num_pages: 512
description: An anthology of original science fiction honoring Isaac Asimov's 50th anniversary in the genre.The nonmetallic Isaac or it's a wonderful life / Ben Bova --Strip-runner / Pamela Sargent --The asenion solution / Robert Silverberg --Murder in the urth degree / Edward Wellen --Trantor falls / Harry Turtledove --Dilemma / Connie Willis --Maureen Birnbaum after dark / George Alec Effinger --Balance / Mike Resnick --The present eternal / Barry N. Malzberg --PAPPI / Sheila Finch.The reunion at the mile-high / Frederik Pohl --Plato's cave / Poul Anderson --Foundation's conscience / George Zebrowski --Carhunters of the concrete prairie / Robert Sheckley --The overheard conversation / Edward D. Hoch --Blot / Hal Clement --The fourth law of robotics / Harry Harrison --The originist / Orson Scott Card --Afterword, a word or two from Janet / Janet Jeppson Asimov --fifty years / Isaac Asimov.Isaac's favoriteThe immortal bard --The ugly little boy --The last question. Appreciations and Susan and Bayta and me / Karen Anderson --An appreciation / Poul Anderson --My brother Isaac / Stanley Asimov --Isaac / Ben Bova --An unwritten letter to our dear friend Isaac Asimov / Catherine Crook de Camp --Isaac and I / L. Sprague de Camp --Isaac Asimov / Gordon R. Dickson --Isaac / Harlan Ellison --Appreciation of Isaac Asimov / Sheila Finch --In memoriam / Martin H. Greenberg --Isaac Asimov, mystery writer --Edward D. Hoch --From the heart's basement / Barry N. Malzberg.In memoriam / Shawna McCarthy --Part of my life / Frederik Poul --An appreciation of Isaac / Mike Resnick --Isaac Asimov / Carl Sagan --Isaac an appreciation / Pamela Sargent --An Asimov appreciation / Stanley Schmidt --Refections on Isaac / Robert Silverberg --Isaac / Janet Asimov --Isaac an affectionate memory / Norman Spinrad --Appreciation of Isaac / Edward Wellen --In memoriam / Sheila Williams --Our mutual friend / Connie Willis --The last interview -- George Zebrowski.
language: English
title: Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov
titlecomplete: Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Space Opera, Collections, Anthologies, Humor, Science Fiction Fantasy, Short Story Collection, Fantasy
ratings_count: 3646
series: Foundation (Publication Order)
publisher: Grafton Books