212. Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday)

  213. Microcosmic Tales (Taplinger)

  214. Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, y 1941 (DAW)

  215. In Joy Still Felt (Doubleday)

  The catalog of books included at the end of In Memory Yet Green is repeated at the end of this book and is extended to include the fourteen books that have appeared since.

  Notice that there is no book #201. Both Doubleday and Houghton Mifflin wanted my 200th book and there was no way I could disappoint either one. As soon as I finished my autobiography, I began Opus 200 for Houghton Mifflin (which did for my second hundred books what Opus 100 did for my first hundred).

  I broke the news to each publisher as late in the game as I dared and assured each that the existence of two 200th books would amuse the public, and I was right. It was that, more than anything else, that got me some very nice attention in Time, in the New York Times, and in many other places.

  Fortunately, both publishers decided to trust me in this. They arranged to publish the two books simultaneously and then co-sponsored a delightful joint-publication-day party. (And both books, thank goodness, did very nicely as far as sales were concerned.)

  In other matters, I am glad that there are no tragedies to report.

  Robyn completed her college work in May 1978, and at her commencement I cheered and yelled from the spectator stands. I couldn’t help having the selfish thought that if she hadn’t lost that freshman year at Windham because of her illness, she would have graduated in May 1977 and my coronary would have prevented me from attending.

  After taking a year off, she enrolled in Boston University to do graduate work of a kind that will, in time, make a psychiatric social worker of her.

  As for me—well, I overcame my dislike of travel long enough to make a trip to California in December 1978 (by train, both ways), and to Paris in September 1979 (by ship and train both ways).

  Janet wrote an article on the trip to California and placed it with the New York Times without difficulty. It appeared under the headline “Crossing the Continent with a Man Who Won’t Fly” and was very well received. People who recognized me in the street stopped me to tell me how much they liked her article. And her second science-fiction novel, The Last Immortal, is being published by Houghton Mifflin at just about the time this book is coming out.

  One final note. In 1979, Boston University School of Medicine, of its own accord, and entirely without prompting from me, finally promoted me to the rank of full professor. After twenty-four years, I no longer need to include that tiresome word “Associate.”

  I am now Professor of Biochemistry.

  to be continued eventually

  Catalog of Books

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  Isaac Asimov

  Note: The numbers preceding the titles of books refer to the order in which they were published.

  PART I — FICTION

  A – Science-Fiction Novels

  1. Pebble in the Sky. Doubleday, 1950

  3. The Stars, like Dust—. Doubleday, 1951

  4. Foundation. Gnome (Doubleday), 1951

  5. David Starr: Space Ranger. Doubleday, 1952

  6. Foundation and Empire. Gnome (Doubleday), 1952

  7. The Currents of Space. Doubleday, 1952

  9. Second Foundation. Gnome (Doubleday), 1951

  10. Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids. Doubleday, 1953

  11. The Caves of Steel. Doubleday, 1954

  12. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus. Doubleday, 1954

  15. The End of Eternity. Doubleday, 1955

  17. Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury. Doubleday, 1956

  20. The Naked Sun. Doubleday, 1957

  21. Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter. Doubleday, 1957

  26. Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn. Doubleday, 1958

  67. Fantastic Voyage. Houghton Mifflin, 1966

  121. The Gods Themselves. Doubleday, 1972

  B – Mystery Novels

  28. The Death Dealers. Avon, 1958

  172. Murder at the ABA. Doubleday, 1976

  C – Science-Fiction Short Stories and Short-Story Collections

  2. I, Robot. Gnome (Doubleday), 1950

  14. The Martian Way and Other Stories. Doubleday, 1955

  23. Earth Is Room Enough. Doubleday, 1957

  29. Nine Tomorrows. Doubleday, 1959

  60. The Rest of the Robots. Doubleday, 1964

  82. Through a Glass, Clearly. New English Library, 1967

  87. Asimov’s Mysteries. Doubleday, 1968

  98. Nightfall and Other Stories Doubleday, 1969

  113. The Best New Thing*. World Publishing, 1971

  125. The Early Asimov Doubleday, 1972

  146. The Best of Isaac Asimov. Sphere, 1973

  150. Have You Seen These? NESRAA, 1974

  164. Buy Jupiter and Other Stories Doubleday, 1975

  167. The Heavenly Host. Walker, 1975

  170. “The Dream,” “Benjamin’s Dream,” and “Benjamin’s Bicentennial Blast”. Private print., 1976

