Исаак Азимов | Isaac Asimov
Legal name: Исаак Азимов
Transliterated name: Asimov, Isaac
Birth place: Petrovichi, Smolensk, Russia
Birth date: 2 January 1920
Death date: 6 April 1992
Language: English
Bibliographic comments: See also under Non-fiction. Only Asimov’s fiction and autobiographical writings are listed here. Also
as by Paul French.
Biographic comments: Became a US citizen in 1928.
Novels
Pebble in the Sky
1950
< August 2019 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-008-37235-4
Trade paperback, 224 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Trantorian Empire' series #1.
Collections
Foundation
1951
< September 2016 edition
Harper Voyager
ISBN 978-0-00-811749-8
Trade paperback, 240 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Foundation' series #1.
Fiction: The Psychohistorians // The Encyclopedists // The Mayors // The Traders // The Merchant Princes
Foundation and Empire
1952
< October 2016 edition
Harper Voyager
ISBN 978-0-00-811750-4
Trade paperback, 240 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• Prologue by Isaac Asimov.
• 'Foundation' series #2.
Fiction: The General // The Mule
Second Foundation
1953
< October 2016 edition
Harper Voyager
ISBN 978-0-00-811751-1
Trade paperback, 240 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• Prologue by Isaac Asimov.
• 'Foundation' series #3.
Fiction: Search by the Mule // Search by the Foundation
I, Robot
1950
< May 2018 edition
Harper Voyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827955-4
Trade paperback, 256 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Positronic Robot' series.
Fiction: Catch That Rabbit // Escape! // Evidence // Introduction // Liar! // Little Lost Robot // Reason // Robbie
// Runaround // The Evitable Conflict
The Stars, Like Dust
1951
Library edition: August 2019 edition, 1st printing
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-008-37234-7
Trade paperback, 224 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Trantorian Empire' series #2.
The Currents of Space
1952
< 1952, 1st edition
Doubleday
No ISBN
Hardcover, 217 pages
$2.75
Notes:
• 'Trantorian Empire' series #3.
Space Ranger
1952
< April 1973, 1st NEL edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-450-01434-7
Paperback, 144 pages
£0.30
Notes:
• 'Lucky Starr' series #1, originally as by Paul French.
Pirates of the Asteroids
1953
< August 1973, 1st NEL edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-450-01549-1
Paperback, 144 pages
£0.30
Notes:
• 'Lucky Starr' series #2, originally as by Paul French.
The Oceans of Venus
1954
< August 1974, 1st NEL edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-450-01767-2
Paperback, 142 pages
£0.35
Notes:
• 'Lucky Starr' series #3, originally as by Paul French. (published out of sequence as #4 in the first NEL editions).
The Big Sun of Mercury
1956
< March 1974, 1st NEL edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-450-01767-2
Paperback, 143 pages
£0.30
Notes:
• 'Lucky Starr' series #4, originally as by Paul French. (published out of sequence as #3 in the first NEL editions).
The Moons of Jupiter
1957
< March 1975, 1st NEL edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-450-01767-2
Paperback, 142 pages
£0.35
Notes:
• 'Lucky Starr' series #5, originally as by Paul French. (published out of sequence as #6 in the first NEL editions).
The Rings of Saturn
1958
< September 1974, 1st NEL edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-450-01999-3
Paperback, 144 pages
£0.35
Notes:
• 'Lucky Starr' series #6, originally as by Paul French. (published out of sequence as #5 in the first NEL editions).
The End of Eternity
1955
Library edition: July 2000, Gollancz SF Collectors' edition
Gollancz
ISBN 0-575-07118-4
Trade paperback, 189 pages
£9.99
Notes:
The Gods Themselves
1972
< June 2013, SF Masterworks edition
Gollancz
ISBN 978-0-575-12905-4
Trade paperback, xi+269 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• Introduction by Ken MacLeod.
• Winner of the 1972 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1973 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Foundation’s Edge
1982
< November 2016 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-00-811752-8
Trade paperback, 413 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Foundation' series #4.
• Winner of the 1983 Locus Award and 1983 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Foundation and Earth
1986
< October 2016 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-00-811753-5
Trade paperback, 512 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Foundation' series #5.
