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  Janet Asimov: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Janet Asimov started writing childrens science fiction under the name J O...writing childrens science fiction under the name J O Jeppson in the 1970s.
Janet Asimov (maiden name Janet Opal Jeppson) (1926 -) is an American science fiction author and psychoanalyst.
Janet Asimov started writing childrens science fiction under the name J O Jeppson in the 1970s.
www.encyclopedian.com /ja/Janet-Asimov.html   (253 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Asimov was born in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, to a Jewish family that emigrated to the United States when he was three years old.
Isaac Asimov was a humanist and a rationalist.
Asimov began contributing stories to science fiction magazines in 1939; his short story "Nightfall" (1941) is described in Bewildering Stories, issue 8, as one of "the most famous science-fiction stories of all time" [1].
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/i/is/isaac_asimov.html   (1601 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime.
Asimov was born around January 2, 1920 (his date of birth for official purposes—the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi shtetl of Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia) to Anna Rachel Berman Asimov and Judah Asimov, a Jewish family of millers.
Asimov was afraid of flying, only doing so twice in his entire life (once in the course of his work at the Naval Air Experimental Station, and once returning home from the army base in Oahu in 1946).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_Asimov   (7528 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, as the son of Judah Asimov and Anna Rachel Berman Asimov.
Asimov married in 1973 the writer and psychoanalyst Janet Opal Jeppson.
Asimov was extraordinarily prolific writer of a prodigious number of works including science fiction, science fact, mystery, history, short stories, guides to the Bible and Shakespeare, and discussions of myth, humor, poems, limericks, as well as annotations of literary works.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /asimov.htm   (2469 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov Quotes
Especially in writing science fiction and science, Asimov is one of the key figures of the 20th century.
By 1949, Asimov with Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein were referred to as "The Big Three" in science fiction.
Asimov emphasized non-fiction in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly becoming a major science writer.
www.testermanscifi.org /AsimovQuotesPart1.html   (883 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov FAQ
Asimov died on April 6, 1992 of heart and kidney failure, which were complications of the HIV infection he contracted from a transfusion of tainted blood during his December 1983 triple-bypass operation.
Asimov discovered that he was acrophobic at the New York World's Fair in 1940, when he took his date and first love Irene on a roller coaster, expecting that it would cause her to cling to him in fear and give him a chance to kiss her.
Asimov also edited or co-edited a large number of anthologies, and since his name was usually featured prominently on the cover, readers sometimes mistakenly associate his name with a story that appeared in an anthology that was in fact written by another author.
www.asimovonline.com /asimov_FAQ.html   (12119 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : It's Been a Good Life: Livres en anglais: Isaac Asimov,Janet Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Asimov's widow presents chronologically his thoughts on his writing in the context of his life and his lifelong secular humanism; she connects them with a minimum of editorial comment and occasionally adds illuminating passages from their previously unpublished private correspondence.
Asimov's know-how, opinions, joys, and successes as a writer, educator, soldier, husband, father, and general intellectual show-off are detailed to varying degrees, but so are his booby prizes.
Janet Asimov presents a "revelation" in the epilog of this book, but the impression that will last is of Isaac Asimov, the humanist.
www.amazon.fr /Been-Good-Life-Isaac-Asimov/dp/1573929689   (625 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov: It's Been a Good Life
Asimov, covers his entire life, having been finished only two years before his death, but is more a collection of short memoirs and opinions rather than an actual autobiographical narrative.
Asimov's childhood is treated only briefly, mostly focusing on his early interest in science fiction and some information of the formation of Asimov's religious beliefs (or lack thereof).
New information about Asimov, as well as Janet Asimov's own recollections and reflections on her husband's death, are contained in an epilogue which reveals that Asimov's death was not a result of the "heart and kidney failure" (Locus, May 1992), but something else.
www.sfsite.com /~silverag/goodlife.html   (674 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Asimov developed the Three Laws (with the help of his editor John W. Campbell) because he was tired of the science fiction stories of the 1920s and 1930s in which the robots, like Frankenstein's creation, turned on their creators and became dangerous monsters.
The book also includes an epilogue in which Janet Jeppson Asimov reveals for the first time that Isaac's 1992 death from heart and kidney failure was a consequence of AIDS contracted from a transfusion of tainted blood during his December 1983 triple-bypass operation.
Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, in 1920.
www.asimovonline.com   (3421 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Notes For A Memoir: Books: Janet Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Asimov celebrates the fame of Isaac's career, but also documents smaller successes, prioritizing the colorful-and nearly frivolous-tidbits that characterize their daily life ("I hope no reader of this book minds that I'm including what Isaac called maunderings and potterings.
Readers familiar with Isaac Asimov the writer will enjoy his wife's take on Isaac Asimov the man, from his tireless sense of humor to his extraordinary intellectual capabilities, as well as his unusual role as leading man in a touching love story.
It goes without saying that Janet Asimov's career has been overshadowed by that of her late husband, sf grand master Isaac Asimov, whose life she recently surveyed in a one-volume abridgment of his tripartite autobiography.
www.amazon.ca /Notes-Memoir-Janet-Asimov/dp/1591024056   (528 words)

