Asimov Published Stories

Published storiesIn this table, "year" refers to the year of publication, and in the case of magazines means the cover date (which is not always the year when the magazine actually appeared on sale). Alternative titles appear in brackets. (383 stories appear on this list.)

Story Collected in First published

"Marooned off Vesta"

Asimov's MysteriesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Amazing Stories, March 1939

"The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use"

The Early Asimov Amazing Stories, May 1939

"Trends" The Early Asimov Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939

"Half-Breed" The Early Asimov Astonishing Stories, February 1940

"Ring Around the Sun" The Early Asimov Future Fiction, March 1940

"The Callistan Menace" The Early Asimov Astonishing Stories, April 1940

"The Magnificent Possession" The Early Asimov Future Fiction, July 1940

"Robbie"("Strange Playfellow")

I, RobotThe Complete RobotThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot Visions

Super Science Stories, September 1940

"Homo Sol" The Early AsimovAstounding Science Fiction, September 1940

"Half-Breeds on Venus" The Early Asimov Astonishing Stories, December 1940

"History" The Early Asimov Super Science Stories, March 1941

"The Secret Sense" The Early Asimov Cosmic Stories, March 1941

"Heredity" The Early Asimov Astonishing Stories, April 1941

"Reason"I, RobotThe Complete RobotRobot Visions

Astounding Science Fiction, April 1941

"Liar!"I, RobotThe Complete RobotRobot Visions

Astounding Science Fiction, May 1941

"Nightfall" Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Edge of Tomorrow

Astounding Science Fiction, September 1941


The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

"Super-Neutron" The Early Asimov Astonishing Stories, September 1941

"Not Final!"The Early AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941

"Christmas on Ganymede" The Early Asimov Startling Stories, January 1942

"Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete Robot

Amazing Stories, February 1942

"Runaround"

I, RobotThe Complete RobotThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot Visions

Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942

"Black Friar of the Flame" The Early Asimov Planet Stories, Spring 1942

"Time Pussy" The Early Asimov Astounding Science Fiction, April 1942

"Foundation"("The Encyclopedists")

Foundation Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942

"The Weapon" In Memory Yet GreenSuper Science Stories, May 1942(under pseudonym "H. B. Ogden")

"Bridle and Saddle"("The Mayors")

Foundation Astounding Science Fiction, June 1942

"Victory Unintentional"The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete Robot

Super Science Stories, August 1942

"The Hazing"The Early AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1942

"The Imaginary" The Early Asimov Super Science Stories, November 1942

"Death Sentence"

The Early AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Astounding Science Fiction, November 1943

"Catch That Rabbit" I, RobotThe Complete Robot

Astounding Science Fiction, February 1944


The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

"The Big and the Little"("The Merchant Princes")

Foundation Astounding Science Fiction, August 1944

"The Wedge"("The Traders")

Foundation Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944

"Blind Alley"



"Dead Hand"("The General")

Foundation and Empire Astounding Science Fiction, April 1945

"Escape!"("Paradoxical Escape")

I, RobotThe Complete Robot

Astounding Science Fiction, August 1945

"The Mule" Foundation and EmpireAstounding Science Fiction, November 1945 and December 1945

"Evidence"

I, RobotThe Complete RobotThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 2


"Little Lost Robot"

I, RobotThe Complete RobotThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot Visions


"Now You See It—"("Search by the Mule")

Second Foundation Astounding Science Fiction, January 1948

"The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline"

Only a TrillionThe Early Asimov


"No Connection" The Early AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles:

Astounding Science Fiction, June 1948


Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

"The Red Queen's Race"


Astounding Science Fiction, January 1949

"Mother Earth" The Early Asimov Astounding Science Fiction, May 1949

"—And Now You Don't"("Search by the Foundation")

Second FoundationAstounding Science Fiction, November 1949, December 1949 and January 1950

"The Little Man on the Sub-way"

The Early Asimov Fantasy Book, vol. 1 no. 6 (January 1950)

