In the late 1930's Isaac Asimov, a new young talent, began to make his mark on the science fiction scene with a succession of outstanding stories in the various SF magazines of the time.

He was later to become world-renowned as the author of such classics of modern science fiction as the epic Foundation trilogy and the robot stories in which he formulated the now famous Three Laws of Robotics.

The Early Asimov is a showcase of story-telling brilliance by the young Asimov. Each story is prefaced by Dr. Asimov with biographical details of how and when he came to write it as well as his own critical evaluation of it. The result is a doubly rich science fiction treat: a collection of tales that makes engrossing entertainment in its own right and, in addition, gives the reader a first-hand look at the development of the twentieth-century's undisputed Grand Master of science fiction.

The Callistan Menace
Ring Around the Sun
The Magnificent Possession
Trends
The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use
Black Friar of the Flame
Half-Breed
The Secret Sense
Homo Sol
Half-Breeds on Venus
The Imaginary
Heredity
History
Christmas On Ganymede
The Little Man on the Subway
The Hazing
Super-Neutron
Not Final!
Legal Rites
Time Pussy
Author! Author!
Death Sentence
Blind Alley
No Connection
The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline
The Red Queen’s Race
Mother Earth