Asimov on Science Fiction
Asimov on Science Fiction (ISBN 0-586-05840-0) is a 1981 non-fiction work by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It is a collection of short essays dealing with various aspects of science fiction. Many of the essays are (slightly edited versions of) editorials from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
![](../I/m/AsimovOnScienceFiction.jpg)
Cover of the first UK edition, published by Grenada.
Contents
Asimov wrote forewords to the essays in order to bind the collection together and grouped them in the following sections:
- Science Fiction in General
- The Writing of Science Fiction
- The Predictions of Science Fiction
- The History of Science Fiction
- Science Fiction Writers
- Science Fiction Fans
- Science Fiction Reviews
- Science Fiction and I
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Asimov on Science Fiction for White Dwarf #47, and stated that "If you enjoy Asimov's good-humoured essay style, and don't mind bittiness and repetition, this is an interesting collection to dip into."[1]
gollark: I'll just invert time.
gollark: Wrong on all 3 counts!
gollark: Your feeble mind cannot understand, lyricly.
gollark: I am downloading rustc onto my tablet. None are safe.
gollark: The chunks could be indexed by start/end time and stored in a DB of some kind.
References
- Langford, Dave (November 1983). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (Issue 47): 16.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.