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Blind Alley
"Blind Alley" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1945 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', and later included in the collection ''The Early Asimov'' (1972). Although the story postulates a race of intelligent non-humans, it is set in the ''Foundation'' universe, during the era of Trantor's Galactic Empire. Publication history "Blind Alley" was the only story from mid-1943 to mid-1945 that was not part of Asimov's ''Foundation'' or ''Robot'' series. Written in September and October 1944, it was accepted by John W. Campbell in October and published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in March 1945. It was anthologised by Groff Conklin in ''The Best of Science Fiction'', the first of Asimov's stories to have been reprinted. The $42.50 from the anthology caused him to realize that it was possible to earn more money from a story than the initial publication. Conklin included the story in a number of anthologies: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mystery fiction, mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. Asimov's most famous work is the ''Foundation series, Foundation'' series, the first three books of which won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. His other major series are the ''Galactic Empire series, Galactic Empire'' series and the ''Robot series, Robot'' series. The ''Galactic Empire'' novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional universe as the ''Foundation'' series. Later, with ''Foundation and Earth'' (1986), he linked this distant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galactic Empire (Asimov)
The Galactic Empire is an interstellar empire featured in Isaac Asimov's ''Robot'', '' Galactic Empire'', and '' Foundation'' series. The Empire is spread across the Milky Way galaxy and consists of almost 25 million planets settled exclusively by humans. For over 12 millennia the seat of imperial authority was located on the ecumenopolis of Trantor, whose population exceeded 40 billion, until it was sacked in the year 12,328. The official symbol of the empire is the Spaceship-and-Sun. Cleon II was the last Emperor to hold significant authority. The fall of the empire, modelled on the fall of the Roman Empire, is the subject of many of Asimov's novels. Background Asimov created the fictional Galactic Empire in the early 1940s based upon the Roman Empire, as a proposal to John W. Campbell, after reading Edward Gibbon's ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' when he was working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Robert Heinlein. The concept evolved throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Navy Yard
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries. Philadelphia's original navy yard, begun in 1776 on Front Street and Federal Street in what is now the Pennsport section of the city, was the first naval shipyard of the United States. It was replaced by a new, much larger yard developed around facilities begun in 1871 on League Island, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. The Navy Yard expansion stimulated the development over time of residential and businesses in South Philadelphia, where many shipyard workers lived. During World War II, some 40,000 workers operated on shifts around the clock to produce and repair ships at the yard for the war effort. The United States Navy ended most of its activities there in the 1990s, closing its base after recommendations by the Base Realignment and Closure commission. In 2000, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, on behalf of the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magellanic Clouds
The Magellanic Clouds (''Magellanic system'' or ''Nubeculae Magellani'') are two irregular dwarf galaxies in the southern celestial hemisphere. Orbiting the Milky Way galaxy, these satellite galaxies are members of the Local Group. Because both show signs of a bar structure, they are often reclassified as Magellanic spiral galaxies. The two galaxies are: * Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), approximately 163,000 light-years away * Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), approximately 206,000 light years away Magellanic clouds are visible to the unaided eye in the Southern Hemisphere but they cannot be observed from the most northern latitudes. History The Magellanic Clouds have been known since ancient times to indigenous peoples across South America and Africa, and from the first millennium in Western Asia. The first preserved mention of the Large Magellanic Cloud is believed to be in petroglyphs and rock drawings found in Chile. They may be the objects mentioned by the polymath Ibn Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galactic Empire (Isaac Asimov)
The Galactic Empire is an interstellar empire featured in Isaac Asimov's ''Robot'', '' Galactic Empire'', and '' Foundation'' series. The Empire is spread across the Milky Way galaxy and consists of almost 25 million planets settled exclusively by humans. For over 12 millennia the seat of imperial authority was located on the ecumenopolis of Trantor, whose population exceeded 40 billion, until it was sacked in the year 12,328. The official symbol of the empire is the Spaceship-and-Sun. Cleon II was the last Emperor to hold significant authority. The fall of the empire, modelled on the fall of the Roman Empire, is the subject of many of Asimov's novels. Background Asimov created the fictional Galactic Empire in the early 1940s based upon the Roman Empire, as a proposal to John W. Campbell, after reading Edward Gibbon's ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' when he was working at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Robert Heinlein. The concept evolved throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Race
