''Devils'' is an
anthology of
themed fantasy
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and
science fiction
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short stories on the subject of
devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of ...
s or
demons edited by
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and ...
,
Martin H. Greenberg and
Charles G. Waugh as the eighth volume in their
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
''Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy'' is a series of twelve themed paperback fantasy and science fiction anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, a companion set to the ten volume ''Isaac Asimov's Wonde ...
series. It was first published in paperback by
Signet/New American Library in June 1987. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in 1989.
The book collects eighteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.
Contents
*"The Devil"
ntroduction(
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and ...