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From:St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.)At the age of three, Isaac Asimov was brought to Brooklyn from Petrovichi, Russia, by penniless immigrant parents. He grew up in a series of candy stores, earned a Ph.D. in chemistry and reached the rank of associate...
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From: ExtrapolationMany science fiction writers attempt to create plausible future worlds by extrapolating scientific, technological, and social trends into the future. Such extrapolations are often quickly out of date, since scientific...
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From:Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day (2nd ed.)Introduction ISAAC ASIMOV DID not “burst” into science fiction with a spectacularly successful story, as some science fiction writers have. Instead, his first published story, “Marooned off Vesta,” appeared without...