| Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)Comprend les noms: Asimov I, A. Azimov, I. Asimov, Isaac Asmov, Isak Asimov, Isaac Azimov, Isaak Asimov, Azimov Aizek, Isaak Asimov, Isaac Asimov ... (voir la liste complète), Azimov Ayzek, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov, Asimov Issac, Isaaac Asimov, А. Азимов, איזק אסימוב, Айзек Азимов, אייזיק אסימוב, アイザック アシモフ, アイザック・アシモフ | 234,343 (291,349) | 3,964 | 13 |  (3.86) | 976 | 0 | Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Fondation … (plus d'informations) |
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Isaac Asimov a 11 évènements passés. (show)  Samantha Hunt: Mr. Splitfoot Join acclaimed author Samantha Hunt for a talk on her new novel, Mr. Splitfoot. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Samantha Hunt's novel about Nikola Tesla, The Invention of Everything Else, was a finalist for the Orange Prize and winner of the Bard Fiction Prize. Her first novel, The Seas, won the National Book Foundation's Five Under Thirty-Five prize. Hunt's work has been published in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, the New York Times, Tin House, A Public Space, Cabinet, Blind Spot, the London Times, and in a number of other fine publications. Her books have been translated into ten languages. She has performed with Jim Jarmusch and Luc Sante at All Tomorrow's Parties, at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum and REDCAT, with the National Theater of the United States of America (NTUSA) at PS122, in the PEN/Faulkner Reading Series, at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, and as part of BAM's Next Wave Festival. Her work has been performed on This American Life and on WNYC's Selected Shorts program. She lives in Tivoli, New York, and teaches at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
ABOUT THE BOOK: A contemporary gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning. Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblings, they channel the dead. Decades later, Ruth’s niece, Cora, finds herself accidentally pregnant. After years of absence, Aunt Ruth appears, mute and full of intention. She is on a mysterious mission, leading Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York on foot. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who — or what — has she hidden in the woods at the end of the road? In an ingeniously structured dual narrative, two separate timelines move toward the same point of crisis. Their merging will upend and reinvent the whole. A subversive ghost story that is carefully plotted and elegantly constructed, Mr. Splitfoot will set your heart racing and your brain churning. Mysteries abound, criminals roam free, utopian communities show their age, the mundane world intrudes on the supernatural and vice versa. Making good on the extraordinary acclaim for her previous books, Samantha Hunt continues to be “dazzling” (Vanity Fair) and to deliver fiction that is “daring and delicious” (Chicago Tribune).
“Ethereal...The book deftly straddles the slippery line between fantasy and reality in a story that’s both gripping and wonderfully mystifying...Interconnected chapters builds suspense while keeping readers guessing about what crazy turn might happen next. Hints of what’s in store for readers include a cult of Etherists, a noseless man, a pile of lost money, and a scar-like pattern of meteorite landings. This spellbinder is storytelling at its best.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred
"A truly fantastic novel in which the blurring of natural and supernatural creates a stirring, visceral conclusion."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred
DATE: Thursday, January 28th at 6:30pm
LOCATION: Phoenix Books Burlington
ADMISSION: Tickets are $3 per person, and include a coupon for $5 off a book by the featured author. Coupons expire at closing the evening of the event. Seating is limited. (phoenixbooksvt)… (plus d'informations) RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction Spotlight: We Were Here First The 2014 winner of the prestigious RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, Thomas King, sits down for a riveting panel discussion with Aboriginal writers Lee Maracle and Ellen van Neerven about Indigenous writing traditions and contemporary Indigenous literature. CBC’s Waubgeshig Rice moderates. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its art funding and advisory body, and the Melbourne Writers Festival.
Thomas King is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter and photographer of Cherokee and Greek descent. For 50 years, he has worked as an activist for Native causes and has taught Native literature and history at universities across North America. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2004, and has been nominated for two Governor General’s Literary Awards. King presents both his RBC Taylor Prize-winning book, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, and his first literary novel in 15 years, The Back of the Turtle.
Lee Maracle has been published in anthologies and scholarly journals worldwide, and is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels and works of non-fiction. She was born in North Vancouver and is a member of the Stó:lō Nation. She is currently an instructor at both the University of Toronto and Banff Centre for the Arts, and has received the Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work promoting writing among Aboriginal youth. Maracle presents her latest novel, Celia’s Song, which chronicles one Native family’s harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference and neglect resulting from contact with Europeans.
