Isaac Asimov
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Cool book alert: 'The Art of Osamu Tezuka'...in America. Why does this matter? You don't need to know who made Astro Boy to enjoy it, but imagine the history of science fiction without Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry, and George Lucas. You can watch or read science fiction... In this article: Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, God, Walt Disney, Manga, Katsuhiro Otomo, Inkpot Award, World War II, DVD, and Jules Verne |
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Hollywood.com - Recent News | March 24, 2009
SyFy, Say It's Not So!
...the switch? And the first thing that was on the screen was "Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry," members of the Channel's Board of Advisors, who both, regrettably died shortly before the channel launched. At the...
In this article: Sci Fi Channel, SyFy, Gene Roddenberry, Sci Fi Channel, Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy
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Wikipedia | November 06, 2009
Isaac Asimov
...writing a weekly series. Asimov corrected himself with a follow-up essay to TV Guide claiming despite its inaccuracies, that Star Trek was a fresh and intellectually challenging science fiction television show. The two remained friends to...
In this article: Foundation series, God, History, Janet Asimov, James Gunn, Nightfall, Paul McCartney, Black Widowers, and Sputnik I
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New York Times | September 22, 2008
Joan Winston, 'Trek' Superfan, Dies at 77
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the series, showed up. So did the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, not to mention fans dressed as Klingons, Tribbles and Bele from the planet Ceron. NASA delivered a scaled-down lunar module and a...
In this article: Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner, NASA, Tribbles, Klingons, Starship Enterprise, and Manhattan
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Syfy
...and classic Universal horror films such as ''Dracula and Frankenstein. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and author Isaac Asimov were among those on the advisory board. In 1994, Paramount was sold to Viacom, followed by Seagram's purchase...
In this article: Sci Fi, USA Networks, NBC Universal, Universal Studios, Sci Fi Channel, Sci Fi Wire, Manga Entertainment, Seagram, and Vivendi
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
...that the concept of a living machine was too far-fetched. The executives consulted Asimov: if the writer decided a sentient machine was plausible, the ending could stay. Asimov loved the ending, but made one small suggestion; he felt...
In this article: Gene Roddenberry, Enterprise, Paramount Pictures, Robert Wise, Douglas Trumbull, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Wars, James T. Kirk, and V'ger
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992; originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов), was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 9,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (the sole exception being the 100s; philosophy and psychology).
Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime.
Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, an accolade that many still find persuasive. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.
- Birth Date:
- January 01, 0002
- Birthplace:
- Petrovichi, RSFSR
- Death Date:
- April 06, 1992
- Place of Death:
- New York, New York, U.S.
- Occupation:
- Novelist, Short-story Writer, Essayist, Historian, Biochemist, Textbook Writer, Humorist
- Debut Work:
- "Marooned Off Vesta", an S.F. short story
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