"The Evitable Conflict"I, RobotThe Complete RobotRobot Visions

Astounding Science Fiction, June 1950

"Legal Rites" The Early Asimov Weird Tales, September 1950

"Darwinian Pool Room"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950

"Green Patches"("Misbegotten Missionary")

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1950

"Day of the Hunters"

Buy Jupiter and Other StoriesThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Future Combined With Science Fiction Sto-ries, November 1950

"Satisfaction Guaranteed"

Earth Is Room EnoughThe Rest of the RobotsThe Complete RobotThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Amazing Stories, April 1951

"Hostess"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesRobot DreamsThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1951

"Breeds There a Man...?" Through a Glass, Clearly Astounding Science Fiction, June 1951


Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Edge of TomorrowRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

"The Psychohistorians" Foundation Foundation (Gnome Press, 1951)

"In a Good Cause—"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

New Tales of Space and Time (Henry Holt & Co., 1951)

"C-Chute"

Through a Glass, ClearlyNightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1


"Shah Guido G."Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Marvel, November 1951

"The Fun They Had"

Earth Is Room EnoughThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Boys' and Girls' Page, December 1951

"Youth"The Martian Way and Other Stories

Space Science Fiction, May 1952

"What If—"


Fantastic, Summer 1952

"The Martian Way" The Martian Way and Other StoriesThe Best of Isaac AsimovRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-

Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1952


movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

"The Deep"

The Martian Way and Other StoriesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952

"Button, Button"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Startling Stories, January 1953

"The Monkey's Finger"


Startling Stories, February 1953

"Nobody Here But—"


Star Science Fiction Stories (Ballantine Books, February 1953)

"Sally"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Complete RobotRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Fantastic, May–June 1953

"Flies"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, June 1953

"Kid Stuff"Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953

"Belief"

Through a Glass, ClearlyThe Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Edge of Tomorrow

Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953

"The Micropsychiatric Applica-tions of Thiotimoline"

Only a TrillionAstounding Science Fiction, December 1953


"Everest"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Universe Science Fiction, December 1953

"Sucker Bait"The Martian Way and Other Stories

Astounding Science Fiction, February 1954 and March 1954

"The Pause"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Time to Come (Farrar, Straus and Young, April 1954)

"The Immortal Bard"

Earth Is Room EnoughThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Universe Science Fiction, May 1954

"The Foundation of S.F. Suc-cess"


The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, October 1954

"Let's Not"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Boston University Graduate Journal, De-cember 1954

"It's Such a Beautiful Day"

Through a Glass, ClearlyNightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 (Ballantine Books, January 1955)

"The Singing Bell"Asimov's MysteriesThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, January 1955

"Question" — Computers and Automation, March 1955

"Risk"The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete Robot

Astounding Science Fiction, May 1955

"The Last Trump" Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Fantastic Universe, June 1955

"Franchise" Earth Is Room EnoughRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

If: Worlds of Science Fiction, August 1955


The Complete Stories, Volume 1

"The Talking Stone"Asimov's MysteriesThe Complete Stories, Volume 2


"The Portable Star" − Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955

"Dreamworld"Opus 100The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, November 1955

"Dreaming Is a Private Thing"


The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, December 1955

"The Message"Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, February 1956

"The Dead Past"

Earth Is Room EnoughThe Edge of TomorrowThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Astounding Science Fiction, April 1956

"Hell-Fire"Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Fantastic Universe, May 1956

"Living Space"Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Original Science Fiction Stories, May 1956

"What's in a Name?"("Death of a Honey-Blonde")

Asimov's Mysteries The Saint Detective Magazine, June 1956

"The Dying Night"

Nine TomorrowsAsimov's MysteriesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, July 1956

"Someday"

Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete RobotRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Infinity Science Fiction August 1956


"Each an Explorer"


Future #30 (August 1956)

"Pâté de Foie Gras"

Asimov's MysteriesOnly a TrillionThe Edge of TomorrowThe Complete Stories, Volume 2


