Isaac Asimov was born in 1920 in Russia and was brought to the USA
by his parents three years later. He grew up in Brooklyn and
attended Columbia University. After a short spell in the army, he
gained a doctorate and worked in academia and chemical
research.
Asimov's career as a science fiction writer began in 1939 with the
short story 'Marooned Off Vesta'. Thereafter he became a regular
contributor to the leading SF magazines of the day. Asimov wrote
hundreds of short stories and novels, including the iconic I, Robot
and Foundation. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula
Award once.
Apart from his world-famous science fiction, Asimov also wrote
highly successful detective mystery stories, a four-volume History
of North America, a two-volume Guide to the Bible, a biographical
dictionary, encyclopedias, and textbooks, as well as two volumes of
autobiography.
Asimov died in 1992 at the age of 72.
‘One of the classic presentations of the womb-city, metropolis as
mother, which has haunted imaginations ever since… The Caves of
Steel and The Naked Sun are the best books Isaac Asimov ever
wrote’
The Guardian ‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the
age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in
how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book,
article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
Carl Sagan ‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations
in science fiction’
Daily Telegraph ‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in
science fiction’
The Times
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