From then until his death, Asimov published several more sequels and prequels to his existing novels, tying them together in a way he had not originally anticipated, making a unified series. Starting in 1982, the second half of his science fiction career began with the publication of Foundation’s Edge. Over the next quarter-century, he wrote only four science fiction novels, and 120 nonfiction books.
Following the brief orbit of the first man-made satellite Sputnik I by the USSR in 1957, he wrote more nonfiction, particularly popular science books, and less science fiction. He began publishing nonfiction as co-author of a college-level textbook called Biochemistry and Human Metabolism. This lasted until about 1958, all but ending after publication of The Naked Sun (1957). His early career, dominated by science fiction, began with short stories in 1939 and novels in 1950. He wrote on numerous other scientific and non-scientific topics, such as chemistry, astronomy, mathematics, history, biblical exegesis, and literary criticism.Īsimov’s career can be divided into several periods. Examples include Guide to Science, the three-volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov’s Chronology of Science and Discovery. 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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