  
 About Isaac Asimov | The Saturday Evening Post
When I read Janet Asimov's book about her beloved husband, Isaac Asimov, I was saddened to learn that he died from complications of AIDS.In 1983, Isaac Asimov had triple bypass surgery in New York, performed by the best surgeons who could be found.
Reading Janet Asimov's account of those years brought back vividly all the agonies and frustrations I suffered while working very hard to get members of the first Presidential Commission on the HIV Epidemic to include a very important recommendation to the President.
Janet Asimov wrote that their doctors advised them not to divulge Isaac's HIV infection.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com /issues/mm/7370328.shtml   (583 words)

  
 Locus Online: Letter from Janet Asimov
"Asimov reportedly wanted to reveal he had AIDS but was talked out of it at the time by his second wife, Janet Jeppson."
The following is a letter from Janet (Jeppson) Asimov.
The internist and cardiologist said I was wrong.
www.locusmag.com /2002/Issue04/Letter.html   (143 words)

  
 Invision Power Board > Interview Questions for Janet Jeppson Asimov
Janet stated at the end of I, Asimov that Hari "was" Isaac.
Asimov to answer, not to discuss Foundation (there is a forum for that), or the Drs.
Oct 18 2002, 07:42 PM It is AIDS in english, although we refer to AIDS as the manifestation of the disaese and HIV as the actual virus.
www.asimovians.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t643.html   (646 words)

  
 Janet Asimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janet Asimov (maiden name Janet Opal Jeppson) (born 1926 in Ashland, Pennsylvania) is an American science fiction author and psychoanalyst.
She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on a number of science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby series.
Janet Asimov at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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 Isaac Asimov: Gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The first consists of fifteen previously uncollected short stories with the implication that now all of Asimov's shorts have been collected (although I seem to recall other stories which appeared after Asimov's death which are not included).
While many of these are interesting in their own right, it would have been nice if the editor (Janet Asimov?) would have included a source description so the reader could look up the original anthology if so desired.
Asimov, can be read in a day or two, so can the 342 page Gold.
www.sfsite.com /~silverag/asimov.html   (295 words)

  
 Jenkins' Spoiler-Laden Guide to Isaac Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I don’t particularly care for them, and I don’t think they reveal anything particularly interesting about Asimov or his fictional universe—mainly because the bulk of the writing was done by his collaborator, Janet Asimov, and he did very little actual work on them.
Asimov is taken as completely authoritative up to the date that it was prepared (spring 1990).
Asimov’s doctoral dissertation is included in my list (officially) because Asimov would have counted it himself if he’d written it in the 1960’s or 1970’s; it’s certainly more book-like than some of the things he did count.
www.homepage.mac.com /jhjenkins/Asimov/Asimov.html   (2344 words)

  
 Invision Power Board > Asimov and pets and animals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aug 6 2003, 10:17 PM In other topic, I don't remember which one was it, someone said that Asimov did never write about animals and pets related with robots.
Not only was it written fully by Isaac Asimov, but it was probably written before the Good Doctor even met Janet Jeppson, let alone before they strated collavorating (so to speak) in any works.
Janet did all of the writing, and the Good Doctor's name was added for publishing reasons.
www.asimovians.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1354.html   (370 words)