The Complete Robot
1982
Library edition: May 2018 edition, 3rd printing
Harper Voyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827781-9
Trade paperback, 611 pages
£9.99
Notes:
• Introduction and short essay 'A Last Word' by Isaac Asimov.
• 'Positronic Robot' series.
Fiction: A Boy's Best Friend // Sally // Someday // Point of View // Think! // True Love // Robot AL-76 Goes
Astray // Victory Unintentional // Stranger in Paradise // Light Verse // Segregationist // Robbie // Let's Get
Together // Mirror Image // The Tercentenary Incident // First Law // Runaround // Reason // Catch That Rabbit
// Liar! // Satisfaction Guaranteed // Lenny // Galley Slave // Little Lost Robot // Risk // Escape! // Evidence //
The Evitable Conflict // Feminine Intuition // ...That Thou Art Mindful of Him // The Bicentennial Man
The Rest of the Robots
1964
< May 2018 edition
Harper Voyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827780-2
Trade paperback, 224 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• Introduction by Isaac Asimov.
• 'Positronic Robot' series.
Fiction: First Law // Galley Slave // Lenny // Let's Get Together // Risk // Robot AL-76 Goes Astray // Satisfaction
Guaranteed // Victory Unintentional
The Caves of Steel
1953
< April 2018 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827776-5
Trade paperback, 272 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Positronic Robot' / 'Elijah Bailey/R. Daneel Olivaw' series #1.
The Naked Sun
1956
< April 2018 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827777-2
Trade paperback, 256 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Positronic Robot' / 'Elijah Bailey/R. Daneel Olivaw' series #2.
The Robots of Dawn
1983
< April 2018 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827778-9
Trade paperback, 432 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Positronic Robot' / 'Elijah Bailey/R. Daneel Olivaw' series #3.
Robots and Empire
1985
< April 2018 edition
HarperVoyager
ISBN 978-0-00-827779-6
Trade paperback, 448 pages
£8.99
Notes:
• 'Positronic Robot' / 'Elijah Bailey/R. Daneel Olivaw' series #4.
Azazel
1988
< October 1990 edition
Bantam (UK)
ISBN 0-553-40068-1
Paperback, xiii+221 pages
£3.50
Notes:
• Introduction by Isaac Asimov.
Fiction: The Two-Centimeter Demon // One Night of Song // The Smile That Loses // To the Victor // The Dim
Rumble // Saving Humanity // A Matter of Principle // The Evil Drink Does // Writing Time // Dashing Through the
Snow // Logic Is Logic // He Travels the Fastest // The Eye of the Beholder // More Things in Heaven and Earth //
The Mind's Construction // The Fights of Spring // Galatea // Flight of Fancy
Fantastic Voyage
1966
< August 1988 edition
New English Library
ISBN 0-553-27572-0
Paperback, 186 pages
$4.50
Notes:
• 'Fantastic Voyage' series #2.
• Based on a screenplay by Harry Kleiner from the original story by Otto Klement and Jay Lewis Bixby.
Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain
1987
< October 1987 edition
Grafton
ISBN 0-246-13210-8
Trade paperback, 392 pages
£10.95
Notes:
• 'Fantastic Voyage' series #2.
Norby the Mixed-Up Robot
with Janet Asimov
1983
< September 1983, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6495-9
Hardcover, 96 pages
$9.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #1.
Norby’s Other Secret
with Janet Asimov
1984
< May 1984, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6525-4
Hardcover, 138 pages
$10.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #2.
Norby and the Lost Princess
with Janet Asimov
1985
< May 1985, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6583-1
Hardcover, 129 pages
$10.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #3.
Norby and the Invaders
with Janet Asimov
1985
< November 1985, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6599-8
Hardcover, 138 pages
$10.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #4.
Norby and the Queen’s Necklace
with Janet Asimov
1986
< December 1986, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6659-5
Hardcover, 144 pages
$11.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #5.
Norby Finds a Villain
with Janet Asimov
1987
< September 1987, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6710-9
Hardcover, 102 pages
$12.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #6.
Norby Down to Earth
with Janet Asimov
1989
< April 1989, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6866-0
Hardcover, 107 pages
$12.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #7.
Norby and Yobo’s Great Adventure
with Janet Asimov
1989
< September 1989, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6893-8
Hardcover, 100 pages
$12.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #8.
Norby and the Oldest Dragon
with Janet Asimov
1990
< May 1990, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-6909-8
Hardcover, 110 pages
$14.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #9.
Norby and the Court Jester
with Janet Asimov
1991
< November 1991, 1st edition
Walker & Co.
ISBN 0-8027-8131-4
Hardcover, 118 pages
$14.95
Notes:
• 'Norby Chronicles' series #10.
• The final novel in the series, Norby and the Terrified Taxi ( #11), was authored by Janet Asimov only.
Non-fiction
Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters
1995
< 1995, first edition
Doubleday
ISBN 0-385-47622-1
Hardcover, 332 pages
$24.95
Notes:
• Edited by Stanley Asimov.
It’s Been a Good Life
with Janet Asimov
2002
< March 2002, 1st edition
Prometheus Books
ISBN 1-57392-968-9
Hardcover, 309 pages
No cover price
Notes:
• Edited by Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• 'The Last Question' is included as Asimov's personal favourite story.
Fiction: The Last Question
I. Asimov: A Memoir
1994
Library edition: 1995 edition, 4th printing
Bantam Spectra
ISBN 0-553-56997-X
Paperback, xii+578 pages
$7.99 / C$11.99
Notes:
• Edited by Stanley Asimov.
The Complete Stories: Volume 1
1992
< March 1993, 1st UK edition
HarperCollins
ISBN 0-00-224139-0
Hardcover, 614 pages
£15.99
Notes:
• Introduction by Isaac Asimov.
Fiction: The Dead Past // Franchise // Gimmicks Three // Kid Stuff // The Watery Place // Living Space // The
Message // Satisfaction Guaranteed // Hell-Fire // The Last Trump // The Fun They Had // Jokester /// The
Immortal Bard // Someday // Dreaming Is a Private Thing // Profession // The Feeling of Power // The Dying Night
// I'm in Marsport Without Hilda // The Gentle Vultures // All the Troubles of the World // Spell My Name with an S //
The Last Question
Poetry: The Foundation of S. F. Success // The Author's Ordeal
The Complete Stories: Volume 2
1992
< January 1994, 1st UK edition
HarperCollins
ISBN 0-00-224150-1
Hardcover, 550 pages
£16.99
Notes:
• Introduction by Isaac Asimov.
Fiction: Not Final! // The Hazing // Death Sentence // Blind Alley // Evidence // The Red Queen's Race // Day of
the Hunters // The Deep // The Martian Way // The Monkey's Finger // The Singing Bell // The Talking Stone //
Each an Explorer // Let's Get Together // Pâté de Foie Gras // Galley Slave // Lenny // A Loint of Paw // A Statue
for Father // Anniversary // Obituary // Rain, Rain, Go Away // Star Light // Founding Father // The Key // The
Billiard Ball // Exile to Hell // Key Item // Feminine Intuition // The Greatest Asset // Mirror Image // Take a Match
// Light Verse // Stranger in Paradise // That Thou Art Mindful of Him // The Life and Times of Multivac // The
Bicentennial Man // Marching In // Old-Fashioned // The Tercentenary Incident
Nemesis
1989
< October 1989, 1st edition
Doubleday Foundation
ISBN 0-385-24792-3
Hardcover, 364 pages
$18.95
Notes:
• Author's Note by Isaac Asimov.
Nightfall
with Robert Silverberg
1990
< June 1990, 1st edition
Gollancz
ISBN 0-575-04698-8
Hardcover, 352 pages
£13.95
Notes:
• Expanded from the short story 'Nightfall'.
Child of Time
with Robert Silverberg
1991
< August 1991, 1st edition
Gollancz
ISBN 0-575-04699-6
Hardcover, 302 pages
£14.99
Notes:
• Expanded and revised from the short story 'Lastborn'.
In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954
1972
< February 1972, 1st edition
Doubleday
ISBN 0-385-13679-X
Hardcover, ix+732 pages
$15.95
Notes:
In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978
1980
< April 1980, 1st edition
Doubleday
ISBN 0-385-15544-1
Hardcover, x+828 pages
$19.95
Notes:
• Winner of the 1981 Locus Award for Best Related Non-fiction.
