Fiction

Foundational 1943 Golden Age stories, written by talented amateurs, invented new professionalism, exploring core ideas with boundless creative confidence.

It details seven failures—from gadgetry to emotional sterility—to guide speculative fiction toward logical clarity and profound human consequence.

This collection captures wartime anxieties, exploring civilization's fragility, authority, and hidden control through diverse works, notably Asimov’s foundational Foundation.

Microcosmic Tales collects 100 short-shorts, defined by Asimov as the purest speculative thought, distilling vast ideas of logic, irony, and the cosmic perspective.

Asimov's Space Mail collects SF stories using letters and reports to explore communication, isolation, and the persistence of the written human voice across cosmic distance.

n Asimov's "The Singing Bell," a clever criminal's Moon-heist and perfect alibi are challenged. An Earth-bound detective uses scientific deduction to expose the audacious deception.

"The Science Fictional Solar System" is an anthology edited by Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh, featuring science fiction stories about the solar system, contrasted with evolving scientific knowledge.

A matter-conversion discovery creates "plastoscene," shrinking Earth. Descendants lead a revolution to democratize the technology, addressing resource consumption and saving the dwindling planet.

Asimov's 1939 science fiction anthology spotlights pivotal stories and authors who transformed pulp fiction into respected literature, exploring diverse themes amidst a world in turmoil.

An Earthman seeks a "pineal chemical" from emotionless Martians to save democracy. They compel him to discover humanity's true "weapon" through self-reliance, not direct aid.

Andrew, a robot, pursues humanity by gaining freedom, an organic body, and ultimately embracing mortality, becoming "The Bicentennial Man." Asimov won awards for this pivotal story.

This anthology, edited by Isaac Asimov and others, features 100 great fantasy short-short stories. It promises brief excursions into the boundless world of the fantastic.