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"The world is the oyster for Asimov, and for the future there are vague plans for almost everything therein save two. No mysteries are on the schedule, and no b
by mturmon 11y ago
"The world is the oyster for Asimov, and for the future there are vague plans for almost everything therein save two. No mysteries are on the schedule, and no books on computers. He has been asked to write his autobiography, but counters this with the remark, "What can I say?" "
Of course, those rash statements were made in 1969, but Asimov's typewriter just kept going.
He eventually published a two-volume autobiography (about 1500 pages!), and then a condensed version called I, Asimov. He also published SF mystery novels (Caves of Steel, et al.), and straight-up mystery short stories (collected in the Black Widowers stories), which are quite enjoyable.
- tzs 11y agoHe also had a couple non-SF mystery novels ("Murder at the ABA" concerning a murder at the American Bookseller's Association convention, and "A Whiff of Death" concerning the murder of a chemistry graduate student...I'm not counting this as SF because there is nothing fictional about the science in it, it simply takes place in a university chemistry department). There were also some SF mystery short stories, such as the Wendell Urth series of stories, which are collected in the "Asimov's Mysteries" short story collection along with some that are not part of any series.