3.4 What is Isaac Asimov's last book?
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This article is from the Isaac Asimov FAQ, by Edward J. Seiler ejseiler@earthlink.net and John H. Jenkins jenkins@mac.com with numerous contributions by others.
3.4 What is Isaac Asimov's last book?
Asimov's publishers have on more than one occasion published the Good
Doctor's "last" book as a marketing ploy. The six titles most often
so-described are:
Asimov Laughs Again (the last book he saw published before his death,
published in 1992)
Forward the Foundation (his last Foundation novel, published in 1993)
Frontiers II (his last -- to date -- essay collection, published in 1993)
I. Asimov: A Memoir (his last autobiographical volume, published in 1994)
Gold (his last -- to date -- anthology of science fiction stories,
published in 1995)
Magic (his last -- to date -- anthology of fantasy stories, published in 1996)
All this, however, does not preclude the possibility of more books by
Asimov being published in the future. There are, for example, enough
uncollected F&SF science essays for one more collection, and enough
uncollected mystery stories for another. Additional volumes could be
published in the "Complete Stories" series, as well as other anthologies
(e.g., "The Honest-to-goodness Complete Robot Stories Book").
All we can say for certain is that with his death, Asimov appears to have
stopped writing. He has, by no means, stopped publishing. It is
therefore probably meaningless to refer to Asimov's "last" book in
absolute chronological terms.
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