Issac Asimov Science Fiction Magazine Cryptic, Still Time, Time Bride Cassette

Description: Isaac Asimov was born (officially) January 2, 1920 in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. He does not know the exact date of his birth as he was born right after the Russian Revolution. At this time Russians were using the Julian calendar and his family was using the Jewish calendar. He states that his exact date of birth is just impossible to get straightened out. His family immigrated to the United States when he was three and became a naturalized citizen when he was eight. Considered one of the Great Three science fiction authors, with Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein, Asimov is also one of the most prolific authors of all time with more than 500 published works. Graduating from high school when he was fifteen, Isaac went on to earn a B.S. and a M.S. in Chemistry and a PhD in Biochemistry from Columbia University by the time he was 28.Winner of the Hugo and the Nebula awards for The Gods Themselves, Mr. Asmiov is best known for his Foundation series and his Robot stories. He is considered to have defined the voice of science fiction, setting a tone for the many authors to follow him. He is responsible for the three laws of robotics which are repeated and held to in innumerable science fiction works.Mr. Asimov was a humanist and in 1984 was named the Humanist of the year. From 1985 until his death he served as President of the American Humanist Association. Asimov had a triple-bypass in 1983, resulting in the contraction of HIV from the multiple transfusions he received during this surgery. He died April 6, 1992 from subsequent complications from this infection.

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