Books like Isaac Asimov by William J. Boerst

Isaac Asimov’s classic science‑fiction saga follows psychohistorian Hari Seldon as he establishes a Foundation to preserve knowledge and prevent thirty‑thousand years of darkness after the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Isaac Asimov’s classic collection revisits the evolution of robotics through a series of interconnected short stories framed by Dr. Susan Calvin’s encounters with a reporter in the 21st century.

On Writing blends Stephen King’s memoir with practical guidance, offering a personal look at his path to success and essential lessons for aspiring writers.

Detective Elijah Baley and his positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate a crime of roboticide on the Spacer world of Aurora, uncovering political intrigue that threatens humanity’s expansion into the galaxy.

In 2100, humanity discovers an unlimited, clean energy source that promises progress but threatens the universe, while interplanetary voyages reveal alien beings that thrive on pure energy and challenge Earth’s social norms.

Isaac Asimov’s "Robots and Empire" continues the saga of Earth, Spacers, and robot lore, following Dr. Kelden Amadiro’s revenge plot against the famed detective Elijah Baley and the looming threat to our planet.

Detective Lt. Lije Baley must partner with a positronic robot, R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve a high-profile murder on Earth, navigating deep mistrust between Earthmen and Obsolete Spacers.

A lone Earth colony navigates the perilous approach of a dwarf red star named Nemesis, confronting the thin line between utopian refuge and cosmic danger.

When a secret agency of temporal engineers rewrites history to secure humanity’s future, one man rebels to protect a loved one, sparking a battle that ends the bureaucracy and restores individual destiny.

An Inertian worker with amnesia begins to recover memories that threaten a galactic empire’s fragile prosperity.

A pre‑quel to Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe, Prelude to Foundation explores the early years of psychohistory and the rise of the galactic empire.

I. Asimov is a richly anecdotal memoir that lets readers glimpse Isaac Asimov’s storied life, his pioneering work in science fiction, his wide-ranging nonfiction, and his friendships with the giants of the genre.

Sam R. Delany reflects on his life as a gay African‑American writer, exploring how his sexuality, the East Village Bohemian scene, and an interracial marriage with Marilyn Hacker influenced his science‑fiction work.

A curated anthology of early science‑fiction tales, featuring classics such as "I, Robot", "Black Destroyer", and "Life‑Line", from authors including Asimov, Heinlein, and van Vogt.

Collection of short essays dealing with various aspects of science fiction. Many of the essays are (slightly edited versions of) editorials from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. My Own View Extraordinary Voyages The Name of Our Field The Universe of Science Fiction Adventure! Hints By No Means Vulgar Learning Device It's a Funny Thing The Mosaic and the Plate Glass The Scientist As Villain The Vocabulary of Science Fiction Try to Write! How Easy to See the Future! The Dreams of Science Fiction The Prescientific Universe Science Fiction and Society Science Fiction, 1938 How Science Fiction Came to Be Big Business The Boom in Science Fiction Golden Age Ahead Beyond Our Brain The Myth of the Machine Science Fiction from the Soviet Union More Science Fiction from the Soviet Union The First Science Fiction Novel The First Science Fiction Writer The Hole in the Middle The Science Fiction Breakthrough Big, Big, Big The Campbell Touch Reminiscences of Peg Horace The Second Nova Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke The Dean of Science Fiction The Brotherhood of Science Fiction Our Conventions The Hugo Anniversaries The Letter Column The Articles of Science Fiction Rejection Slips What Makes Good Science Fiction? 1984 The Ring of Evil The Answer to Star Wars? Speculative Fiction The Reluctant Critic There's Nothing Like a Good Foundation The Wendell Urth Series Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Hollywood and I The Prolific Writer

An expansive biography of Isaac Asimov, chronicling his 50‑plus years of science‑fiction dominance, from the galactic saga of the Foundation series to pioneering robot tales that shaped modern artificial‑intelligence research.

A scholarly anthology of essays exploring Isaac Asimov’s science fiction, its social themes, technology concepts, and critical reception.

A vibrant compilation of brief, illustrated facts and curiosities across history, science, and nature, originally drawn from Asimov’s 1979 Book of Facts.

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder that traces her early life as a pioneer girl and her later career as a writer who chronicled frontier life for a broad audience.

James Stevenson recounts his early years in a playful picture book that splits memories into two distinct categories, offering young readers a gentle look at his childhood adventures.

A compendium of Isaac Asimov’s classic short stories and novelettes, spanning science‑fiction themes from robotic logic to cosmic exploration, collected in one volume.