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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Author 190 / Writer 2 / Creator · 1945 – 2010 · 🎬 2 📺 1 📖 190 · 🇷🇺 Russia

Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction, including guides to the Bible and Shakespeare.

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Science Fiction and Philosophy -- second edition

Science Fiction and Philosophy -- second edition

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2010

Prentice Hall Literature--Language and Literacy

Prentice Hall Literature--Language and Literacy

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2010

Glencoe literature--the reader's choice--course 4

Glencoe literature--the reader's choice--course 4

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2006

Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Eight

Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Eight

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2005

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

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2002

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

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1998

Detective stories

Detective stories

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1998

Gold

Gold

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1995

I. Asimov

I. Asimov

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1994

I, Robot

I, Robot

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1994

Fantasy Stories

Fantasy Stories

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1994

The Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Complete Stories, Volume 1

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1993

Forward the Foundation

Forward the Foundation

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1993

Sci Fi Private Eye

Sci Fi Private Eye

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1993

The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories

The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories

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1992

The Positronic Man

The Positronic Man

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1992

The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction

The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction

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1991

Atom

Atom

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1991

The ugly little boy

The ugly little boy

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1991

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

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1991

Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers, and other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers, and other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

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1990

Robot Visions

Robot Visions

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1990

Venus

Venus

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1990

Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery

Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery

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1989

Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult

Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult

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1989

Frontiers

Frontiers

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1989

The New Hugo Winners, Volume I

The New Hugo Winners, Volume I

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1989

Murder in New England

Murder in New England

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1989

The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction

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1989

Science fiction, science fact

Science fiction, science fact

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1989

Norby down to earth

Norby down to earth

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1989

Nemesis

Nemesis

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1989

Earth

Earth

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1988

Ghosts

Ghosts

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1988

Our Milky Way and other galaxies

Our Milky Way and other galaxies

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1988

Did comets kill the dinosaurs?

Did comets kill the dinosaurs?

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1988

Saturn

Saturn

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1988

How Was the Universe Born?

How Was the Universe Born?

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1988

Azazel

Azazel

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1988

Prelude to Foundation

Prelude to Foundation

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1988

The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction

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1988

The Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century

The Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century

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1988

Science Fiction Stories

Science Fiction Stories

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1988

Spaceships & spells

Spaceships & spells

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1987

Fantastic Voyage II

Fantastic Voyage II

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1987

101 Science Fiction Stories

101 Science Fiction Stories

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1986

Foundation and Earth

Foundation and Earth

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1986

Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

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1986

Novels (Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Foundation's Edge / Second Foundation)

Novels (Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Foundation's Edge / Second Foundation)

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1986

Young Star Travelers

Young Star Travelers

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1986

The Norby Chronicles (Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot / Norby's Other Secret)

The Norby Chronicles (Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot / Norby's Other Secret)

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1986

Mammoth Book of Short Fantasy Novels

Mammoth Book of Short Fantasy Novels

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1986

The Time Travellers

The Time Travellers

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1985

The Subatomic Monster

The Subatomic Monster

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1985

Robots and Empire

Robots and Empire

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1985

Young Monsters

Young Monsters

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1985

Great Science Fiction

Great Science Fiction

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1985

Asimov's Guide to Halley's comet

Asimov's Guide to Halley's comet

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1985

Treasury of American Horror Stories

Treasury of American Horror Stories

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1985

Young extraterrestrials

Young extraterrestrials

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1984

Works (Foundation / I, Robot)

Works (Foundation / I, Robot)

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1984

Supermen

Supermen

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1984

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space

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1984

Machines That Think

Machines That Think

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1984

Norby's other secret

Norby's other secret

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1984

Norby, the Mixed-up Robot

Norby, the Mixed-up Robot

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1983

The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr

The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr

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1983

Computer Crimes and Capers

Computer Crimes and Capers

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1983

Hallucination Orbit

Hallucination Orbit

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1983

Caught in the Organ Draft

Caught in the Organ Draft

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1983

'X' Stands for Unknown [17 essays]

'X' Stands for Unknown [17 essays]

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1983

Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century

Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century

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1983

The Winds of Change and Other Stories

The Winds of Change and Other Stories

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1983

The Robots of Dawn

The Robots of Dawn

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1983

Counting the Eons [17 essays]

Counting the Eons [17 essays]

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1983

Great Science Fiction Stories

Great Science Fiction Stories

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1982

The Complete Robot

The Complete Robot

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1982

Exploring the earth and the cosmos

Exploring the earth and the cosmos

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1982

Isaac Asimov presents the best fantasy of the 19th century

Isaac Asimov presents the best fantasy of the 19th century

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1982

Asimov on science fiction [55 essays]

Asimov on science fiction [55 essays]

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1981

The sun shines bright

The sun shines bright

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1981

Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century

Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century

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1981

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

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1980

The great science fiction series

The great science fiction series

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1980

Jupiter

Jupiter

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1980

Microcosmic Tales

Microcosmic Tales

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1980

Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts

Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts

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1979

Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- Volume 1, 1939

Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- Volume 1, 1939

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1979

The Science Fictional Solar System

The Science Fictional Solar System

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1979

Nebula Winners Twelve

Nebula Winners Twelve

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1978

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

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1978

The Road to Science Fiction From Heinlein to Here

The Road to Science Fiction From Heinlein to Here

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1977

How did we find out about outer space?

How did we find out about outer space?

