Asimov

Here is what the good Doctor has to say about the selection "I must admit the title of this book gives me pause. Who says the enclosed stories are my `best'? Do I? Does the editor? Or some critic? Some reader? A general vote among the entire population of the world?
And whoever says it–can it be so? Can the word 'best' mean anything at all, except to some particular person in some particular mood? … So I'll be honest with all of you. What is included here in this book are a dozen stories chosen in such a way as to span a third of a century of writing … I suppose we ought really call the book, `The Pretty Good and Pretty Representative Stories of Isaac Asimov', but who would then buy it? So `best' it is."

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), one of the most popular and influential American authors of the twentieth century, sparked the imagination of generations of writers.

“Io, Asimov” è il memoir di uno dei più prolifici, influenti e visionari scrittori di sempre: la vita di Isaac Asimov, raccontata da Isaac Asimov. Per spiegare l’esistenza di uno tra i più grandi maestri della fantascienza mondiale, bisogna partire da un paradosso emblematico: Isaac Asimov, l’autore di decine e decine di racconti sui viaggi interstellari, aveva paura di prendere l’aereo. D'altronde, non ne aveva bisogno. Dalla sua scrivania, armato solo di una macchina da scrivere e della sua fantasia, Asimov ha immaginato e creato mondi dall’ampiezza sconfinata, remoti universi alieni, civiltà galattiche in conflitto e robot capaci di sembrare più umani degli umani..

Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992), was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.