''Opus 200'' is

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born 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. H ...

's joint two-hundredth book, along with his autobiography '' In Memory Yet Green'' (both books were published on the same day, following his 199th book).NBC Learn
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in March 1979. Asimov chose to celebrate the publication of his two hundredth book by writing about his previous 198 books, including excerpts from short stories and novels, as well as nonfiction articles and books. ''Opus 200'' also includes three complete science fiction stories, two complete mystery stories and two complete essays.

*Introduction *Excerpt from ''

The Gods Themselves ''The Gods Themselves'' is a 1972 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov, and his first original work in the science fiction genre in fifteen years (not counting his 1966 novelization of ''Fantastic Voyage''). It won the Nebula Award for ...

'' *Excerpt from ''ABCs of Space'' *Excerpt from ''How Did We Find Out About Comets?'' *Excerpt from ''Comets and Meteors'' *Excerpt from ''Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star'' *Excerpt from ''The Collapsing Universe'' *"

The Bicentennial Man "The Bicentennial Man" is a novelette in the ''Robot'' series by American writer Isaac Asimov. According to the foreword in ''Robot Visions'', Asimov was approached to write a story, along with a number of other authors who would do the same, ...

" *Excerpt from ''How Did We Find Out About Numbers?'' *Excerpt from "Skewered!" *Excerpt from ''Light'' *Excerpt from ''Please Explain'' *Excerpt from ''Worlds Within Worlds'' *" Good Taste" *Excerpt from ''How Did We Find Out About Germs?'' *Excerpt from ''The Ends of the Earth'' *Excerpt from ''More Words of Science'' *Excerpt from ''The Land of Canaan'' *Excerpt from ''The Shaping of France'' *Excerpt from ''The Golden Door'' *Excerpt from ''Eyes on the Universe'' *" The Dream" *"Lost in Non-Translation" *"

Light Verse Light poetry or light verse is poetry that attempts to be humorous. Light poems are usually brief, can be on a frivolous or serious subject, and often feature word play including puns, adventurous rhyme, and heavy alliteration. Nonsense poetry i ...

" *"The Monsters We Have Lived With" *Excerpt from ''

Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor ''Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor'' is a humour book written by Isaac Asimov consisting of and subtitled as "A lifetime collection of favorite jokes, anecdotes, and limericks with copious notes on how to tell them and why". Isaac Asimov wrote m ...

'' *Excerpt from ''The Sensuous Dirty Old Man'' *Excerpt from '' Lecherous Limericks'' *Excerpt from ''More Lecherous Limericks'' *Excerpt from ''Still More Lecherous Limericks'' *Excerpt from ''Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship'' *Excerpt from '' Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare'' *Excerpt from ''Asimov's Annotated Don Juan'' *Excerpt from ''Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost'' *Excerpt from ''Familiar Poems Annotated'' *Excerpt from ''Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks'' *Excerpt from '' Tales of the Black Widowers'' *" Earthset and Evening Star" *" The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" *Excerpt from '' Murder at the ABA'' *Excerpt from '' Before the Golden Age'' *"Little Brothers" *"My Second Hundred Books"

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