Isaac Asimov Short Stories Bibliography
This list of short stories by Isaac Asimov is divided into published collections (along with a list of short stories which were noted by Asimov as having never been published in a collection, due to having been lost). Note, though, that some of his novels, such as Foundation, could also be considered short story collections, because they were originally published serially in stories that were relatively self-contained. Azazel and Magic contain fantasy stories – the other non-mystery collections contain mostly science fiction.
Read more about Isaac Asimov Short Stories Bibliography: Unpublished/lost Short Stories, I, Robot (1950), The Martian Way and Other Stories (1955), Earth Is Room Enough (1957), Nine Tomorrows (1959), The Rest of The Robots (1964), Through A Glass, Clearly (1967), Asimov's Mysteries (1968), Nightfall and Other Stories (1969), The Early Asimov (1972), Tales of The Black Widowers (1974), Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975), The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976), More Tales of The Black Widowers (1976), Casebook of The Black Widowers (1980), The Union Club Mysteries (1983), The Winds of Change and Other Stories (1983), Banquets of The Black Widowers (1984), Azazel (1988), Puzzles of The Black Widowers (1990), Gold (1995), Magic (1996), The Return of The Black Widowers (2003)
Famous quotes containing the words isaac asimov, isaac, asimov, short and/or stories:
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.... This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.”
—Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
“Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.”
—Bible: Hebrew Jacob, in Genesis, 27:11.
To his mother Rebekah, explaining how the blind Isaac might discover the ploy of his pretending to be Esau. “Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.” (25:27)
“Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise—even in their own field.”
—Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
“Language was not powerful enough to describe the infant phenomenon. “I’ll tell you what, sir,” he said; “the talent of this child is not to be imagined. She must be seen, sir—seen—to be ever so faintly appreciated.”... The infant phenomenon, though of short stature, had a comparatively aged countenance, and had moreover been precisely the same age—not perhaps to the full extent of the memory of the oldest inhabitant, but certainly for five good years.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.”
—Eudora Welty (b. 1909)