"The Watery Place"Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Satellite Science Fiction, October 1956

"First Law"The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete Robot

Fantastic Universe, October 1956

"Gimmicks Three"("The Brazen Locked Room")

Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, November 1956

"The Last Question"

Nine TomorrowsOpus 100The Best of Isaac AsimovThe Edge of TomorrowRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1956

"Jokester"

Earth Is Room EnoughRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956

"Strikebreaker"(Male Strikebreaker)

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Original Science Fiction Stories, Janu-ary 1957

"The Dust of Death" Asimov's Mysteries Venture Science Fiction, January 1957


"Let's Get Together"

The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete RobotThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Infinity Science Fiction, February 1957

"The Author's Ordeal"Earth Is Room EnoughThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1957

"Blank!"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Infinity Science Fiction, June 1957

"Does a Bee Care?"Buy Jupiter and Other StoriesRobot Dreams

If: Worlds of Science Fiction, June 1957

"A Woman's Heart" — Satellite, June 1957

"Profession"

Nine TomorrowsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Astounding Science Fiction, July 1957

"A Loint of Paw"

Asimov's MysteriesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, August 1957

"Ideas Die Hard"The Winds of Change and Other Stories


"I'm in Marsport Without Hilda"

Nine Tomorrows (bowdler-

ized version)


Venture Science Fiction, November 1957

"Insert Knob A in Hole B"


The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, December 1957

"Galley Slave"

The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete RobotRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1957


"The Gentle Vultures"Nine TomorrowsThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Super-Science Fiction, December 1957

"Spell My Name with an S"("S, as in Zebatinsky")

Nine TomorrowsRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Star Science Fiction, January 1958

"Lenny"

The Rest of the RobotsThe Complete RobotRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Infinity Science Fiction, January 1958

"I Just Make Them Up, See!"Nine TomorrowsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, February 1958

"The Feeling of Power"

Nine TomorrowsOpus 100The Edge of TomorrowRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

If: Worlds of Science Fiction, February 1958

"Silly Asses"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Future Science Fiction, February 1958

"All the Troubles of the World"

Nine TomorrowsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Super-Science Fiction, April 1958

"Buy Jupiter"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Venture Science Fiction, May 1958

"The Up-to-Date Sorcerer"



"The Ugly Little Boy"("Lastborn")

Nine TomorrowsThe Edge of TomorrowRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction

Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958


of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

"A Statue for Father"("Benefactor of Humanity")


Satellite Science Fiction, February 1959

"Anniversary"

Asimov's MysteriesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Amazing Science Fiction Stories, March 1959

"Unto the Fourth Generation"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, April 1959

"Obituary"



"Rain, Rain, Go Away"


Fantastic Universe, September 1959

"Rejection Slips"Nine TomorrowsScience Fiction by Asimov

Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday, 1959)

"The Covenant"

Asimov wrote part two of this five part

round-robin story.[1]

—Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1960

"Thiotimoline and the Space Age"

Opus 100The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1960

"What Is This Thing Called Nightfall and Other Sto- Amazing Stories, March 1961


Love?"("Playboy and the Slime God")

riesThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

"The Machine that Won the War"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1


"My Son, the Physicist"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Scientific American, February 1962

"Star Light"Asimov's MysteriesThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Scientific American, October 1962

"Author! Author!"

The Early AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

The Unknown Five (Pyramid Books, January 1964)

"Eyes Do More Than See"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovScience Fiction by AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, April 1965

"Founding Father"



"The Man Who Made the 21st — Boys' Life, October 1965


Century"

"The Key"

Asimov's MysteriesThe Best Mysteries of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2


"The Prime of Life"The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories


"The Billiard Ball"

Asimov's MysteriesThe Best of Isaac AsimovThe Edge of TomorrowRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

If: Worlds of Science Fiction, March 1967

"Segregationist"

Nightfall and Other Sto-riesThe Complete RobotRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 1

