At one time, I had all but 5 of the first 100 books Isaac Asimov ever wrote. Then I got distracted by college, work, family obligations...the usual case of Life. I still have those 95 books.

This book takes selected quotes from each of those first hundred and intersperses them with biographical anecdotes. I would often recommend it to friends who had never read any of Asimov's work as a starter book. It is true that his unadorned writing style is not to everybody's taste, but I always enjoyed his clear, concise writing in both fiction and nonfiction.

If you can find a copy of this book, I still recommend it.