The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

ASIMOV, ISAAC (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Norby and the Queen’s Necklace (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _Norby and Yobo’s Great Adventure (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _The Norby Chronicles (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _Norby Down to Earth (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _Norby Finds a Villain (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _Norby Through Time and Space (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _Norby: Robot for Hire (with Janet Jeppson Asimov) See entry under Janet Jeppson Asimov.
• * _Oceans of Venus (Lightning 0-340-43121-0, Aug ’88, £1.95, 142pp, pb) [*David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1954, as Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus by Paul French) young-adult sf novel. Volume 3 in the “David Starr” series.
• * *Opus 300 (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36108-7, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $18.95, 377pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational, with material from Asimov’s third set of 100 books, plus the new essay “The Forever Foundation”.
• * *Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov (Crown/Avenel 0-517-64375-8, 1987 [Mar ’88], $8.98, 651pp, hc) Omnibus with the novels The Gods Themselves (1972) and The End of Eternity (1955), plus 12 stories, including the complete contents of The Martian Way (1955). Edited by Martin H. Greenberg, with a new foreword by Asimov. An “instant remainder” book, dated 1987 but not seen until 1988. (Contents)
• * _Our Angry Earth (with Frederik Pohl) See entry under Frederik Pohl.
• * *Our Angry Earth (with Frederik Pohl) (Tor 0-312-85252-5, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Joe Curcio) Associational non-fiction. Two sf writers offer a detailed plan to save the Earth from the human race.
• * _Our Angry Earth (with Frederik Pohl) (Tor 0-812-52096-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.99, 429pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1991) associational non-fiction; Asimov and Pohl’s plan to save the Earth. With a new 30-page afterword/update by Pohl.
• * _Pebble in the Sky (Grafton 0-246-12919-0, Sep ’86, £9.95, 226pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel. Third of the “Galactic Empire” novels.
• * _Pebble in the Sky (Grafton 0-586-06952-6, Sep ’87, £2.95, 226pp, pb) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Galactic Empire” series.
• * _Pebble in the Sky (Doubleday 0-385-41269-X, Feb ’90, $45.00, 223pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel, Asimov’s first novel. This is a special 40th anniversary edition, a signed, numbered, slipcased limited edition of 1,500 copies. This is a facsimile edition, but the book is the size of current Doubleday books rather than the 1950 size, there is some color variation on the cover, and the logo has been redone. There is an enclosed pamphlet with a new Asimov introduction and an editor’s note by Jennifer Brehl.
• * _Pebble in the Sky (Doubleday 0-385-41953-8, Sep ’91, $12.95, 223pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no dustjacket, but the artwork from the forthcoming Bantam Spectra paperback edition is pasted on the front cover.
• * _Pebble in the Sky (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29342-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel, first book of the “Empire” series, prequel to the “Foundation” series.
• * _Pebble in the Sky (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06952-6, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 226pp, pb) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel. This edition includes the 1982 afterword.
• * _Pirates of the Asteroids (Lightning 0-340-42609-8, Jun ’88, £1.95, 144pp, pb) [*David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1953, as Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids by Paul French) young-adult sf novel. Includes Asimov’s 1970 foreword. Volume 2 in the “David Starr” series.
• * *The Positronic Man (with Robert Silverberg) (Gollancz 0-575-04700-3, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £14.99, 223pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.
• * _The Positronic Man (with Robert Silverberg) (Pan 0-330-32811-5, Jun ’93, £8.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) expansion of Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.
• * +The Positronic Man (with Robert Silverberg) (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26342-2, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $22.50, 259pp, hc, cover by Joann Daley) Sf novel based on Asimov’s story “The Bicentennial Man”. First American edition (Gollancz 1992).
• * _The Positronic Man (with Robert Silverberg) (Pan 0-330-33058-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £4.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story “The Bicentennial Man”.
• * _The Positronic Man (with Robert Silverberg) (SFBC #02037, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $7.98, 204pp, hc, cover by Joann Daley) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel based on Asimov’s story “The Bicentennial Man”. Similar to the 1993 Doubleday Foundation edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Positronic Man (with Robert Silverberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56121-9, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) SF novel expanded from Asimov’s story, “The Bicentennial Man”.
• * *Prelude to Foundation (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-23313-2, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $18.95, 403pp, hc) [Foundation] Sf novel, prequel to the “Foundation” series.
• * *Prelude to Foundation (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24585-8, May ’88, $125.00, 403pp, hc) [Foundation] Sf novel. Signed, limited, boxed edition of 500 copies. It appeared after the trade edition but before the Easton Press limited. Lists Doubleday only as publisher on the spine, and does not say First Edition (only the Easton Press limited says First Edition).
