''Foundation's Friends, Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov'' is a 1989 book written in honor of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
author
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 ...
, in the form of an anthology of short stories set in Asimov's universes, particularly the
''Foundation'' universe. The anthology was edited by
Martin H. Greenberg, and contributing authors include
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
,
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...
,
Frederik Pohl,
Poul Anderson,
Harry Turtledove, and
Orson Scott Card. It commemorated Asimov's 50th anniversairy as an author. A number of writers who contributed to the anthology are also portrayed on the book's cover.
A "revised and expanded" edition was published in 1997, which added numerous memorials and appreciations written by those who knew him, many of them well-known authors and editors from the science fiction field.
* Hardback:
* Paperback:
* Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback):
Reception
David Langford commented brielfy on the anthology, noting it contains "a lot of routine pastiche" as well as several gems. He criticized Poul Anderson's story as "too finicky", but praised Orson Scott Card's work as "the best Foundation/Empire story ever written".
Jo Walton
Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh and Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel ''Among Others'', which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and '' Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian era novel w ...
likewise commented on the anthology in passing, choosing
Frederik Pohl and
Connie Willis' stories as its best.
Table of contents
Contents added to the revised and expanded edition
See also
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Festschrift
In academia, a ''Festschrift'' (; plural, ''Festschriften'' ) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the ...
, a book honoring a respected person
References
External links
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Foundation universe books
1989 books
Martin H. Greenberg anthologies
Festschrifts