I Asimov

Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. His accessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science to humor to history earned him the nickname the Great Explainer. <i>I. Asimov</i> is his personal story--vivid open and honest--as only Asimov himself could tell it. <p/> Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the great minds of our century. Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyed observations on everything from religion to politics love and divorce friendship and Hollywood fame and mortality. Here too is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities--Campbell Ellison Heinlein Clarke del Rey Silverberg and others--who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction. <p/> As unique and irrepressible as the man himself <i>I. Asimov</i> is the candid memoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half a century and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividly envisioned.