Reddit reviews Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1

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The aspects of Clarke's style that you seem to enjoy really shine in the short story format. You said you've read everything, does that include his short fiction? There's a great anthology which collects them all.

Asimov was also great at writing short fiction, and I like this collection of his works.

Many of the stories curated in those anthologies were published 50 or so years ago in weekly/monthly science fiction magazines, you might see if any one has created 'best of science fiction weekly' collections.

Tor publishes short fiction for free on its website regularly. It's fairly hit or miss, but it's a good way to window shop authors.

A novel you might enjoy is Leviathan Wakes. It's a hard sci-fi novel in which humanity has colonized Mars and the Asteroid Belt. At this point all have their own unique cultures because it takes so long to travel between them. Not a lot of character development, which you don't seem to be into anyway, just fun ride in a cool setting. First in a series, but I haven't read the sequels yet so I can't comment on those.


You also might like The Martian, by Andy Weir. An astronaut is stranded by himself on Mars and has to survive. Weir wrote a short story called "The Egg" which gets posted to reddit on a regular basis.

I believe that this is what you're looking for: Isaac Asimov's Complete Stories Vol 1

Hours of amazing short stories including The Last Question, Nightfall, The Last Trump, The Dead Past, etc.

Sooooo amazing.

1. The Heritage of Shannara - The Wishsong of Shannara was the book that brought me into reading at the age of 10 thanks to a truly amazing 4th grade teacher. The Heritage series cemented my interest in Epic Fantasy and lead me to multiple amazing authors. This quadrilogy has a special place in my heart for many reasons, I'd be hard pressed to pick something else if I had to pick only one book. I love that the ultimate weapon against evil is literally a two edged sword that makes you accept the naked truth about yourself to wield it, and undoes evil by that same principle. Hard to beat four books for the price of one with this collection. I've read them countless times and would happily do so again at any time.
   
2. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Shakespeare's works are the basis for so much literature and culture (good and bad) that a complete volume of his works would be enjoyable in its own right while providing memories for the many offshoot works that have their roots here which I have already consumed.
   
3. The Stories of Ray Bradbury - A few have mentioned Fahrenheit 451 here already, but Bradbury was an amazing author beyond the confines of his popular works, and a collection such as this offers a decent variety from an amazing writer.
   
4. Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1 - Azimov is another author who was a prodigious writer with a wealth of amazing concepts and stories. I've enjoyed most of his popular fiction and a collection as large as this would seem a godsend should I be as limited as this challenge proposes in my reading.
   
5. Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson is probably my favorite author right now, and if I had the option I would pick the complete Mistborn series or the whole of the as yet to be finished Stormlight Archive, but with 1 book left in my 5, I would have to limit myself to his one offs, and of those I think Warbreaker speaks to me most. It's a great story and having read it a couple of times already, I don't think I would tire of it easily.

As far as his novels go, my opinion has been that The Gods Themselves is the peak of his career. Asimov himself described it as his favorite novel.

While I absolutely love that book, I think I like his short stories a little bit better -- I basically grew up with my dad's copy of Asimov's Complete Stories Vol. 1. I can go through the list and pick out my favorites (as the collection is pretty large) if you want.

There are three volumes in Issac Asimov The complete stories
While Heinlein excelled in the novel, Asimov did better in short stories in my opinion. Also I recommend the Azazel stories.

Go with short story anthologies for a while. Here are a couple you might like:

• Asimov (This was a series of books, no longer in print--there are other Asimov anthologies out there.)
  
  
• Clarke
  
  You might also find the Years Best series to your liking:
  
  
• Years Best Science Fiction

Had the same question. Found them, I think. Wanted to pass it on to you:

• Last Question It's on page 290
  
• Holographic Universe
  
• Power of Now
  
• Prometheus Rising

Here's a collection of his short stories including Nightfall.

http://www.amazon.com/Isaac-Asimov-Complete-Stories-Vol/dp/038541627X

I have this collection and it is very good, I don't think they have an electronic version though.

Treat yourself to a book you'll always treasure.

http://www.amazon.com/Isaac-Asimov-Complete-Stories-Vol/dp/038541627X

I read that in there! I enjoyed every story and poem in that book. I need to get the other volume(s).

I'm 90% sure I found this story in a collection of Asimov short stories. I don't have a copy of the book in front of me, but I think it's under a different title here.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/038541627X/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

You can buy it Here it's really long, but you can read some stories and leave others, personally, I think the whole book is worth it, one of my favorites of all time

Do you like science fiction? I recently reread Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1. It's great, especially if you are commuting since you can dip in out and very easily on account of them being short stories.

Also go and get yourself The Earthsea Quartet and Uncle Stories.

There is Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories which is a three volume set. Vol 1. Vol 2. But I haven't been able to find Vol 3 anywhere yet.

I think your best bet is to pick up the collections of his short stories that have been released, and then start picking up his books from there.

The complete Isaac Asimov collection.

It's great if you have a short attention span because they are short stories, and they're fantastic. He was a visionary writer.