Title: Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction

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Title: Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction Title Record # 102971
Author: James E. Gunn
Date: 1982-00-00
Type: NONFICTION
Series: Science-Fiction Writers
Series Number: 3
Language: English
User Rating: 8.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Variant Titles

Year	Title
1982	Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction [as by James Gunn]
1996	Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction, Revised Edition [as by James Gunn]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1983 Hugo	Best Non-Fiction Book
4	1983 Locus	Best Non-Fiction/Reference
3	1998 Locus	Best Non-Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction	1982-00-00	James Gunn	Oxford University Press (The Science-Fiction Writers Series)	0-19-503060-5 / GB 681	$6.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 236	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Alex Schomburg
Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction	1982-00-00	James Gunn	Oxford University Press (The Science-Fiction Writers Series)	0-19-503059-1	$18.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic	Alex Schomburg
Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction, Revised Edition	1996-11-00	James Gunn	Scarecrow Press	0-8108-3129-5	$36.00^?$: US dollar	ix+ 276	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction	date unknown	James Gunn	Oxford University Press	0-19-503060-5 / GB 681	$6.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 236	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Alex Schomburg

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Reviews

Review by Dan Chow (1982) in Locus, #262 November 1982
Review by Gary K. Wolfe [as by Gary Wolfe] (1982) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #10, December 1982
Review by Robert A. Collins [as by Bob Collins] (1983) in Fantasy Newsletter, #55 January 1983
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1983) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1983
Review by Gary K. Wolfe (1997) in Locus, #435 April 1997