100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
by Isaac Asimov (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Joseph D. Olander (Editor)
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A collection of 100 science fiction short stories.Tags
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I can't begin to count the number of times I have re-read this incredible collection of science fiction super-shorts. You can flip it open to any page, and find yourself at or near the beginning of a masterpiece of brevity. The ideas that can get developed in only three or four pages or less (my favorite in the collection is only one sentence long) are astounding.
Adding to the depth of the stories is the breadth of authorship: Asimov to Zelazny and almost all points in between. There literally is something for every SF reader in here.
Highly recommended.
Adding to the depth of the stories is the breadth of authorship: Asimov to Zelazny and almost all points in between. There literally is something for every SF reader in here.
Highly recommended.
I do love 'flash fiction' in SF. There is some drivel in here, but enough very good stories that I think I'll keep this for awhile, instead of immediately releasing it.
I still love a good short story (I consider it a true art form)
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Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at show more the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
- Original title
- 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
- Original publication date
- 1978-03
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.087608 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Collections
- LCC
- PS648 .S3 .O595 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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- Languages
- Dutch, English
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- Paper
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