Abbottempo, book 4, 1967

"Exile to Hell"

Buy Jupiter and Other StoriesThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1968

"Key Item"("The Computer That Went On

Strike")



"The Proper Study"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Boys' Life, September 1968

"The Holmes-Ginsbook De-vice"

Opus 100If: Worlds of Science Fiction, December 1968

"Feminine Intuition" The Bicentennial Man and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-


Other StoriesThe Complete RobotThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

tion, October 1969

"Waterclap"The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

If: Worlds of Science Fiction, April 1970

"A Problem of Numbers"("As Chemist to Chemist")

The Best Mysteries of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1970

"2430 A.D."Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

IBM Magazine, October 1970

"The Best New Thing" The Best New ThingThe Best New Thing (World Publishing Co., 1971)

"The Greatest Asset"


Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Janu-ary 1972

"The Acquisitive Chuckle"

Tales of the Black Widow-ersThe Return of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1972

"Mirror Image"

The Best of Isaac AsimovThe Complete RobotThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1972

"Ph as in Phony"("The Phony PhD")

Tales of the Black Widow-ers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1972

"Truth to Tell"("The Man Who Never Told a

Lie")


Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1972

"Go, Little Book!"("The Matchbook Collector")


Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Decem-ber 1972


"Take a Match"


New Dimensions II (Doubleday, 1972)

"Thiotimoline to the Stars"Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology(Random House, 1973)

"Early Sunday Morning"("The Biological Clock")

Tales of the Black Widow-ersThe Return of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1973

"The Obvious Factor"

Tales of the Black Widow-ersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac AsimovThe Return of the Black Widowers


"The Pointing Finger"

Tales of the Black Widow-ersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov


"Miss What?"("A Warning to Miss Earth")


Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Septem-ber 1973

"Light Verse"

Buy Jupiter and Other StoriesOpus 200The Complete RobotRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

The Saturday Evening Post, September–Oc-tober 1973

"Out of Sight"("The Six Suspects")



"Yankee Doodle Went to Town"


Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, 1974)

"The Lullaby of Broadway"Tales of the Black Widow-ers



"The Curious Omission"Tales of the Black Widow-ers


"The Dream"

The Dream, Benjamin's Dream and Benjamin's Bi-centennial Blast (limited edition)Opus 200

The Saturday Evening Post, January 1974

"When No Man Pursueth"More Tales of the Black Widowers


"Benjamin's Dream"("The Second Dream")

The Dream, Benjamin's Dream and Benjamin's Bi-centennial Blast (limited edition)

The Saturday Evening Post, April 1974

"Party by Satellite"("The Third Dream")

— The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974

"Quicker Than the Eye"

More Tales of the Black WidowersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov


". . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him"

The Bicentennial Man and Other StoriesThe Complete RobotThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, May 1974

"Stranger in Paradise"

The Bicentennial Man and Other StoriesThe Complete RobotThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

If: Worlds of Science Fiction, May–June 1974

"Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast"

("The Fourth Dream")

The Dream, Benjamin's Dream and Benjamin's Bi-centennial Blast (limited edition)

The Saturday Evening Post, June and July 1974

"The Iron Gem"

More Tales of the Black WidowersThe Return of the Black Widowers


"Half-Baked Publisher's De-light"

The Best from If, Volume III

Worlds of If, July–August 1974


(co-written with Jeffrey S. Hudson)100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

"The Three Numbers"("All in the Way You Read It")



Nothing Like MurderMore Tales of the Black Widowers


No Smoking(Confessions of an American

Cigarette Smoker)

More Tales of the Black Widowers


The Heavenly HostThe Heavenly Host

(an extended version of the original

short story)[2][3]

Boys' Life, December 1974

Big Game Before the Golden Age Before the Golden Age (Doubleday, 1974)

The Life and Times of Multi-vac

The Bicentennial Man and Other StoriesThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

The New York Times, Sunday, 5 January 1975

Sarah Tops(Try Sarah Tops)

The Key Word and Other Mysteries

Boys' Life, February 1975

A Boy's Best Friend The Complete Robot Boys' Life, March 1975

The One and Only East



The Little ThingsThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov


Point of View The Complete Robot Boys' Life, July 1975

Earthset and Evening Star

More Tales of the Black WidowersOpus 200The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov


About NothingThe Winds of Change and Other Stories

First appeared on a postcard.

