Retrospective
  • Asimov on numbers
  • Asimov on science fiction
  • Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery
  • Asimov's Chronology of the World
  • Asimov's Ghosts
  • Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet
  • Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare : A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare
  • Asimov's Guide to the Bible : The Old and New Testaments
  • Asimov's Mysteries
  • Atlantis
  • Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos
  • Azazel
  • Bakers Dozen : 13 Short Science Fic
  • Banquets of the Black Widowers
  • Beginnings: The Story of Origins, of Mankind, Life, the Earth, the Universe
  • Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
  • Best of Asimov. Die besten SF- Geschichten des ber�?¼hmten Autors.
  • Best of I Asimov
  • Bicentennial Man
  • Buy Jupiter
  • Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
  • COLLAPSING UNIVRSE
  • Casebook of the Black Widowers
  • Caves of Steel
  • Change: Seventy-One Glimpses of the Future
  • Child of Time
  • Chrono-minets
  • Ciclo Delle Fondazioni
  • Comets
  • Cosmic Knights
  • Creations
  • Cuentos Completos Vol. 1
  • Cuentos Completos Vol. 2
  • Cuentos de Los Viudos Negros
  • Currents of Space
  • David Starr: Space Ranger
  • Devils
  • Did comets kill the dinosaurs?
  • Dragon Tales
  • Earth Is Room Enough
  • Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship
  • Edge of Tommorrow
  • Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
  • End of Eternity
  • Estoy En Puertomarte Sin Hilda
  • FIFTY SHORT SCIENCE FICTION TALES
  • Faeries: Issac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
  • Familiar Poems, Annotated
  • Fantastic Voyage
  • Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
  • Far As Human Eye Could See
  • Fl�?»te, fl�?»te et fl�?»tes! et autres nouvelles
  • Forward the Foundation
  • Forward the Foundation )
  • Foundation
  • Foundation )
  • Foundation Trilogy
  • Foundation and Earth
  • Foundation and Earth )
  • Foundation and Empire
  • Foundation and Empire )
  • Foundation's Edge )
  • Foundation's Edge : The Foundation Novels )
  • Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov
  • Foundation.
  • Foundation; I, Robot
  • Foundations Edge
  • Frontiers
  • Frontiers II: More Recent Discoveries About Life, Earth, Space, and the Universe
  • Fundacion
  • Fundacion E Imperio/Foundation and Empire
  • Fundacion/Foundation
  • Fundación
  • Fundación e imperio
  • Ghosts
  • Gods Themselves
  • Gold : The Final Science Fiction Collection
  • Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection
  • Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Great Scientists
  • Griegos, Los
  • Guía de la Biblia: Nuevo Testamento
  • Hijo del Tiempo
  • How Did We Find Out About Computers
  • How Did We Find Out About Outer Space
  • How Did We Find Out About the Brain?
  • Human Body
  • Hundert kleine, b�?¶se Krimis.
  • I Robot
  • I, Robot
  • I, Robot:The Illustrated Screenplay
  • I. Asimov: A Memoir
  • In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov
  • Intergalactic Empires
  • Isaac Asimov On The Human Body
  • Isaac Asimov Presents Super Quiz
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories, 1946
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories, No 16
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories, No 17
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories 25
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories, No 19
  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories: 14/1952
  • Isaac Asimov Presents: Favorite Robot Stories from His Private Library
  • Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts: 3,000 Of the Most Interesting, Entertaining, Fascinating, Unbelievable, Unusual and Fantastic Facts
  • Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
  • Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own
  • Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor: A Lifetime Collection of Favorite Jokes, Anecdotes, and Limericks With Copious Notes on How to Tell Them and Why
  • Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories,
  • Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1
  • Isaac Asimovs Book Of Facts
  • Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction
  • Jusqu'�? la quatri�?¨me g�?©n�?©ration
  • L'amour, vous connaissez?
  • L'aube de Fondation
  • LA Edad De Oro De LA Ciencia Ficcion I
  • LUCKY STARR MERCURY
  • La IRA de La Tierra
  • La Republica Romana
  • La m�?¨re des mondes
  • Last Man on Earth
  • Le Cycle de Fondation, tome 1 : Fondation
  • Le Cycle de Fondation, tome 2 : Fondation et Empire
  • Les Vents du changement
  • Les robots
  • Los Lagartos Terribles
  • Los Lagartos Terribles y Otros...
  • Los Robots Del Amanecer
  • Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
  • Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter & Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn/2 Books in 1
  • Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus & Lucky Star and the Big Sun of Mercury/2 Books in 1 Volume
  • Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids
  • Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Astroids
  • Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn
  • Lucky Starr:
  • Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection
  • Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection : Magic
  • Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s
  • Martian Way
  • Martian Way and Other Stories
  • Mas Cuentos de Los Viudos Negras
  • Moi, Asimov
  • More Tales of the Black Widowers
  • Murder at the ABA
  • Murder at the ABA: A puzzle in four days and sixty scenes
  • Mythical Beasties
  • NEW HUGO WINNERS, VOLUME I
  • Naked Sun
  • Naked Sun 2
  • Nemesis
  • Nightfall
  • Nightfall One: Science Fiction Stories
  • Nightfall Two: Science Fiction Stories
  • Nightfall and Other Stories
  • Nightfall and Stories
  • Nightfall, and Other Stories
  • Nine Tomorrows
  • Norby Chronicles
  • Only a Trillion
  • Opus 100
  • Opus Two Hundred
  • Past, Present and Future
  • Pebble in the Sky
  • Prelude to Foundation
  • Prelude to Foundation )
  • Propios Dioses, Los
  • Puzzles of the Black Widowers
  • Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright
  • Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright: [Essays]
  • Robot Dreams
  • Robot Humano, El
  • Robot Visions
  • Robots and Empire
  • Robots and empire
  • Robots et extra-terrestres d'Isaac Asimov. [1-2]
  • Robots of Dawn
  • STARS LIKE DUST
  • SUPER HUGOS
  • Second Foundation
  • Second Foundation )
  • Segunda Fundacion/Second Foundation
  • Segunda fundación
  • Seven Deadly Sins & Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction
  • Solar System and Back
  • Stars Like Dust
  • Sun Shines Bright
  • TV, 2000
  • Tales of Black Widowers
  • Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries
  • The Alternate Asimov
  • The Alternate Asimovs
  • The Asimov Chronicles
  • The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov
  • The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!
  • The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimovi
  • The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
  • The Caves of Steel
  • The Complete Robot
  • The Complete Stories of Isaac Asimov, Vol. 1
  • The Currents of Space
  • The Early Asimov,
  • The Edge of Tomorrow
  • The End Of Eternity
  • The End of Eternity
  • The Exploding Suns: The Secrets of the Supernovas
  • The Gods Themselves
  • The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: Thirteen Prizewinning Stories
  • The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions
  • The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930's
  • The Martian Way and Other Stories
  • The Measure of the Universe: Our Foremost Science Writer Looks at the World Large and Small
  • The Moon
  • The Naked Sun
  • The New Hugo Winners, Vol. 2
  • The Planet That Wasn't There
  • The Positronic Man
  • The Relativity of Wrong
  • The Rest of the Robots
  • The Robots of Dawn
  • The Roving Mind
  • The Science Fictional Solar System
  • The Science fictional olympics
  • The Stars, Like Dust
  • The Subatomic Monster
  • The Twelve Frights of Christmas
  • The Ugly Little Boy
  • The Ugly Little Boy and the Widget, the Wadget, and Boff
  • The Union Club Mysteries
  • The Winds of Change and Other Stories
  • The foundation trilogy
  • The sensuous dirty old man,
  • The stars in their courses
  • The sun
  • Tin Stars
  • Today and Tomorrow And...
  • Tragedy of the Moon
  • Treasury of Humor
  • Understanding Physics
  • Unidentified Flying Objects
  • Union Club Mysteries
  • Universe from Flat Earth to Quasar
  • Viaje Alucinante
  • Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters
  • WHIFF OF DEATH
  • War With the Robots: 28 Of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction
  • Wenn der Wind sich dreht. Die neuesten Geschichten.
  • Whiff of Death
  • Winds of Change...and Other Stories
  • Witches
  • Wizards
  • Words of Science
  • X Stands for Unknown
  • Yo, Robot/I, Robot
  • Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters
  • \"The Winds of Change\" and Other Stories

Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories

Books in the Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories series by Isaac Asimov

  • Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories #23

Classic Series

The series that started it all

  • Foundation
  • Foundation and Empire
  • Second Foundation

Recent Series

Latest works by the author

  • Foundation's Edge
  • Foundation and Earth

Reading Order

Complete reading order for Isaac Asimov's books

1Standalone Novels
2Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Sf Stories
3Foundation

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Isaac Asimov's Foundation series first published?

The first book in the Foundation series, 'Foundation', was published in 1951.

How many books are there in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?

There are 7 books in total in the Foundation series, including prequels and sequels.

What is the premise of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?

The Foundation series is centered around the collapse of a galactic empire and the efforts to shorten the dark age that would follow.

Which book in the Foundation series is considered a classic of science fiction?

The second book in the Foundation series, 'Foundation and Empire', is considered a classic of science fiction.

Did Isaac Asimov write any other related works to the Foundation series?

Isaac Asimov wrote several prequels and sequels to the original Foundation trilogy, expanding the series over time.