  174. Good Taste. Apocalypse, 1976

  176. The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Doubleday, 1976

  D – Mystery Short-Story Collections

  155. Tales of the Black Widowers. Doubleday, 1974

  178. More Tales of the Black Widowers. Doubleday, 1976

  190. The Key Word and Other Mysteries*. Walker, 1977

  212. Casebook of the Black Widowers. Doubleday, 1980

  E – Science Fiction Anthologies (Edited by Isaac Asimov)

  47. The Hugo Winners. Doubleday, 1962

  52. Fifty Short Science-fiction Tides (with Groff Conklin). Collier, 1963

  76. Tomorrow’s Children. Doubleday, 1966

  110. Where Do We Go From Here? Doubleday, 1971

  115. The Hugo Winners, Volume II. Doubleday, 1971

  147. Nebula Award Stories Eight. Harper, 1973

  151. Before the Golden Age. Doubleday, 1974

  186. The Hugo Winners, Volume III. Doubleday, 1977

  192. One Hundred Great Science-fiction Short-short Stories (with Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander). Doubleday, 1978

  202. Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 1: 1939 (with Martin Harry Greenberg). DAW Books, 1979

  205. Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 2: 1940 (with Martin Harry Greenberg). DAW Books, 1979

  208. The Science Fictional Solar System (with Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh). Harper & Row, 1979

  209. The Thirteen Crimes of Science Fiction (with Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh). Doubleday, 1979

  213. Microcosmic Tales (with Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander). Taplinger, 1980

  214. Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 3: 1941 (with Martin Harry Greenberg). DAW Books, 1980

  PART II — NONFICTION

  A – General Science

  31. Words of Science. Houghton Mifflin, 1959

  36. Breakthroughs in Science*. Houghton Mifflin, 1960

  39. The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science. Basic Books, 1960

  61. Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Doubleday, 1964

  65. The New Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science. Basic Books, 1965

  97. Twentieth Century Discovery. Doubleday, 1969

  102. Great Ideas of Science*. Houghton Mifflin, 1969

  118. Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Revised Edition). Doubleday, 1972

  120. Asimov’s Guide to Science. Basic Books, 1972

  122. More Words of Science. Houghton Mifflin, 1972

  128. Ginn Science Program—Intermediate Level A*. Ginn, 1972

  129. Ginn Science Program—Intermediate Level C*. Ginn, 1972

  132. Ginn Science Program—Intermediate Level B*. Ginn, 1972

  140. Ginn Science Program-Advanced Level A. Ginn, 1973

  141. Ginn Science Program-Advanced Level B. Ginn, 1973

  143. Please Explain. Houghton Mifflin, 1973

  207. A Choice of Catastrophes. Simon & Schuster, 1979

  B – Mathematics

  32. Realm of Numbers. Houghton Mifflin, 1959

  35. Realm of Measure. Houghton Mifflin, 1960

  42. Realm of Algebra. Houghton Mifflin, 1961

  57. Quick and Easy Math. Houghton Mifflin, 1964

  66. An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule. Houghton Mifflin, 1965

  142. How Did We Find Out About Numbers?*. Walker, 1973

  C – Astronomy

  30. The Clock We Live On. Abelard-Schuman, 1959

  34. The Kingdom of the Sun. Abelard-Schuman, 1960

  37. Satellites in Outer Space*. Random House, 1960

  40. The Double Planet. Abelard-Schuman, 1960

  59. Planets for Man. Random House, 1964

  77. The Universe. Walker, 1966

  79. The Moon*. Follett, 1967

  80. Environments Out There Scholastic. Abelard-Schuman, 1967

  84. To the Ends of the Universe. Walker, 1967

  85. Mars*. Follett, 1967

  89. Stars*. Follett, 1968

  90. Galaxies*. Follett, 1968

  101. ABC’s of Space*. Walker, 1969

  111. What Makes the Sun Shine?* Little, Brown, 1971

  134. Comets and Meteors*. Follett, 1973

  135. The Sun*. Follett, 1973

  139. Jupiter, the Largest Planet. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1973

  152. Our World in Space. New York Graphic, 1974

  160. The Solar System*. Follett, 1975

  162. How Did We Find Out About Comets?* Walker, 1975

  165. Eyes on the Universe. Houghton Mifflin, 1975

  179. Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, >976

  182. The Collapsing Universe. Walker, 1977

  184. How Did We Find Out About Outer Space?* Walker, 1977

  188. Mars, the Red Planet. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1977

  196. How Did We Find Out About Black Holes? Walker, 1978

  199. Saturn and Beyond. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1979

  203. Extraterrestrial Civilizations. Crown, 1979

  D – Earth Sciences

  204. Words on the Map. Houghton Mifflin, 1962

  107. ABC’s of the Ocean*. Walker, 1970

  117. ABC’s of the Earth*. Walker, 1971

  133. How Did We Find Out the Earth Is Round?* Walker, 1973

  168. The Ends of the Earth. Weybright & Talley, 1975

  194. How Did We Find Out About Earthquakes?* Walker, 1978

  211. How Did We Find Out About Antarctica?* Walker, 1979

  E – Chemistry and Biochemistry

  8. Biochemistry and Human Metabolism. Williams & Wilkins, 1952

  13. The Chemicals of Life. Abelard-Schuman, 1954

  18. Chemistry and Human Health. McGraw-Hill, 1956

  22. Building Blocks of the Universe. Abelard-Schuman, 1957

  25. The World of Carbon. Abelard-Schuman, 1958

  27. The World of Nitrogen. Abelard-Schuman, 1958

  43. Life and Energy. Doubleday, 1962

  48. The Search for the Elements. Basic Books, 1962

  50. The Genetic Code. Orion Press, 1963

  62. A Short History of Chemistry. Doubleday, 1965

  68. The Noble Gases. Basic Books, 1966

  75. The Genetic Effects of Radiation (with Theodosius Dobzhansky). AEC, 1966

  95. Photosynthesis. Basic Books, 1969

  158. How Did We Find Out About Vitamins?* Walker, 1974

  F – Physics

  19. Inside the Atom. Abelard-Schuman, 1956

  69. Inside the Atom (Revised Edition). Abelard-Schuman, 1966

  70. The Neutrino. Doubleday, 1966

  72. Understanding Physics, Volume I. Walker, 1966

  73. Understanding Physics, Volume II. Walker, 1966

  74. Understanding Physics, Volume III. Walker, 1966

  108. Light*. Follett, 1970

  123. Electricity and Man. AEC, 1972

  131. Worlds Within Worlds. AEC, 1972

  136. How Did We Find Out About Electricity?* Walker, 1973

  169. How Did We Find Out About Energy?* Walker, 1975

  173. How Did We Find Out About Atoms?* Walker, 1976

  180. How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power?* Walker, 1976

  G – Biology

  181. Races and People (with William C. Boyd). Abelard-Schuman, 1955

  182. The Living River. Abelard-Schuman, 1960

  183. The Wellsprings of Life. Abelard-Schuman, 1960

  184. The Human Body. Houghton Mifflin, 1963

  185. The Human Brain. Houghton Mifflin, 1964

  186. A Short History of Biology. Doubleday, 1964

  124. ABC’s of Ecology*. Walker, 1972

  145. How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs?* Walker, 1973

  153. How Did We Find Out About Germs?* Walker, 1974

  204. How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots?* Walker, 1979

  H – Science Essay Collections

  24. Only a Trillion. Abelard-Schuman, 1957

  45. Fact and Fancy. Doubleday, 1962

  53. View from a Height. Doubleday, 1963

  58. Adding a Dimension. Doubleday, 1964

  64. Of Time and Space and Other Things. Doubleday, 1965

  78. From Earth to Heaven. Doubleday, 1966

  83. Is Anyone There? Doubleday, 1967

  88. Science, Numbers, and I. Doubleday, 1968

  103. The Solar System and Back. Doubleday, 1970

  109. The Stars in Their Courses. Doubleday, 1971

  119. The Left Hand of the Electron. Doubleday, 1972

  138. Today and Tomorrow and—. Doubleday, 1973

  144. The Tragedy of the Moon. Doubleday, 1973

  148. Asimov on Astronomy. Doubleday, 1974

  157. Asimov on Chemistry. Doubleday, 1974

  159. Of Matters Great and Small. Doubleday, 1975

  163. Science Past—Science Future. Doubleday, 1975

  171. Asimov on Physics. Doubleday, 1976

  175. The Planet That Wasn’t. Doubleday, 1976

  183. Asimov on Numbers. Doubleday, 1977

  187. The Beginning and the End. Doubleday, 1977

  193. Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright. Doubleday, 1978

  198. Life and Time. Doubleday, 1978

  206. The Road to Infinity. Doubleday, 1979

  I – History

  54. The Kite That Won the Revolution. Houghton Mifflin, 1963

  63. The Greeks. Houghton Mifflin, 1965

  71. The Roman Republic. Houghton Mifflin, 1966

  81. The Roman Empire. Houghton Mifflin, 1967

  86. The Egyptians. Houghton Mifflin, 1967

  91. The Near East. Houghton Mifflin, 1968

  92. The Dark Ages. Houghton Mifflin, 1968

  94. Words from History. Houghton Mifflin, 1968

  96. The Shaping of England. Houghton Mifflin, 1969

  106. Constantinople. Houghton Mifflin, 1970

  116. The Land of Canaan. Houghton Mifflin, 1971

  126. The Shaping of France. Houghton Mifflin, 1972

  157. The Shaping of North America. Houghton Mifflin, 1973

  158. The Birth of the United States. Houghton Mifflin, 1974

  159. Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship. John Day, 1974

  161. Our Federal Union. Houghton Mifflin, 1975

  189. The Golden Door. Houghton Mifflin, 1977

  J – The Bible

  190. Words in Genesis. Houghton Mifflin, 1962

  191. Words from the Exodus. Houghton Mifflin, 1963

  192. Asimov’s Guide to the Bible, Volume I. Doubleday, 1968

  193. Asimov’s Guide to the Bible, Volume II. Doubleday, 1969

  127. The Story of Ruth. Doubleday, 1972

  195. Animals in the Bible*. Doubleday, 1978

  K – Literature

  196. Words from the Myths. Houghton Mifflin, 1961

  197. Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare, Volume I. Doubleday, 1970

  198. Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare, Volume II. Doubleday, 1970

  199. Asimov’s Annotated Don Juan. Doubleday, 1972

  200. Asimov’s Annotated Paradise Lost. Doubleday, 1974

  181. Familiar Poems, Annotated. Doubleday, 1977

  191. Asimov’s Sherlockian Limericks. Mysterious Press, 1977

  L – Humor and Satire

  112. The Sensuous Dirty Old Man. Walker, 1971

  114. Isaac Asimov’s Treasury of Humor. Houghton Mifflin, 1971

  166. Lecherous Limericks. Walker, 1975

  177. More Lecherous Limericks. Walker, 1976

  185. Still More Lecherous Limericks. Walker, 1977

  197. Limericks: Too Gross (with John Ciardi). Norton, 1978

  M – Miscellaneous

  100. Opus 100. Houghton Mifflin, 1969

  200. Opus 200. Houghton Mifflin, 1979**

  210. Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts. Grosset & Dunlap, 1979

  N – Autobiography

  200. In Memory Yet Green Doubleday, 1979**

  214. In Joy Still Felt Doubleday, 1980

  * For children.

  ** Tie for 200th place.

  [Index omitted.]

  Notes

  [←1]

  I don’t have the article before me, since it was torn into a thousand pieces shortly after I read it, so I can’t guarantee that the quote is letter perfect, but that is what he said.

  [←2]

  See Earth Is Room Enough.