Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest science fiction writers of the twentieth-century. Many critics, scientists, and educators believe Asimov's greatest talent was for popularizing or, as he called it, "translating" science for the lay reader. This online display features visuals and descriptions of some of the over 600 books, games, audio recordings, videos, and wall charts included in the West Virginia University Libraries’ Asimov Collection. Digital photography and scanning was used to create images for the exhibit so that Asimovians throughout the world can appreciate the collection.
Alumnus
Donates Asimov Collection to Libraries
Read about the collection and the donor.
Isaac
Asimov, 1920-1992 He coined the words "robotics" and "positronic",
what else did he do?
Sign
the guestbook
Questions?
Write to:
Beth Jane Toren
Web Services and Reference Librarian
Beth.Toren@mail.wvu.edu
Many first, rare, and autographed editions are in the Libraries’ Rare Book Room, where users must make supervised visits to see the books. Those books' covers and autographs are presented online along with descriptions and images of children’s books, science fiction art, games, recordings, and multimedia. Descriptions were taken from the MountainLynx library catalog, and additional details about access to some items can be found there.
Miscellaneous
games, recordings, and multimedia in the Archives and Manuscripts
Collection. View images and read descriptions of the collection.
Children's
books in the Evansdale Library. View the slide show of book covers
and read descriptions.
Rare
and Valuable Books in the Rare Books Room. Warning- large files may
take time to load. View scans of book jackets and autographs with the
list of books in this collection. Select images to view enlargements.
Visions
of Science Fiction Art from the Library Stacks: Browse through selected
details of cover art and illustrations from hundreds of Asimov paperbacks
in the general collection of the Downtown Campus Library.
