If you were to take a census amongst non-SF readers to name a science-fiction writer, the chances are that you'd end up with a two-horse race. Without conducting such a survey, I could still guarantee that the two names heading the list would be Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. There would certainly be other names on the list, but these two are far and above the best-known science-fiction writers in the world. We'll leave …showed first 75 words of 2165 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2165 total…to form a complete sixteen book sequence from "I, Robot" to the latest, "Foundation and Earth" (working title), in progress as this article is written (this was back in 1986 - if anyone has more up to date information, please let me know; BB). It needs a dedicated collector to acquire every one of Isaac Asimov's books, but a library of his fiction alone will present the collector with much of the best of that genre.