(subsequently in Science Fiction Review, August 1975 and

thenIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977)

HalloweenThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

American Way, October 1975


A Case of NeedThe Key Word and Other Mysteries

Young World Magazine, October 1975

Santa Claus Gets a CoinThe Key Word and Other Mysteries


Friday the ThirteenthMore Tales of the Black Widowers

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fic-tion, January 1976

Season's Greetings!More Tales of the Black Widowers

More Tales of the Black Widowers (Double-day, 1976)

The UnabridgedMore Tales of the Black Widowers


The Ultimate CrimeMore Tales of the Black Widowers


The Bicentennial Man

The Bicentennial Man and Other StoriesOpus 200The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-movRobot VisionsThe Complete Stories, Volume 2

Stellar #2 (Ballantine Books, February 1976)

The WinnowingThe Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Febru-ary 1976

Old-Fashioned


Bell Telephone Magazine, January–February 1976

Marching In


High Fidelity, May 1976

Birth of a NotionThe Bicentennial Man and Other Stories

Amazing Stories, June 1976

The Cross of Lorraine

Casebook of the Black WidowersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov


The Tercentenary Incident The Bicentennial Man and Other StoriesThe Complete RobotThe Complete Stories,

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1976


Volume 2

The Family Man(A Case of Income Tax Fraud)

Casebook of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Novem-ber 1976

Good TasteOpus 200The Winds of Change and Other Stories

Good Taste (Apocalypse Press, 1976) (lim-ited edition)

(subsequently in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine,

Fall 1977)

To Tell at a GlanceThe Winds of Change and Other Stories

The Saturday Evening Post, February 1977

True Love

The Complete RobotRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

American Way, February 1977

Think!The Complete RobotRobot Visions

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977

The Sports PageCasebook of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1977

Sure Thing

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977

The Thirteenth Day of Christ-mas

The Key Word and Other MysteriesOpus 200The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov


The Missing ItemCasebook of the Black Widowers

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977

The Key Word

The Key Word and Other MysteriesThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

The Key Word and Other Mysteries (Walker & Company, 1977)

The Next Day



The Disappearing Man

The Key Word and Other Mysteries (British edition only)

The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries

Boys' Life, June 1978


Found!

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Edge of TomorrowThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Omni, October 1978

Fair Exchange?The Winds of Change and Other Stories

Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Fall 1978

Strike! — Omni, January 1979

Nothing for Nothing

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1979

Irrelevance!(A Matter of Irrelevance)

Casebook of the Black Widowers


How It Happened

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979

None So BlindCasebook of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1979

To the Barest

Casebook of the Black WidowersThe Return of the Black Widowers


The Backward LookCasebook of the Black Widowers

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1979

It Is ComingThe Winds of Change and Other Stories

Various newspapers, 1979 (advert for Field Enterprises)

The Last Answer

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesRobot DreamsThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, Janu-ary 1980

Second BestCasebook of the Black Widowers

Casebook of the Black Widowers (Double-day, January 1980)

Middle Name Casebook of the Black Widowers



The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

What Time Is It?



