Released on: 26, April 2007
, Author: Rosemary McKittrick
, Audience: Internet related
April 26, 2007Â By the time Isaac Asimov was 21-years-old, theColumbia University graduate student had already been writing science fictionprofessionally for three years.
One morning in 1941 he planned to meet  Astounding Stories of Super-Science magazine editor John Campbell to discuss a plot for a new story.
Problem was, Asimov was clueless. He had no new plot.
Asimov did what he sometimes did and randomly opened up a book and began freeassociating, starting with the first thing he saw. The book in front of him was acollection of Gilbert and Sullivan plays.
Asimov opened to a picture of the Fairy Queen of Iolanthe hurling herself at thefeet of Private Willis. This got him thinking about soldiers, military empires andthe Roman Empire. Maybe even a Galactic Empire?
 Why shouldnÂ't I write about the fall of the Galactic Empire and the return offeudalism, Asimov thought. He would write his tale from the viewpoint of someonein the safe days of the Second Galactic Empire.
Inspired and convinced he could pull it off; Asimov met with his editor and seedsfor the authorÂ's most famous masterpiece epic series,  The Foundation Trilogy, wereplanted. The trilogy consisted of  Foundation (1951),  Foundation and Empire (1952), and  Second Foundation (1953). In the series Asimov created a universe ofmany different worlds, different characters, and a story covering generations.
 I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some versionof such a thing is through my books, Asimov said.
Science fiction as a genre has attracted fans of every conceivable size, shape andsensibility. Anything connected with the subject including magazines, original artwork, movie memorabilia and especially books is included here.
First edition books are of particular interest. On Jan. 11, PBA Galleries, SanFrancisco, featured prominent science fiction and fantasy writers in its modernliterature sale.
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