  
 Prometheus Books
Janet J. Asimov, a psychiatrist and celebrated fiction writer, has penned this delightful memoir with insight, poignancy, and wit on topics that she and her husband, Isaac Asimov, found especially meaningful over the years.
From profound issues such as religion, philosophy, sex, personal identity, and mortality, to lighter subjects such as traveling together, camping, the golden thirties, and the problems and joys of writing, Asimov reveals many new and fascinating details about two engaging and creative people whose greatest creation—in addition to their writings—was the life they made together.
Janet Asimov concludes this singular memoir with her own short stories, many published in magazines, but never before collected together in one book.
www.prometheusbooks.com /catalog/book_1816.html   (378 words)

  
 Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing by Janet Asimov
This charming book is a series of entertaining and thought-provoking musings, mainly about the imagination, the sense of identity, the compulsion to write, and Isaac Asimov--who, as Janet Asimov says, was good at all of them.
Replete with new information about Isaac Asimov and never-before-published excerpts from his witty letters to her, in addition to family photos, this collection of personal reminiscences complements Isaac Asimov's highly acclaimed one-volume autobiography, It's Been a Good Life, which Janet Asimov edited.
The Times Literary Supplement praised it as "an excellent introduction to his vision and his personality." Janet Asimov concludes this singular memoir with her own short stories, many published in magazines, but never before collected together in one book.
www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /a/janet-asimov/notes-for-memoir.htm   (298 words)

  
 WVU Libraries: Isaac Asimov Collection
Neutrino, ghost particle of the atom, by Isaac Asimov
Norby and the court jester / by Janet and Isaac Asimov
Norby and the invaders / Janet and Isaac Asimov
www.libraries.wvu.edu /exhibits/asimov/rare/mton.htm   (290 words)

  
 Janet Asimov - Summary Bibliography (Long Works)
Norby and the Invaders (1985) with Isaac Asimov
Norby and the Oldest Dragon (1990) with Isaac Asimov
Norby and the Court Jester (1991) with Isaac Asimov
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 Janet Asimov Index. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site
Norby and the Court Jester (with Isaac Asimov)
Norby and the Lost Princess (with Isaac Asimov)
Norby and the Queen's Necklace (with Isaac Asimov)
www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/a/asimovjanet.html   (61 words)

  
 SciFan: Books: It's Been a Good Life by Janet Asimov (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Isaac Asimov's boundless, inexhaustible intellectual curiosity and his extraordinary talent for explaining complex subjects in clear, concise prose is logendary to readers throughout the world.
Now these volumes have been condensed into one by Asimov's wife, Janet, who also shares excerpts from letters he wrote to her and shocking revelations about the illness that led to his death.
More than being just an absorbing history of Isaac Asimov's life, IT'S BEEN A GOOD LIFE is like having an intimate conversation with the master himself.
www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=31729   (232 words)

  
 Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society by Janet Asimov
A thousand years into the future, only six of the hundreds of sentient races in the known universe possess the means for starflight.
And of the six, one is a newcomer to the interstellar depths — the Erthumoi, warm-blooded bipeds from the third planet of an obscure, third-rate sun...
From the creative genius of Isaac Asimov comes a bold and brilliantly conceived galaxy of wonders — of unusual beings and astonishing technologies — stunningly brought to life by some of the brightest stars in the science fiction firmament.
www.majipoor.com /work.php?id=1627   (159 words)

  
 Janet Asimov
Janet Jeppson Asimov, M.D., a retired physician, is the author of twenty books and many short stories and articles.
She currently writes a bimonthly science column for a newspaper syndicate.
The Norby Chronicles (omnibus) (1986) (with Isaac Asimov)
www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /a/janet-asimov   (228 words)

  
 Mind transfer by Janet Asimov | LibraryThing
The mysterious cure, and other stories of Pshrinks Anonymous by Janet Asimov (3/11)
A whiff of death by Isaac Asimov (4/44)
Yours, Isaac Asimov : a lifetime of letters by Stanley Asimov (4/28)
www.librarything.com /work/1056871   (158 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, And Writing: Livres en anglais: Janet Jeppson Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Amazon.ca: Norby Down to Earth: Books: Janet Asimov,Isaac Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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