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A masterly collection of 24 stories by the world's greatest SF writer From backyard miracles to cosmic conundrums, enter the incredible world of Isaac Asimov. Spanning twenty-three years of Asimov's amazing career, these stories display to the full the exhilarating power of one of science fiction's most astonishing writers. Each tale is accompanied by Asimov's own intriguing account of how and why it came to be written.

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We are apparently destined to see the entire Asimov oeuvre recycled between hard covers in our lifetime. This volume takes us from Later Early Asimov (1950) to the Very Recent (1973), proving that he has never outgrown that callow passion for trivial punch lines and wise-ass effects - which work brilliantly about once out of every ten tries. The title story (extraterrestrial Mad. Ave. types) and Rain, Rain, Go Away (a what's-with-the-family-next-door variant) click; most of the other 22 are pretty thin. (Kirkus Reviews)

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Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) Isaac Asimov was one of the most famous, honoured and widely read science fiction authors of all time. Born in Russia but raised in the USA, his career as an SF writer began in 1939 with 'Marooned Off Vesta', in Amazing Stories. His output was prolific by any standards - in a career spanning five decades, he wrote more than four hundred books, won six Hugos, two Nebulas and the SFWA Grand Master Award, among many others, and provided pleasure and insight to millions of readers. He died in 1992 at the age of 72.

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