Ellen van Neerven is a writer of Aboriginal and Dutch descent whose work has appeared in many publications, including The Best of McSweeney’s, Voiceworks and Review of Australian Fiction. She currently lives in Brisbane where she works as an editor for the black&write! project at the State Library of Queensland. Van Neerven presents her debut novel and the winner of the 2013 David Unaipon Award, Heat and Light. Divided into three sections, it is inspired by the intersection of familial history, location and identity, and takes readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 7:30 PM
Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8
Cost: $18/$15 supporters/FREE students & youth 25 and under (Jenni_Canuck)… (plus d'informations)IFOA Brantford Join Thomas King, Lee Maracle and Ellen van Neerven at the Woodland Cultural Centre on Thursday, October 30th at 7pm for a reading of their latest novels, to be followed by a reception. This event is FREE. For more information, contact the Woodland Cultural Centre at 519-759-2650. In partnership with Planet Indigenous and Woodland Cultural Centre.Thomas King is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter and photographer of Cherokee and Greek descent. For 50 years, he has worked as an activist for Native causes and has taught Native literature and history at universities across North America. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2004, and has been nominated for two Governor General’s Literary Awards. King presents both his RBC Taylor Prize-winning book, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, and his first literary novel in 15 years, The Back of the Turtle. Lee Maracle has been published in anthologies and scholarly journals worldwide, and is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels and works of non-fiction. She was born in North Vancouver and is a member of the Stó:lō Nation. She is currently an instructor at both the University of Toronto and Banff Centre for the Arts, and has received the Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work promoting writing among Aboriginal youth. Maracle presents her latest novel, Celia’s Song, which chronicles one Native family’s harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference and neglect resulting from contact with Europeans. Ellen van Neerven is a writer of Aboriginal and Dutch descent whose work has appeared in many publications, including The Best of McSweeney’s, Voiceworks and Review of Australian Fiction. She currently lives in Brisbane where she works as an editor for the black&write! project at the State Library of Queensland. Van Neerven presents her debut novel and the winner of the 2013 David Unaipon Award, Heat and Light. Divided into three sections, it is inspired by the intersection of familial history, location and identity, and takes readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real. Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 7:00 PM Woodland Cultural Centre, Museum Building, 184 Mohawk Street, Brantford, Ontario, N3S 2X3 Cost: FREE (Jenni_Canuck)… (plus d'informations)Lieu de l'évènement: Woodland Cultural Centre, Museum Building, 184 Mohawk Street, Brantford, Ontario, N3S 2X3 Spit and Swear Book Group Spit N' Swear Book Club The book club will meet April 7,2013 and will be reading I Robot by Isaac AsimovLocation: Street: 54 Fairfield St. City: Montclair, Province: New Jersey Postal Code: 07042-4137 Country: United States (ajouté depuis IndieBound)Science Fiction Book Club Isaac Asimov, Fondation.Join the Science Fiction Book Club as we discuss FOUNDATION by Isaac Asimov. All of our book clubs are free and open to the public and enjoy member benefits such as a 20% discount on next month's selection and a free book galley. (booksense) BOOK CLUB - SCI-FI FANTASTY Partage des connaissances
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| | Agents | | | Courte biographie | Isaac Asimov ,d’origine Russe est né à Petrovitchi (un petit village à 100 km au sud de Smolensk), le 2 janvier 1920. Le 11 janvier 1923 la famille Asimov obtient le droit d’émigrer vers les Etats-Unis grace à un oncle d’Isaac installé à New York avant 1914.
Ainsi malgré une enfance miséreuse dans le Bronx, Isaac devient un vrai petit Américain et malgré des problèmes de discipline c’est un élève brillant. Finalement il rentre à l’Université en biologie dès ses 15 ans. C’est là qu’il y découvre une de ses passions : la chimie.
Parallèlement il continue à écrire de la S.F. et lorsque en avril 38 il finit sa première nouvelle intitulée Cosmic Corkscrew, il décide d’aller la porter directement au rédacteur en chef d’une des plus célèbres revue de S.F., Astounding ScienceFiction .
Ce dernier le reçoit amicalement mais refuse la nouvelle tout en l’engageant à travailler plus son écriture. Isaac est alors plus que motivé ! Puis il place enfin une première nouvelle après l’avoir retouchée de nombreuses fois. Ainsi pendant 2 ans, grâce à Astounding Isaac écrit ses premières nouvelles qui seront publiées dans la revue.
En mai 1941 il obtient une maîtrise à l’Université de Colombia. En 1946 il revient à N.Y. pour passer sa thèse qu’il finit par obtenir le 20 mai 1948.
Puis en 1949, a l’âge de 19 ans , il devient célèbre grâce au cycle Fondation et ce celui des Robots.
Cet homme est a la fois scientifique et romancier, il possède un doctorat de biochimie mais il est plus connue pour son œuvre littéraire ; cependant le nombre de ses publications scientifique est beaucoup plus importante que celle des ses romans (il a écrit de nombreux ouvrage de vulgarisation de biochimie, anthropologie, astronomie, et de mathématique ). Il publia en outre plusieurs ouvrages pour enfants sous le pseudonyme de Paul French. Il écrira aussi sur la Bible ou Shakespeare…Son œuvre est immense tout en restant facile d’accès grâce a une écriture clair et limpide. il enseigna aussi à l’université de Boston durant dix ans.
Entre les années 60 et 70 il publie peu ,enseignant a l’université de Boston. Il revient en force en 1972 avec les Dieux eux-mêmes pour lequel il obtiendra le prix Hugo. A partir de1980, il essaye d’unir toute sont œuvre en un seul univers. Isaac Asimov meurt le 6 avril1 1 992 à New York.  | |
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Combiner ou séparer des œuvresSéparation d'auteursIsaac Asimov est actuellement considéré comme un(e) "auteur unique". Si une ou plusieurs œuvres sont le fait d'un auteur homonyme distinct(e), n'hésitez pas et procédez à la séparation. ComprendIsaac Asimov comprend 22 noms. Vous pouvez vérifier et séparer les noms. Combiner avec…
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