Released on = April 26, 2007, 3:01 pm

Press Release Author = Rosemary McKittrick

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Press Release Body = April 26, 2007-By the time Isaac Asimov was 21-years-old, the
Columbia University graduate student had already been writing science fiction
professionally for three years.

One morning in 1941 he planned to meet "Astounding Stories of Super-Science"
magazine editor John Campbell to discuss a plot for a new story.

Problem was, Asimov was clueless. He had no new plot.

Asimov did what he sometimes did and randomly opened up a book and began free
associating, starting with the first thing he saw. The book in front of him was a
collection of Gilbert and Sullivan plays.

Asimov opened to a picture of the Fairy Queen of Iolanthe hurling herself at the
feet of Private Willis. This got him thinking about soldiers, military empires and
the Roman Empire. Maybe even a Galactic Empire?

"Why shouldn't I write about the fall of the Galactic Empire and the return of
feudalism," Asimov thought. He would write his tale from the viewpoint of someone
in the safe days of the Second Galactic Empire.

Inspired and convinced he could pull it off; Asimov met with his editor and seeds
for the author's most famous masterpiece epic series, "The Foundation Trilogy," were
planted. The trilogy consisted of "Foundation" (1951), "Foundation and Empire"
(1952), and "Second Foundation" (1953). In the series Asimov created a universe of
many different worlds, different characters, and a story covering generations.

"I don\'t believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version
of such a thing is through my books," Asimov said.

Science fiction as a genre has attracted fans of every conceivable size, shape and
sensibility. Anything connected with the subject including magazines, original art
work, movie memorabilia and especially books is included here.

First edition books are of particular interest. On Jan. 11, PBA Galleries, San
Francisco, featured prominent science fiction and fantasy writers in its modern
literature sale.

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