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ISSAC ASIMOV'S TOMORROW'S VOICES. Collected by the Editors of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
New York: The Dial Press / Davis Publications, Inc., [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Original anthology collecting fifteen stories by Jayge Carr, David Brin, Mary R. Gentle and others, and a poem by Bruce Boston.
BEFORE THE GOLDEN AGE: A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY OF THE 1930S.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Label signed by Asimov affixed to front free end paper. An important collection of fiction (nearly 1,000 pages) from SF pulps published between 1931 and early 1938 with twenty-six stories by Edmond Hamilton, Clifford D. Simak, Jack Williamson, Murray Leinster, Donald Wandrei, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and others arranged chronologically with autobiographical commentary and evaluation of the authors and their stories by Asimov. Includes the Isaac Asimov story "Big Game" written in 1936 and according to the introduction this is the first publication. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1997) 2-2].
NEBULA AWARD STORIES EIGHT.
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1973]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collects eight stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Frederik Pohl, William Rotsler, Joanna Russ, Harlan Ellison, Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg and Ppul Anderson. Also includes a sections on Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1364].
FOUR FUTURES: FOUR ORIGINAL NOVELLAS OF SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Anthology of four stories based on themes suggested by Isaac Asimov.
NORBY AND THE LOST PRINCESS.
New York: Walker and Company, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The third Norby book.
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Boston: Twayne Publishers [Gregg Press], [1978]. Octavo, cloth. Later editions. First editions by this publisher. First published by Doubleday as by "Paul French," ( pseudonym). The complete Lucky Starr series. New preface by Isaac Asimov.
ISAAC ASIMOV: A CHECKLIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 1939-MAY 1972.
[Kent]: The Kent State University Press, [1972]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Lists fiction and nonfiction by Asimov published in books and magazines, plus selected secondary material on Asimov and his writings. Brief introductory note by Asimov. [Reference: Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 273].
THE SCIENCE FICTION WEIGHT-LOSS BOOK.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects fifteen stories by R. A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, William Tenn, Kit Reed, Stephen King, and others. Includes "Gladys's Gregory" by John Anthony West and other dystopian tales.
THE ALTERNATE ASIMOVS.
Garden City: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Asimov on the title page. Collects "Grow Old Along With Me," the original novella-length version of novel Pebble in the Sky, the original novelette-length version of novel The End of Eternity, and the previously unpublished first version and published version of "Belief," with introduction and afterword by Asimov.
ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects 13 science fiction mystery stories.
ASIMOV'S SHERLOCKIAN LIMERICKS.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1978. Small octavo, illustrated by Gahan Wilson, cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist. Sixty limericks, one for each of the sixty tales of the Sherlockian canon.
BANQUETS OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Asimov on the title page. The fourth collection of Black Widower stories. [Reference: Hubin, p. 34].
THE BEST OF ISAAC ASIMOV.
Garden City: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Generic inscription and signed by Asimov on the title page. Collects twelve stories selected by the author from 1939-1972. Introduction by Asimov. Preceded by the British edition published in 1973.
THE BICENTENNIAL MAN AND OTHER STORIES.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Octavo, boards. First edition. The title story was the winner of both the Hugo (1977) and Nebula (1977) awards for best novelette. Title story is also the basis for the Robin Williams film. Other artificial intelligence and machine stories present here are "Feminine Intuition," "The Life and Times of Multivac," and "That Thou Art Mindful of Him." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-25].
THE CAVES OF STEEL.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Asimov's human detective and his robot partner solve a murder on an overpopulated future Earth where its human inhabitants live in underground hives, "a hectic, tenuously self-sustaining underworld machine of housing cells, factories, tunnels, and life-support mechanisms so intricate and interdependent that any impediment of its delicate rhythm would send the whole apparatus into fatal shock" (Berger, p. 31). The bureaucratized humans, afraid of the open air and too timid to go to the stars to solve their overpopulation problem, will perish, doomed by the strain on their complex life support systems. Asimov's first robot novel. "A richly characterized, thoughtfully told story; justifiably a favorite among Asimov's readers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-42. "Asimov's tour de force ..." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 318-21. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 245].
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Guisti, boards. First edition. "... an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire (about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series). A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 83.
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Guisti, boards. First edition. "... an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire (about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series). A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 83.
THE CURRENTS OF SPACE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Guisti, boards. First edition. "... an effective standalone blend of mystery and adventure on a world where unspecified disaster has been foretold by a highly specialist expert now lost to amnesia." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Minor early Asimov set against the interstellar background of the Trantorian Empire (about to become the galactic empire of the 'Foundation' series). A complex adventure with an anti-racist theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 83.
THE EARLY ASIMOV OR, ELEVEN YEARS OF TRYING.
Garden City, NY: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Asimov to Joe Wrzos on the title half title page. Joseph Wrzos (1929-2023) was a long time fan, professional editor, researcher and recipient of the First Fandom Hall of Fame (2016). Collects twenty-seven stories (1939-1949) with autobiographical commentary by Asimov. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-45].
THE EARLY ASIMOV OR, ELEVEN YEARS OF TRYING.
Garden City, NY: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twenty-seven stories (1939-1949) with autobiographical commentary by Asimov. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-45].
THE END OF ETERNITY.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. Octavo, illustrated by Mel Hunter, cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters, making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries, keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels, preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 120. "... a complex, thoughtful story of time travel, time paradoxes and time police, considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Perhaps Asimov's best early novel..." Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-18.
THE END OF ETERNITY.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. Octavo, jacket illustration by Mel Hunter, cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters, making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries, keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels, preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 120. "... a complex, thoughtful story of time travel, time paradoxes and time police, considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Perhaps Asimov's best early novel..." Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-18.
THE END OF ETERNITY.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. Octavo, jacket illustration by Mel Hunter, cloth. First edition. Eternals police human history against disasters, making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries, keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels, preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 120. "... a complex, thoughtful story of time travel, time paradoxes and time police, considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Perhaps Asimov's best early novel..." Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-18.
FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Nebula nominee for 1966. Filmed in 1966 by Richard Fleischer with Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, and Donald Pleasance. This is a novelization of the screenplay. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-43].
FOUNDATION AND EARTH.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "The space travelers from FOUNDATION'S EDGE journey from the sentient world of Gaia to Earth via various ancient planets familiar to readers of Asimov's "Robot" stories. More bloated, talky stuff for readers who are well steeped in the author's earlier works." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 143. Includes a continuation of the eutopia in FOUNDATION'S EDGE and some dystopia.