Essays by Isaac Asimov about literature

Copyright © 1995 by Edward Seiler and Richard Hatcher. All rights reserved.

Lost in Non-Translation

Subject: Book of Ruth
First Published In: Mar-72, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1973 The Tragedy of the Moon
  
• 1989 Asimov on Science
  
• 1996 Magic
  

Milton! Thou Should'st Be Living At This Hour

Subject: /Paradise Lost shows that Milton could have been a science fiction writer
First Published In: Aug-80, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1983 Counting the Eons
  
• 1989 Asimov on Science
  

A Sacred Poet

Subject: /the effect of poetry
First Published In: Sep-87, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1989 Asimov on Science
  
• 1990 Out of the Everywhere
  

Poetry, Fun, & Games

Subject: an invitation to write an acrostic sonnet
First Published In: Jul-79, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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One More Time

Subject: double dactyl contest
First Published In: Feb-80, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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Double Dactyls Revisited

Subject: double dactyl contest winners and limerick contest
First Published In: Aug-80, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Collection(s):

• 1981 Asimov on Science Fiction
  

Book Reviews

Subject: criteria for being a good book reviewer
First Published In: 16-Feb-81, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Collection(s):

• 1989 Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on SF
  
• 1995 Gold
  

William

Subject: Shakespeare probably considered himself an actor first and a writer second
First Published In: 30-Dec-72, TV Guide
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The Nature of the Title

Subject: the title of a story emphasizes its central point
First Published In: Feb-80, The Future in Question (1980)
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Introduction

Subject: letter writing as literature
First Published In: Jul-80, Space Mail
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The First Person

Subject: first person stories
First Published In: Jan-81, The Future I (1981)
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Who Wrote "The Taming of the Shrew"?

Subject: the theory that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays
First Published In: 24-Jan-81, TV Guide
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Foreword

Subject: reading other people's letters is irresistable
First Published In: Jan-82, Space Mail 2
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In Days of Old

Subject: the legends and tales of Arthurian knighthood, traced
First Published In: Jan-85, Cosmic Knights
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription
  
• 1996 Magic