One of the greatest sci-fi writers wrote an essay over 40 years ago criticizing America’s “cult of ignorance” that feels just ...

Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert were two of the most influential sci-fi authors ever, so it's no surprise that Asimov had ...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) wrote 470 books on every subject from robots to Shakespeare and an estimated 90,000 letters, hundreds of which are collected here by his brother, an adjunct associate ...

My colleague Erik Kain reminds us that today is Isaac Asimov's birthday - and I'm wholly on board with renaming January 2nd Asimov Day. Isaac Asimov is one of my all-time favorite writers. I love his ...

The Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon mostly avoided defining its timeline, but sci-fi author Isaac Asimov put a major event on the board.

In a letter sent to the FBI’s director J. Edgar Hoover in 1960, a classified source used Asimov’s claim that the world’s first nuclear power plant was built in Soviet Russia as evidence of his ...

Isaac Asimov sitting at a Science Fiction convention (1982) - Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images Fans of sci-fi cinema might not realize how much they owe authors. If you're enthralled by "Blade Runner," ...

Isaac Asimov was the steak-and-buffet restaurant of American authors: What he lacked in quality, he made up for in volume. If you didn’t like what he was serving, you could wait a few minutes for him ...

By embracing the intellectual and emotional coexistence of its storylines, this Apple sci-fi show redefines the boundaries of space operas.

The production of Ghostbusters famously disrupted much of New York City, which led to a chance meeting between Dan Aykroyd and Isaac Asimov.

April Fools’ Day is the worst day on the Internet, so let’s appreciate a hoax that's actually good. It's one of the best scientific jokes ever told: Isaac Asimov’s masterful send-up of academic ...

'Almost in the beginning was curiosity' is the opening sentence of Asimov's New Guide To Science (1987). Both in its assertion and its slightly pedestrian prose, it typifies Isaac Asimov, who has died ...