For the Birds


Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1980

Sixty Million Trillion Combina-tions

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac AsimovThe Return of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 5 May 1980

The Woman in the Bar

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Return of the Black Widowers

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 30 June 1980

Getting EvenTales from the Spaceport Bar

Gallery, August 1980

No Refuge Could Save(To Spot a Spy)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, September 1980

The Good Samaritan

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 10 Sep-tember 1980

Death of a Foy

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Best Science Fiction of Isaac AsimovScience Fiction by Asimov

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980

The Telephone Number(The Winning Number)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, October 1980

The Men Who Wouldn't Talk(Pigeon English)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, November 1980

A Clear Shot(Big Shot)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, December 1980

The Year of the Action Banquets of the Black Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1 January


(The Gilbert and Sullivan Mys-tery)

Widowers 1981

Irresistible to Women(Call Me Irresistible)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, January 1981

He Wasn't There(The Spy Who Was Out-of-Fo-

cus)

The Union Club MysteriesThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Gallery, February 1981

The Thin Line(Taxicab Crackdown)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, March 1981

Mystery Tune(Death Song)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, April 1981

The Last ShuttleThe Winds of Change and Other Stories

Today (a Florida newspaper supplement), 10 April 1981

Hide and SeekThe Union Club MysteriesThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Gallery, May 1981

Gift(Decipher Deception)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, June 1981

Can You Prove It?

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 17 June 1981

Hot or Cold The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, July 1981

The Thirteenth Page The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, August 1981

1 to 999(One in a Thousand)


Twelve Years Old(The 12-Year-Old Problem)


A Perfect FitThe Winds of Change and Other Stories

EDN, 14 October 1981

Testing, Testing!(Cloak and Dagger Duel)


The Appleby Story(The Last Laugh)


Ignition Point!


Finding the Right Speaker (American Soci-ety of Association Executives, 1981)


Dollars and Cents(Countdown to Disaster)


Gallery, January 1982

Friends and Allies(Mirror Image)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, February 1982

Lest We Remember

The Winds of Change and Other StoriesRobot DreamsThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1982

Which Is Which?(The Perfect Alibi)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, March 1982

The Winds of ChangeThe Winds of Change and Other StoriesThe Edge of Tomorrow

Speculations (Houghton Mifflin, April 1982)

One Night of SongThe Winds of Change and Other StoriesAzazel

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982

The Sign(The Telltale Sign)


Gallery, April 1982

The Phoenician BaubleBanquets of the Black Widowers


Catching the Fox(Stopping the Fox)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, May 1982

Getting the Combination(Playing It by the Numbers)


Gallery, June 1982

To the Victor AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1982

The Library Book(Mystery Book)


Gallery, July 1982

The Three Goblets(A Flash of Brilliance)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, August 1982

Spell It!(Book Smart)


Lucky SevenThe Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries

Boys' Life, September 1982


The Dim RumbleScience Fiction by AsimovAzazel

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1982

Two Women(Cherchez la Femme: the Case of the Disappearing

Woman)


The Super Runner — Runner's World, October 1982

The Smile That LosesThe Winds of Change and Other StoriesAzazel

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1982

Sending a Signal(A Piece of the Rock)


Half a Ghost(A Ghost of a Chance)


There Was a Young Lady(Poetic License)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, January 1983

Potential Science Fiction by AsimovIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1983

State Capital(A Chemical Solution)

— Gallery, February 1983

Never Out of Sight(The Amusement Lark)


Gallery, March 1983

The Favourite Piece(Face the Music)

The Union Club Mysteries Gallery, April 1983

The Magic Umbrella(Stormy Weather)


Gallery, May 1983

A Monday in AprilBanquets of the Black Widowers


The Briefcase in the Taxi(Circuit Breaker)

— Gallery, June 1983

The Bird That Sang Bass(Riddled With Clues)

— Gallery, July 1983

The Last Caesar(Great Caesar's Ghost)

— Gallery, August 1983

Saving Humanity

AzazelThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1983

Nothing Might Happen The Best Mysteries of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, De-


Isaac Asimov cember 1983

The SpeckThe Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Gallery, December 1983

The Christmas SolutionThe Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries


A Matter of Principle AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1984

Neither Brute nor Human

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov


The Evil Drink Does AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1984

Writing Time AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1984

Triply Unique — Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1984

The IntrusionBanquets of the Black Widowers

Banquets of the Black Widowers (Double-day, September 1984)

The DriverBanquets of the Black Widowers


The Wrong House

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Return of the Black Widowers


The Redhead

Banquets of the Black WidowersThe Best Mysteries of Isaac AsimovThe Return of the Black Widowers


The Ten-Second Election — Omni, November 1984

Dashing Through the SnowScience Fiction by AsimovAzazel

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1984)

The Year of the Feast —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Decem-ber 1984

The Queen and King — Espionage, December 1984

Hallucination Gold Boys' Life, February, March and April 1985

The Fourth Homonym Puzzles of the Black Wid- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March


owersThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

1985

Upside Down —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1985

Unique Is Where You Find ItThe Edge of TomorrowPuzzles of the Black Wid-owers

The Edge of Tomorrow (Tor Books, July 1985)

Triple Devil

Puzzles of the Black Wid-owersThe Return of the Black Widowers


Logic Is Logic AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1985

The Suspect(The Taunter)

—Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1985

He Travels the Fastest AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1985

Straight Lines —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Decem-ber 1985

The TwinsThe Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries

The Disappearing Man and Other Myster-ies (Walker & Company, 1985)

The Man in the ParkThe Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries

The Disappearing Man and Other Myster-ies (Walker & Company, 1985)

Feghoot and the Courts(Burnside and the Courts)

GoldBred Any Good Rooks Lately? (Doubleday, 1986)

The Eye of the Beholder

AzazelThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986

Child's Play —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1986

New England Equinox —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1986

More Things in Heaven and Earth

Science Fiction by AsimovAzazel

Science Fiction by Asimov (Davis Publica-tions, 1986)

Sunset on the WaterPuzzles of the Black Wid-owers


Ten — Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August


1986

Zip Code — Boys' Life, September 1986

Where Is He?Puzzles of the Black Wid-owers


The Mind's Construction AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986

Robot Dreams Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams (Berkley Books, November 1986)


mid-December 1986)

The Common Name —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Decem-ber 1986

Left to Right GoldAnalog Science Fiction / Science Fact, Janu-ary 1987

The Fights of Spring AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1987

The Old PursePuzzles of the Black Wid-owers


The Teddy Bear —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1987

The Stamp —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1987

Galatea AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1987

The Fable of the Three Princes MagicSpaceships and Spells (Harper & Row, 1987)

The Two-Centimeter Demon Azazel Azazel (Doubleday, 1988)

The Quiet Place

Puzzles of the Black Wid-owersThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov


The Legacy —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1988

The Turning Point The Drabble ProjectThe Drabble Project (Beccon Publications, April 1988) (limited edition)

Flight of Fancy AzazelIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1988

The Lost Dog Mysterious Menagerie Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June


1988

The Smile of the Chipper(Man as the Ultimate Gadget)

Gold

Supplement to Bloomberg Businessweek, 21 October 1988


April 1989)

I Love Little PussyThe Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asi-mov

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1988

Christmas Without Rodney Robot VisionsIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1988

The Instability Gold The Observer, 1 January 1989

Good-bye to Earth Gold Interview, January 1989

The Last Man —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1989

The EnvelopePuzzles of the Black Wid-owers


Alexander the God Gold Columbia, June / July 1989

Northwestward Return of the Black Wid-owersMagic

The Further Adventures of Batman (Bantam Books, July 1989)

The Mad Scientist MagicAnalog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1989

To Your Health MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1989

The AlibiPuzzles of the Black Wid-owers


Ho! Ho! Ho! Mistletoe MysteriesMistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide Mur-der(Mysterious Press, October 1989)

Too Bad! Robot Visions The Microverse (Bantam, November 1989)

The Lucky PiecePuzzles of the Black Wid-owers

Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday, January 1990)

The Four-Leaf CloverPuzzles of the Black Wid-owers


The RecipePuzzles of the Black Wid-owers


Yes, but Why?The Return of the Black Widowers

The Armchair Detective, Spring 1990

Lost in a Space WarpThe Return of the Black Widowers



Robot Visions Robot Visions Robot Visions (Roc Books, April 1990)

