Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction

Book info: Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction (Hardcover, 288 pages) – Scarecrow Press, 1996. Language: English.

Harvard's George C. Simpson called the late Isaac Asimov "one of our natural wonders and national resources," for his hundreds of nonfiction works on science, mathematics, history, and literature. Asimov, however, is best known as a science fiction writer. This second edition, "Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction", updates and expands science fiction scholar James Gunn's definitive, Hugo Award-winning critical volume about Asimov and his contributions to the science fiction genre. A concluding chapter analyzes Asimov's best-sellers. Those interested in Asimov and science fiction will want Gunn's study, with its insider's look at the most prolific author of the twentieth century, its chronology, selected list of critical works, and bibliography. Editorial Reviews About the Author James Gunn is a retired professor of English at the University of Kansas and Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction. He has written twelve novels, five collections of short stories, and "Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction".