In this anthology honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Isaac Asimov's remarkable science fiction novel, today's leading authors—including Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, and Connie Willis—present stories set in the future that Asimov created in his own stories and novels. Contents Preface · Ray Bradbury Second Preface: 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 [Maureen Birnbaum] · 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 Afterword: Fifty Years · Isaac Asimov
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In this anthology honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Isaac Asimov's remarkable science fiction novel, today's leading authors—including Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, and Connie Willis—present stories set in the future that Asimov created in his own stories and novels. Contents Preface · Ray Bradbury Second Preface: 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 [Maureen Birnbaum] · 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 Afterword: Fifty Years · Isaac Asimov