Fault-Intolerant GoldIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1990

Police at the DoorThe Return of the Black Widowers


In the Canyon Gold Omni, July 1990

Wine Is a Mocker MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1990

Cal GoldCal (Doubleday, 1990) (limited edition pamphlet)

The Haunted CabinThe Return of the Black Widowers


The Time Traveller MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1990

Kid Brother GoldIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1990

Missing —Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1991

Baby, It's Cold Outside MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1991

The Guest's GuestThe Return of the Black Widowers


Gold GoldAnalog Science Fiction / Science Fact, Sep-tember 1991

Frustration GoldThere Won't Be War (Tor Books, November 1991)

Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon

MagicOnce Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (Del Rey / Ballantine Books, No-vember 1991)

It's a Job MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, mid-December 1991

The Critic on the Hearth MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1992

March Against the Foe MagicIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1994

Battle-Hymn Gold Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995)

The Nations in Space Gold Gold (HarperPrism, March 1995)

The collection I, Robot also contains a linking text at the beginning and end of the book, and in between some (but not all) of the stories, which form a framing story not found anywhere else.

A play by Asimov called The Story Machine, which is an adaptation of his short story "Someday", was published in the February 1958 issue of Plays.

In 1950 Asimov wrote a comic strip called "Star Empire" (art by Charles Schneeman). The first page appeared in the May 1990 issue of Argosy.

Stories never anthologisedFive published stories were never included in Asimov's own books. They were however included in other anthologies.

Nine science fiction stories have never been collected in any book:

"Question" (Computers and Automation, March 1955) had an ending which was similar to an-other author's 1952 story (although the rest of the story was different), and when this was pointed out to Asimov he promised never to publish it again, a promise he kept.

"The Portable Star" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955) was Asimov's least favourite story, and was anthologised without his permission in a magazine, A Treasury of Great Sci-ence Fiction Stories no. 1 (1964). (It has since been reprinted in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 2007.)

"A Woman's Heart" (Satellite, June 1957) was never collected because of Asimov's disdain for it.

"The Covenant" (Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1960) was a five-part round-robin story to which five different authors contributed. Asimov wrote the second part. [1] (It was reprinted in a magazine in 1966, Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told Number 2.)

"The Man Who Made the 21st Century" (Boys' Life, October 1965)

"Party by Satellite" (The Saturday Evening Post, May 1974) (Original title "The Third Dream.")

"Strike!" (Omni, January 1979) (reprinted in the magazine The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 4)

"The Super Runner" (Runner's World, October 1982)

"The Ten-Second Election" (Omni, November 1984)

20 mystery stories have also never been anthologised. Of these, all but one are Union Club mys-tery stories (for a list, see The Union Club Mysteries). "Zip Code" (1986) is a mystery story featur-ing the boy detective character Larry.

Unpublished stories

Nine stories which Asimov wrote early in his career were never published anywhere, and are now lost:

1. (1938)[25] "Cosmic Corkscrew" (9,000 words)

2. (1938)[26] "This Irrational Planet" (3,000 words)

3. (1938)[27] "Paths of Destiny" (6,000 words)

4. (1938)[27] "Knossos in Its Glory" (6,000 words)

5. (1939)[28] "The Decline and Fall" (6,000 words)

6. (1939)[29] "Life Before Birth" (6,000 words)

7. (1939)[29] "The Brothers" (6,000 words)

8. (1940)[30] "The Oak" (6,000 words)

9. (1941)[31] "Masks" (1,500 words)

In the 1972 anthology The Early Asimov, Asimov listed two other stories which he thought had also been lost:[32] "The Weapon" (1938) and "Big Game" (1941). However, they were subse-quently found and collected in In Memory Yet Green (1979) and Before the Golden Age (1974), respectively. (They are included in the above list of published stories.)

Documents

Asimov Published Stories