About the Book
Isaac Asimov offers in
this collection twelve of the best stories he has written over the past
thirty-five years. Ingenuity of plot and style is a regular feature in
these fascinating, often provocative tales of space and time. "Marooned
Off Vesta," for instance, the first fiction Asimov ever published, is a
prime example of the versatility of his imagination. It tells of three
men in a spaceship only three hundred miles from Vesta - with no way to reach it.
His well-known "Nightfall" probes the reactions of a
planet to the darkness of night which falls only once in two thousand
years.
Asimov gives his solution to the dissipation of energy of
the Universe in "The Last Question" - a solution so disturbing that
readers will never forget this unique story. "The Dying Night" is a
science fiction-mystery tale with that delightful armchair detective,
Wendell Urth; three scientists; and murder.
And there is a
long-awaited reunion between R. Daneel Olivaw and Lije Baley in
"Mirror-Image," concerning two robots who lie about their masters.
Here is a tempting sampler for those who have not yet experienced Isaac
Asimov, and the pièce de résistance for his many devoted followers.
Contents:
- Marooned Off Vesta
- Nightfall
- C-Chute
- The Martian Way
- The Deep
- The Fun They Had
- The Last Question
- The Dead Past
- The Dying Night
- Anniversary
- The Billiard Ball
- Mirror Image
