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Asimov on science fiction

1st ed.
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Contains 55 essays on science fiction.

Publish Date
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
334

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Sobre La Ciencia Ficcion
Sobre La Ciencia Ficcion
October 1999, Sudamericana
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Sobre LA Ciencia Ficcion/Asimov on Science Fiction
Sobre LA Ciencia Ficcion/Asimov on Science Fiction
November 1986, Edhasa
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Asimov on science fiction
Asimov on science fiction
1984, Panther
Paperback in English
Cover of: Asimov on science fiction
Asimov on science fiction
1983, Granada
in English
Cover of: Asimov
Asimov: onscience fiction
1983, Granada
in English
Cover of: Asimov on Science Fiction
Asimov on Science Fiction
Apr 01, 1982, Avon Books
Cover of: Asimov on science fiction
Asimov on science fiction
1981, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
Garden City, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.3/876
Library of Congress
PN3433.5 .A8

The Physical Object

Pagination
334 p. ;
Number of pages
334

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4093490M
Internet Archive
asimovonsciencef0000asim
ISBN 10
0385174438
LCCN
80002246
OCLC/WorldCat
6815214
Library Thing
291629
Goodreads
774243

Work Description

Collection of short essays dealing with various aspects of science fiction. Many of the essays are (slightly edited versions of) editorials from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

My Own View
Extraordinary Voyages
The Name of Our Field
The Universe of Science Fiction
Adventure!
Hints
By No Means Vulgar
Learning Device
It's a Funny Thing
The Mosaic and the Plate Glass
The Scientist As Villain
The Vocabulary of Science Fiction
Try to Write!
How Easy to See the Future!
The Dreams of Science Fiction
The Prescientific Universe
Science Fiction and Society
Science Fiction, 1938
How Science Fiction Came to Be Big Business
The Boom in Science Fiction
Golden Age Ahead
Beyond Our Brain
The Myth of the Machine
Science Fiction from the Soviet Union
More Science Fiction from the Soviet Union
The First Science Fiction Novel
The First Science Fiction Writer
The Hole in the Middle
The Science Fiction Breakthrough
Big, Big, Big
The Campbell Touch
Reminiscences of Peg
Horace
The Second Nova
Ray Bradbury
Arthur C. Clarke
The Dean of Science Fiction
The Brotherhood of Science Fiction
Our Conventions
The Hugo
Anniversaries
The Letter Column
The Articles of Science Fiction
Rejection Slips
What Makes Good Science Fiction?
1984
The Ring of Evil
The Answer to Star Wars?
Speculative Fiction
The Reluctant Critic
There's Nothing Like a Good Foundation
The Wendell Urth Series
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Hollywood and I
The Prolific Writer

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