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Chapters: Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Damon Knight, Donald A. Wollheim, Hannes Bok, Judith Merril, Arthur W. Saha, Richard Wilson, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Pascual Enguídanos, David Kyle, Larry Shaw, Leslie Perri. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 126. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Isaac Asimov (Russian: pronounced ; born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, Russian: ; c. January 2, 1920 April 6, 1992), was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited about 500 books and over 9,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (the sole exception being the 100s: philosophy and psychology). Isaac Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, an accolade that many still find persuasive. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. The prolific Asimov also...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14573 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hannes Bok, Richard Tarnas, Philip Berg, Max Heindel, Eric Francis, David Frawley, Rob Brezsny, Jeane Dixon, Stephanie Adams, Shelley Ackerman, Michael Erlewine, Cheiro, Gerina Dunwich, Liz Greene, T. J. Macgregor, A. T. Mann, Jackie Stallone, Frank Don, Linda Goodman, Marc Edmund Jones, Sydney Omarr, Barry Lynes, Zane B. Stein, Lois Rodden, William Delbert Gann, Greg Tufaro, Joan Quigley, Robert Hand, Evangeline Adams, Grant Lewi, Marcia Moore, Stephen Arroyo, Carroll Righter, Joyce Jillson, Jim Lewis, Noel Jan Tyl, Athena Starwoman, C. C. Zain, Cyril Fagan, Shelley Von Strunckel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 171. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Richard Theodore Tarnas, Jr. (born February 21, 1950) is a philosopher and cultural historian known for his 1991 book The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, published in 2006. Tarnas is professor of philosophy and psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is the founding director of its graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. Tarnas was born on February 21, 1950 in Geneva, Switzerland, of American parents. His father, also Richard Tarnas, was a government contract attorney, former president of the Michigan Federal Bar Association, and professor of law. His mother, Mary Louise, was a teacher and homemaker. The eldest of eight children, he grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he studied Greek, Latin, and the Classics at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. In 1968 Tarnas entered Harvard, graduating with an A.B. cum laude in 1972. He received his Ph.D. from Saybrook Institute in 1976. His thesis was on psychedelic therapy. For ten years he lived and worked at ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4264828 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hannes Bok, Richard Tarnas, Philip Berg, Max Heindel, Eric Francis, David Frawley, Tommaso Palamidessi, Rob Brezsny, Jeane Dixon, Stephanie Adams, Shelley Ackerman, Michael Erlewine, Cheiro, Gerina Dunwich, Liz Greene, A. T. Mann, Sanjay Rath, Jackie Stallone, Frank Don, Gayatri Devi Vasudev, Linda Goodman, Marc Edmund Jones, Sydney Omarr, Zane B. Stein, Lois Rodden, Joan Quigley, Robert Hand, Howard Beckman, Evangeline Adams, Grant Lewi, Marcia Moore, Stephen Arroyo, Carroll Righter, Joyce Jillson, Vilma Jamnická, Jim Lewis, Noel Jan Tyl, Athena Starwoman, C. C. Zain, Cyril Fagan, Shelley Von Strunckel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 177. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Richard Theodore Tarnas, Jr. (born February 21, 1950) is a philosopher and cultural historian known for his 1991 book The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, published in 2006. Tarnas is professor of philosophy and psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is the founding director of its graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. Tarnas was born on February 21, 1950 in Geneva, Switzerland, of American parents. His father, also Richard Tarnas, was a government contract attorney, former president of the Michigan Federal Bar Association, and professor of law. His mother, Mary Louise, was a teacher and homemaker. The eldest of eight children, he grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he studied Greek, Latin, and the Classics at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. In 1968 Tarnas entered Harvard, graduating with an A.B. cum laude in 1972. He received his Ph.D. from Saybrook Institute in 1976. His thesis was on psychedelic therapy. For ten years ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4264828 ... Read more