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1977

Foundation's Edge

Foundation's Edge

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1977

The Collapsing Universe

The Collapsing Universe

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1977

Robbie

Robbie

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1976

Murder at the ABA

Murder at the ABA

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1976

The heavenly host

The heavenly host

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1975

Buy Jupiter, and other stories

Buy Jupiter, and other stories

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1975

Before the Golden Age, Book 3

Before the Golden Age, Book 3

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1974

Asimov on chemistry [17 essays]

Asimov on chemistry [17 essays]

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1974

Wandering Stars

Wandering Stars

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1974

School and society through science fiction

School and society through science fiction

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1974

Today and Tomorrow and ... [32 essays]

Today and Tomorrow and ... [32 essays]

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1973

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Novels (Lucky Starr and the big sun of Mercury / Lucky Starr and the oceans of Venus)

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1973

Tales beyond time

Tales beyond time

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1973

Nebula Award Stories Eight

Nebula Award Stories Eight

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1973

Science Fiction Hall of Fame--Volume Two B

Science Fiction Hall of Fame--Volume Two B

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1973

Please explain

Please explain

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1973

Jupiter, the largest planet

Jupiter, the largest planet

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1973

The tragedy of the moon

The tragedy of the moon

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1973

The sun

The sun

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1972

A spectrum of worlds

A spectrum of worlds

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1972

Novels (David Starr, space ranger / Lucky Starr and the pirates of the asteroids)

Novels (David Starr, space ranger / Lucky Starr and the pirates of the asteroids)

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1972

Comets and meteors

Comets and meteors

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1972

The Left Hand of the Electron [17 essays]

The Left Hand of the Electron [17 essays]

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1972

The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves

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1972

Stories from The Hugo Winners, Volume 2

Stories from The Hugo Winners, Volume 2

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1971

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?

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1971

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume One

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume One

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1970

Twentieth Century Discovery

Twentieth Century Discovery

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1969

Nightfall

Nightfall

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1969

ABC's of space

ABC's of space

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1969

The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction

The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction

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1968

The Future Makers

The Future Makers

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1968

Is Anyone There? [37 essays]

Is Anyone There? [37 essays]

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1967

Mars

Mars

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1967

Tomorrow's children

Tomorrow's children

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1966

Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

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1966

The noble gases

The noble gases

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1966

The Moon

The Moon

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1966

The Universe

The Universe

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1966

Beyond belief

Beyond belief

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1966

Understanding Physics

Understanding Physics

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1966

The Electron, Proton and Neutron

The Electron, Proton and Neutron

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1966

Motion, Sound, and Heat

Motion, Sound, and Heat

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1966

Giants Unleashed

Giants Unleashed

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1965

Of Time and Space and Other Things [17 essays]

Of Time and Space and Other Things [17 essays]

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1965

Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology

Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology

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1964

Adding a dimension

Adding a dimension

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1964

A Short History of Biology

A Short History of Biology

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1964

Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus

Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus

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1963

Fifty short science fiction tales

Fifty short science fiction tales

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1963

The Human Brain

The Human Brain

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1963

More Penguin Science Fiction

More Penguin Science Fiction

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1963

The Human Body

The Human Body

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1963

The Expert Dreamers

The Expert Dreamers

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1962

The Hugo Winners [volume I]

The Hugo Winners [volume I]

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1962

Life and energy

Life and energy

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1962

The Hugo Winners, Volumes one and two

The Hugo Winners, Volumes one and two

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1962

The Hugo Winners, Volume Four (1976 - 1979)

The Hugo Winners, Volume Four (1976 - 1979)

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1962

Great science fiction by scientists

Great science fiction by scientists

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1962

The kingdom of the sun

The kingdom of the sun

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1960

The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science

The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science

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1960

The Biological Sciences

The Biological Sciences

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1960

The Wellsprings of Life

The Wellsprings of Life

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1960

Words of science, and the history behind them

Words of science, and the history behind them

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1959

Nine tomorrows

Nine tomorrows

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1959

The clock we live on

The clock we live on

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1959

Breakthroughs in Science

Breakthroughs in Science

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1959

Lucky Starr and The Rings of Saturn

Lucky Starr and The Rings of Saturn

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1958

The world of nitrogen

The world of nitrogen

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1958

The World of Carbon

The World of Carbon

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1958

Earth is Room Enough

Earth is Room Enough

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1957

Building blocks of the universe

Building blocks of the universe

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1957

Only a Trillion [14 essays]

Only a Trillion [14 essays]

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1957

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter

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1957

Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury

Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury

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1956

Inside the atom

Inside the atom

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1956

The Martian Way and Other Stories

The Martian Way and Other Stories

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1955

The End of Eternity

The End of Eternity

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1955

The Chemicals of Life

The Chemicals of Life

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1954

The Robot Novels

The Robot Novels

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1954

Beyond the barriers of space and time

Beyond the barriers of space and time

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1954

The Naked Sun

The Naked Sun

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1954

The Caves of Steel

The Caves of Steel

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1953

Second Foundation

Second Foundation

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1953

Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids

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1953

David Starr - Space Ranger

David Starr - Space Ranger

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1952

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

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1952

Biochemistry and human metabolism

Biochemistry and human metabolism

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1952

The Currents of Space

The Currents of Space

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1952

Tomorrow, the Stars

Tomorrow, the Stars

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1952

The Stars, Like Dust

The Stars, Like Dust

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1951

Foundation

Foundation

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1951

The Foundation Trilogy

The Foundation Trilogy

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1950

Les Robots

Les Robots

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1950

Pebble in the Sky

Pebble in the Sky

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1950

Adventures in Time and Space

Adventures in Time and Space

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1946

Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire

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1945

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