ISAAC ASIMOV
American author (1920-1992)
Biography:
Isaac Asimov was bron in Petrovichi, Russia, in 1920. He was brought by his parents to Brooklyn at the age of three. Trained in chemistry at Columbia University, Asimov chose to forge his life as writer of science fiction. At the young age of 18, when he was still studying, he sold his first story to the magazine Amazing Stories. His first science-fiction novel, Pebble in the Sky, appeared in 1950, and his first science book, a biochemistry text written with two colleagues, in 1953. In 1958, Asimov turned to writing full-time.
He has become one of the most popular science-fiction writer of all times. His prolific production, totalling around 500 works (science-fiction books, detective stories and non-fiction writings), has earned him a worldwide reputation.
In 1987, the Science-fiction Writers of America presented him the Grand Master Award for a lifetime's achievement and works. He died on the 6th April 1992. His ashes were scattered around.
Isaac Asimov's works:
His best-known work is The Foundation Trilogy, which comprises Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952) and Second Foundation (1953). The story line narrates the fall of a great galactic empire and the efforts of the Foundations, set up by psychohistorian Hari Seldon, to shorten the millennia of barbarism destined to follow.
During the 50s, he wrote a lot and mainly published some books on Starr: David Starr: Space Ranger (1952) The Currents of Space (1952), Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1953), Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1954), The End of Eternity (1955), The Martian Way and Other Stories (1955), Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1956), The Naked Sun (1957), Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1957)and Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (1958)
His 1972 novel The Gods Themselves was a magnificent success, winning him his first Nebula and his first novel Hugo. His latest works were also remarkable, with some sequels of Foundation Trilogy and some stories on robots, one of his favourite topics: Foundation's Edge (1982), The Robots