• * *Prelude to Foundation (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $35.00, 403pp, hc) [Foundation] Sf novel in the “Foundation” series. Signed, limited, leatherbound First Edition, with an introduction by James Gunn and illustrations by Vincent DiFate. This is the third of the First Editions following the trade edition and a signed Doubleday boxed edition. It’s the best looking and the best bargain. It’s also the only one that says “First Edition” on the copyright page.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (SFBC #13685, Aug ’88 [Oct ’88], $6.98, 432pp, hc) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1988) sf novel in the “Foundation” series.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (Grafton 0-246-13048-2, Oct ’88, £11.95, 461pp, hc) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, tying together the Foundation novels and the Robot novels. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Prelude to Foundation (Grafton Overseas 0-586-07111-3, 1989 [May ’89], £3.99, 461pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel. This special ‘Open Market’ edition is for English-speaking continental Europe only.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27839-8, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.95, 434pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel. Prequel to the classic “Foundation” trilogy and ninth book in Asimov’s complex saga.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (Grafton 0-586-07111-3, Oct ’89, £3.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27839-8, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $5.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, prequel to the “Foundation” trilogy, fifth published book in the “Foundation” series; seventh printing.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (Doubleday 0-385-43301-2, Dec ’91, $12.95, 403pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, prequel to the “Foundation” trilogy, fifth published book in the “Foundation” series. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no dust jacket, but the Steve Youll artwork from the Bantam Spectra paperback edition is pasted on the front cover.
• * _Prelude to Foundation (HarperCollins UK 0-586-07111-3, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 460pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, in the “Foundation” series.
• * *Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 0-385-26264-7, Jan ’90, $19.95, 253pp, hc, cover by James Steinberg) [Black Widowers] Associational collection of 12 mystery stories featuring the Black Widowers club. Three are originals. (Contents)
• * _Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday UK 0-385-40037-3, Apr ’90, £10.95, 254pp, hc) [Black Widowers] Reprint (Doubleday 1990) collection of detective stories. This is the US first edition with a UK dust-jacket.
• * _Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Bantam UK 0-553-40201-3, Apr ’91, £3.99, 254pp, pb) [Black Widowers] Reprint (Doubleday 1990) associational collection of 12 detective stories, featuring the Black Widowers club. Fifth in the series.
• * _The Rest of the Robots (Grafton 0-246-12099-1, Apr ’86, £9.95, 208pp, hc) [Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1964) sf collection.
• * _The Rest of the Robots (HarperCollins UK 0-586-02594-4, Jan ’94, £4.99, 223pp, pb) [Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1964) sf collection.
• * _The Rings of Saturn (Lightning 0-340-49111-6, Feb ’89, £1.99, 144pp, pb) [*David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1958 as David Starr and the Rings of Saturn by Paul French) young-adult sf novel. Volume 6 in the “David Starr” series.
• * *Robot Dreams (Berkley 0-425-09345-X, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $7.95, 349pp, tp) [Robot Series] Collection illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie, “Masterworks of Science Fiction & Fantasy” #5. The title story is original to this collection. (Contents)
• * *Robot Dreams (Berkley 0-425-09346-8, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $50.00, 349pp, hc) [Robot Series] Limited edition hardcover of the above; 350 signed, numbered, boxed copies.
• * _Robot Dreams (Gollancz 0-575-04021-1, Apr ’87, £10.95, 349pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1986) sf collection, including one original story, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Robot Dreams (Gollancz 0-575-04254-0, May ’88, £3.95, 349pp, tp) [Robot Series] Reprint (Berkley 1986) sf collection.
• * _Robot Dreams (Gollancz 0-575-04565-5, Jul ’89, £3.50, 475pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Berkley 1986) sf collection.
• * _Robot Dreams (Ace 0-441-73154-6, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 384pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Berkley 1986) collection of 22 stories, with an introduction by the author and illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Robot Dreams (Vista 0-575-60180-9, Feb ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Berkley 1986) SF collection.
• * *The Robot Novels (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33119-2, Oct ’88 [Aug ’88], $14.95, 671pp, tp) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Omnibus edition, with a new introduction, of The Caves of Steel (1954), The Naked Sun (1957), and The Robots of Dawn (1983). This is a revision of the 1971 omnibus which contained only the first two novels. (Contents)
• * *Robot Visions (NAL/Roc 0-451-45000-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $18.95, 482pp, hc, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Collection of 18 stories (one original) and 16 essays, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * _Robot Visions (Gollancz 0-575-04841-7, Sep ’90, £12.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) collection of 18 stories (one original) and 16 essays, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Robot Visions (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45064-7, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) collection of 18 stories and 16 essays, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Robot Visions (Gollancz 0-575-05056-X, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £5.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) collection of stories and essays about robots, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie.
• * _Robot Visions (Gollancz 0-575-05527-8, Sep ’93, £4.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) sf collection.
• * _Robot Visions (Vista 0-575-60152-3, Feb ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) SF collection.
• * *Robots and Empire (Doubleday 0-385-19092-1, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $16.95, 383pp, hc) [Robot Series; Foundation] Sf novel. This edition is simultaneous with the limited edition from Phantasia.
• * *Robots and Empire (Phantasia 0-932096-37-9, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $50.00, 349pp, hc) [Robot Series; Foundation] This signed, boxed, limited edition (of 650 copies) of Asimov’s sf novel appeared simultaneously with the trade edition.