Extraterrestrial life, colloquially referred to as alien life, is life that may occur outside Earth and which did not originate on Earth. No extraterrestrial life has yet been conclusively detected, although efforts are underway. Such life might range from simple forms like prokaryotes to intelligent beings, possibly bringing forth civilizations that might be far more advanced than humankind. The Drake equation speculates about the existence of sapient life elsewhere in the universe. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as astrobiology. Speculation about the possibility of inhabited "worlds" outside the planet Earth dates back to antiquity. Multiple early Christian writers discussed the idea of a "plurality of worlds" as proposed by earlier thinkers such as Democritus; Augustine references Epicurus's idea of innumerable worlds "throughout the boundless immensity of space" (originally expressed in his Letter to Herodotus) in '' The City of God''. In his first cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Complete Stories (Asimov)
''The Complete Stories'' is a discontinued series intended to form a definitive collection of Isaac Asimov's short stories and novels. Originally published in 1990 (Volume 1) and 1992 (Volume 2) by Doubleday, it was discontinued after the second book of the planned series. Altogether 88 of Asimov's 383 published short stories are collected in these two volumes. Volume 1 The first volume consists of the stories previously collected in '' Earth Is Room Enough'', '' Nine Tomorrows'', and ''Nightfall and Other Stories'' (but not the commentary from ''Nightfall and Other Stories''). In 2001, Broadway Books published a new edition of the first volume (hardback: , paperback: ). Volume One contains the following short stories: # The Dead Past # The Foundation of S. F. Success # Franchise # Gimmicks Three # Kid Stuff # The Watery Place # Living Space # The Message # Satisfaction Guaranteed # Hell-Fire # The Last Trump # The Fun They Had # Jokester # The Immortal Bard # Someday # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intergalactic Empires
''Intergalactic Empires'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the first volume in their Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in December 1983. The first British edition was issued in paperback by Robinson in July 1988. The book collects nine novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by Asimov and three sectional introductions. Contents *"Introduction: Empires" (Isaac Asimov) *"Cycles" **"Chalice of Death" (Robert Silverberg) **"Orphan of the Void" (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) **"Down to the Worlds of Men" (Alexei Panshin) *"Governance" **"Ministry of Disturbance" (H. Beam Piper) **"Blind Alley" (Isaac Asimov) **"A Planet Named Shayol" (Cordwainer Smith) *"Concerns" **"Diabologic" (Eric Frank Russell Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin H
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945)
''Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945)'' is an English language science fiction short story collection, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It is part of a series which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of '' Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fourth Series ''with the second half being '' Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946)''. This volume was originally published by DAW books in July 1982. Stories * "The Waveries" by Fredric Brown * "The Piper's Son" by Lewis Padgett * "Wanted—An Enemy" by Fritz Leiber * "Blind Alley" by Isaac Asimov * "Correspondence Course" by Raymond F. Jones * "First Contact" by Murray Leinster * "The Vanishing Venusians" by Leigh Brackett *Into Thy Hands by Lester del Rey * "Camouflage" by Henry Kuttner * "The Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Stories Of Space Travel
''Great Stories of Space Travel'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Tempo Books in July 1963, and reprinted by the same publisher in December 1965, 1969, and April 1970. The book collects eleven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with a general introduction and brief introductions to each story by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1942-1955 in various science fiction and other magazines. Contents *"Introduction" (Groff Conklin) *The Solar System **"The Wings of Night" (Lester del Rey) **"The Holes Around Mars" (Jerome Bixby) **"Kaleidoscope" (Ray Bradbury) **"I'll Build Your Dream Castle" (Jack Vance) *Beyond the Solar System **"Far Centaurus" (A. E. van Vogt) **"Propagandist" (Murray Leinster) **"Cabin Boy" (Damon Knight) **"A Walk in the Dark" ( Arthur C. Clarke) **"Blind Alley" ( Isaac Asimov) **"The Helping Hand" (Poul Anderson) **"Allamag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Science Fiction
''The Best of Science Fiction'', published in 1946, is an anthology of science fiction anthologies edited by American critic and editor Groff Conklin. Contents * "Concerning Science Fiction," an essay by John W. Campbell * Introduction by Groff Conklin * "Solution Unsatisfactory" (1941) by Robert A. Heinlein, credited as Anson MacDonald * "The Great War Syndicate" (abridged) (1888) by Frank R. Stockton * "The Piper's Son" (1945) by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, credited as Lewis Padgett * "Deadline" (1944) by Cleve Cartmill * "Lobby" (1944) by Clifford D. Simak * "Blowups Happen" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein, credited as Anson MacDonald * "Atomic Power" (1934) by John W. Campbell, credited as Don A. Stuart * " Killdozer!" (1944) by Theodore Sturgeon * "Davey Jones' Ambassador" (1935) by Raymond Z. Gallun * "Giant in the Earth" (1933) by Morrison Colladay * " Goldfish Bowl" (1942) by Robert A. Heinlein, credited as Anson MacDonald * "The Ivy War" (1930) by David H. Keller * "Liq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
