Magic - Hardcover
A collection of 24 of of Isaac Asimov's latest collection of fantasy writing, containing all his fantasy stories that have never before appeared in book form.
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‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age...It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
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‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’
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‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’
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Isaac Asimov was born in 1920 in Russia and was brought to the USA by his parents three years later. He grew up in Brooklyn and attended Columbia University. After a short spell in the army, he gained a doctorate and worked in academia and chemical research.
Asimov’s career as a science fiction writer began in 1939 with the short story ‘Marooned Off Vesta’. Thereafter he became a regular contributor to the leading SF magazines of the day. Asimov wrote hundreds of short stories and novels, including the iconic I, Robot and Foundation. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula Award once.
Apart from his world-famous science fiction, Asimov also wrote highly successful detective mystery stories, a four-volume History of North America, a two-volume Guide to the Bible, a biographical dictionary, encyclopaedias, and textbooks, as well as two volumes of autobiography.
Asimov died in 1992 at the age of 72.
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- PublisherHarper Voyager
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0002246228
- ISBN 13 9780002246224
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780002246224
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Voyager 1996 First Edition in the UK First Printing Slightly bumped at top and bruised at base of spine and lower front corner and page edges lightly browned else Fine book in like, lightly worn, Dust Jacket Publishers' Introduction; To Your Health; The Critic on the Hearth; It's a Job; Baby, It's Cold Outside; The Time Traveler; Wine is a Mocker; The Mad Scientist; The Fable of the Three Princes; March Against the Foe; Northwestward; Princess Delightful and the Flameless Dragon and Twenty pieces On Fantasy and Beyond. Book. Seller Inventory # 113130
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Book Description Hardback: 9½" x 6¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cover Art: Richard Rossiter (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. © 1996: A collection of short stories & essays on Fantasy by Isaac Asimov. 1st UK edition, 1st printing:- Contents: The Final Fantasy Stories: To Your Health / The Critic On The Hearth / It's A Job / Baby, It's Cold Outside / The Time Traveler / Wine Is A Mocker / The Mad Scientist / The Fable Of The Three Princes / March Against The Foe / Northwestward / Prince Delightful And The Flameless Dragon. On Fantasy: Magic / Sword And Sorcery / Concerning Tolkien / In Days Of Old / Giants In The Earth / When Fantasy Became Fantasy / The Reluctant Critic / The Unicorn / Unknown / Extraordinary Voyages / Fairy Tales / Dear Judy-Lynn / Fantasy. Beyond Fantasy: Reading And Writing / The Right Answer / Ignorance In America / Knock Plastic! / Lost In Non-translation / Look Long Upon A Monkey / Thinking About Thinking:- Synopsis: Isaac Asimov and science fiction are one and the same to millions of readers. He was the field's transcendent genius, its reigning prophet, its genial patriarch, and its most prolific author. Over his fifty-year career, 'the good doctor' saw the literature he loved - and indeed helped create and nurture - grow from a tiny pulp subculture to a worldwide imaginative empire that has changed not only our books but our movies, our enthusiasms, even our dreams. In the process, a shy kid from Brooklyn became the most famous science fiction author the world has ever known. But Asimov also wrote fantasy, and invariably of an enduring quality. 'Magic' is his final original collection, containing all of his uncollected fantasy stories that have never appeared in book form. Wry and witty, they carry his unique, personal stamp of rationalism and logic. This final collection of Asimov's best-loved fantasy stories assembles his most popular tales of the two-centimeter demon Azazel, with his tiny red horns and belly the size of a BB (was this a wishful projection on the good doctor's part?). Here also are his most conventional but equally enchanting fables in the classic fairy-tale mode, complete with magical coins, lustful princes, and even a flameless dragon. Not to mention a delightful almost-fantasy about batman's old age! But while fiction is priceless, perhaps most valuable in this farewell collection are Asimov's writings on the field of fantasy itself. Here are the fascinating musings of a wide-ranging intelligence, discussing everything from Tolkien to Spielberg, from unicorns to King Arthur, from the differences between maidens and damsels to the speed of Seven League Boots - scientifically calculated at last! 'Magic' is the last word on fantasy by the renowned science fiction author. Though Isaac Asimov had fun writing all his works, these are the stories he wrote for fun. They are an essential part of his irreplaceable legacy:- (original cost unmarked). Seller Inventory # 18.004.00081
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