• * _Robots and Empire (SFBC #1937, Nov ’85, $5.98, 383pp, hc) [Robot Series; Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) sf novel. This is the connecting novel between the Robot series and the pre-Foundation books.
• * _Robots and Empire (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33769-7, Jul ’86, $3.95, 468pp, pb) [Robot Series; Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) sf novel, the book that ties together the two series. International edition.
• * _Robots and Empire (Grafton 0-586-06200-9, Oct ’86, £2.95, 508pp, pb) [Robot Series; Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) sf novel.
• * _Robots and Empire (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32894-9, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $4.50, 468pp, pb) [Robot Series; Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) sf novel, the book that ties together the two series.
• * _Robots and Empire (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06200-9, Jan ’94, £5.99, 508pp, pb) [Robot Series; Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) sf novel.
• * _The Robots of Dawn (SFBC #1965, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $5.98, 408pp, hc) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Robots of Dawn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31571-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.95, 398pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel. The third book in the Robot series. A Hugo nominee.
• * _The Robots of Dawn (Grafton 0-586-06199-1, Apr ’88, £3.50, 477pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reissue (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Robots of Dawn (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06199-1, Jan ’94, £4.99, 477pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Robots of Dawn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29949-2, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf/mystery novel, third book featuring detective Elijah Baley and his robot partner.
• * *Robots: Machines in Man’s Image (with Karen A. Frenkel) (Crown/Harmony 0-517-55110-1, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $19.95, 246pp, hc) Non-fiction; associational. The book emphasizes industrial and scientific development of robots, with numerous color and b&w photos. Some sf film stills and illustrations also appear.
• * _The Roving Mind (Prometheus 0-87975-315-3, Feb ’86, £8.95, 350pp, tp) Reprint (Prometheus(US) 1983) collection of essays.
• * _The Roving Mind (Oxford University Press 0-19-286077-1, Feb ’87, £5.95, 350pp, tp) Associational interest. Reprint (Prometheus 1983) collection of Asimov’s essays.
• * *Science Fiction by Asimov (Davis no ISBN, 1986, no price, 62pp, tp) Collection of seven stories by Asimov, one previously unpublished, distributed free to subscribers of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Edited by Sheila Williams. (Contents)
• * _Second Foundation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33629-1, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.95, 286pp, pb) [Foundation] Reissue (Gnome 1953) sf novel, Book 3 of the Foundation Series; 10th printing.
• * _Second Foundation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33629-1, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, 282pp, pb) [Foundation] Reissue (Gnome 1953) sf novel, third in the “Foundation” series; 12th Del Rey printing, with the 1982 introduction (same as in Foundation).
• * _Second Foundation (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29337-0, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1953) sf novel, third book of the classic “Foundation Trilogy” and the “Foundation” series.
• * _Second Foundation (Doubleday 0-385-42302-0, Feb ’92, $12.95, 164pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1953) sf novel, third book of the classic “Foundation Trilogy”. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no actual dustjacket, but the Steve Youll artwork from the Bantam Spectra paperback is pasted on the front cover.
• * _Second Foundation (HarperCollins UK 0-586-01713-5, May ’94, £4.99, 240pp, pb) [Foundation] Reissue (Gnome 1953) SF novel; 28th printing. The Third Volume in the “Foundation” saga.
• * _Space Ranger (Lightning 0-340-42610-1, Jun ’88, £1.95, 144pp, pb) [*David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1952, as David Starr: Space Ranger by Paul French) young-adult sf novel. Includes Asimov’s 1970 foreword. Volume 1 in the “David Starr” series.
• * _The Stars Like Dust (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29343-5, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) sf novel, second book of the “Empire” series, prequel to the “Foundation” series.
• * _The Stars Like Dust (HarperCollins UK 0-586-02441-7, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 189pp, pb) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) sf novel.
• * _The Stars, Like Dust (Grafton 0-246-12920-4, Aug ’86, £9.95, 224pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) sf novel.
• * _The Stars, Like Dust (SFBC #10814, Apr ’87 [May ’87], $4.98, 185pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reissue (Doubleday 1951) sf novel.
• * _The Subatomic Monster (Grafton 0-246-12075-4, Mar ’86, £9.95, 213pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) collection of essays reprinted from F&SF.
• * _The Subatomic Monster (Grafton 0-586-05844-3, Mar ’87, £2.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) collection of science columns from F&SF.
• * +The Ugly Little Boy (with Robert Silverberg) (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26343-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $22.50, 290pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Sf novel based on Asimov’s eponymous short story. First American edition (Gollancz 1991 as Child of Time).
• * _The Ugly Little Boy (with Robert Silverberg) (SFBC #03948, Dec ’92, $7.98, 290pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reprint (Gollancz 1991 as Child of Time) sf novel based on Asimov’s short story. Similar to the 1992 Doubleday Foundation edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Ugly Little Boy (with Robert Silverberg) (Bantam 0-553-56122-7, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $5.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Gollancz 1991 as Child of Time) sf novel based on Asimov’s eponymous short story.