Sunday, September 11, 2011

Isaac Asimov: SF Cover Gallery

Isaac Asimov was the second science fiction author I read in quantity. I began reading SF stories almost exclusively from around the age of 11. Before that I'd read some of the global catastrophe novels in the Dr Palfrey series by John Creasey, some James Blish adaptations of the Star Trek TV series and some of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars novels. I picked up the first issue of Speed & Power when it came out in 1975 (it launched just before my 12th birthday) and became hooked on Arthur C. Clarke's short stories. Speed & Power also reprinted some of Asimov's robot stories and I became an obsessive reader of both authors.

Our local library had a good selection of Arthur C. Clarke's books and, of course, I had loads of his stories in Speed & Power, so I never bought and owned many of his paperbacks. Asimov was trickier to find in the library, so I ended up buying them rat a time when Chris Foss was doing many of the covers, which kick-started my love of SF cover art. Thirty-five years later I've come full circle and the various cover galleries I've run over the past few years - and Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History - have been the result.

Novels

Pebble in the Sky (Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1950; London, Corgi, 1958)
Corgi Books S583, 1958, 220pp.
Sphere, 1969, 186pp.
Sphere, 1974, 186pp.
Sphere, 1977, 186pp.
Grafton 0586-06952-6, 1987, 226pp, £2.95. Cover by Chris Foss
HarperCollins 0586-06952-6, 1993, 226pp.

The Stars Like Dust. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1951; London, Panther, 1958; abridged as The Rebellious Stars, New York, Ace, 1954.
Panther Books 863, 1958, 191pp, 2/6. Cover by Richard Powers
----, [2nd imp.] 1964
----, [3rd imp.] 1965
----, [4th imp.] 1968. Cover photo
----, [5th imp.] 1969
----, [6th imp.] 1972. Cover photo
----, [7th imp.] 1972
----, [8th imp.] 1973
Panther 0586-02441-7 3, [9th imp.] 1975, 189pp, 35p. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [xth imp.] 1981
Grafton 0246-12920-4, 1986, 220pp. h/c
HarperCollins 0586-02441-7, 1993, 188pp.

The Currents of Space. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1952; London, Boardman, 1955.
Panther Books 824, 1958, 192pp, 2/6. Cover by Josh Kirby
----, [2nd imp.] 1962
----, [3rd imp.] 1964
----, [4th imp.] 1967
----, [5th imp.] 1971
----, [6th imp.] 1971
----, [7th imp.] 1973. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [8th imp.] 1975
----, [9th imp.] 1978
Granada 0586-00824-1, [10th imp.] 1979, 205pp, 75p. Cover as above
---- [11th imp.] 1981
---- [12th imp.] 1983, 205pp, £1.50. Cover as above
Grafton 0586-00824-1, 1990, 205pp.

Foundation
. New York, Gnome Press, 1951; London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1953; abridged as The 1,000-Year Plan, New York, Ace, 1955.
Panther Books 1080, Jul 1960, 189pp. 2/6. Cover by Richard Powers (reprints Avon T-193, Year 2018! by James Blish)
----, [2nd imp.] 1964
----, [3rd imp.] 1965
----, [4th imp.] 1966
----, [5th imp.] 1967
----, [6th imp.] 1968
----, [7th imp.] 1969
----, [8th imp.] 1969
----, [9th imp.] 1971, 189pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [10th imp.] 1971
----, [11th imp.] 1972
----, [12th imp.] 1973
----, [13th imp.] 1973
----, [14th imp.] 1974, 189pp, 35p.
----, [15th imp.] 1975.
----, [16th imp.] 1976
----, [17th imp.] 1977
----, [18th imp.] 1978
----, [19th imp.] 1979
----, [20th imp.] 1979
----, [21st imp.] 1981
----, [22nd imp.] 1981
----, [23rd imp.] 1982
----, [24th imp.] 1983
----, [25th imp.] 1983
----. [26th imp.] 1983
----, [27th imp.] 1984
----. [28th imp.] 1985, 234pp, £1.95. Cover by Tim White
HarperCollins Voyager 0586-01080-7, 1995, 234pp.
HarperCollins (Voyager Classics 3) 0007-11587-3, 2001, 234pp.
HarperVoyager 978-000811749-8, 2016.
----, [19th imp.] n.d., 231pp, £8.99. Cover by Mike Topping

Foundation and Empire
. New York, Gnome Press, 1952; London, Panther, 1962; as The Man Who Upset the Universe, New York, Ace, 1955.
Panther Books 1355, 1962, 172pp.
----, [2nd imp.] 1964
----, [3rd imp.] Dec 1965, 172pp, 3/6. Cover: photo
----, [4th imp.] 1966
----, [5th imp.] 1967
----, [6th imp.] 1968
----, [7th imp.] 1969
----, [8th imp.] 1969, 172pp, 5/-. Cover: photo
----, [9th imp.] 1971, 172pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [10th imp.] 1971
----, [11th imp.] 1973
----, [12th imp.] 1973
----. [13th imp.] 1974, 172pp, 35p.
----, [14th imp.] 1975
----, [15th imp.] 1976
----, [16th imp.] 1977
----, [17th imp.] 1978
----, [18th imp.] 1979
----, [19th imp.] 1979
----, [20th imp.] 1981
----, [21st imp.] 1982
----, [22nd imp.] 1983
----, [23rd imp.] 1983
----, [24th imp.] 1983
Granada 0586-01355-5, [25th imp.] 1984, 240pp, £1.95. Cover by Tim White
HarperCollins 0586-01355-5, 1994, 240pp.
----, [xth imp.] 1996, 240pp.
HarperVoyager 978-000811750-4, 2016.
----, [11th imp.], n.d., 230pp, £8.99. Cover by Mike Topping

 
Second Foundation
. New York, Gnome Press, 1953; London, Digit Book, 1958; as 2nd Foundation: Galactic Empire, New York, Avon, 1958.
Digit Book D192, 1958, 159pp.
Panther Books 1713, Aug 1964, 187pp.
----, [2nd imp.] Dec 1965, 187pp, 3/6. Cover: photo
----, [3rd imp.] 1967
----, [4th imp.] 1968
----, [5th imp.] 1969
----, [6th imp.] 1969
----, [7th imp.] 1971, 187pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----. [8th imp.] 1971
----, [9th imp.] 1972
----, [10th imp.] 1973
----, [11th imp.] 1973
----, [12th imp.] 1974, 187pp, 35p.
----, [13th imp.] 1975
----, [14th imp.] 1976
----, [15th imp.] 1977
----, [16th imp.] 1978
----, [17th imp.] 1979
----, [18th imp.] 1979
----, [19th imp.] 1982
Granada 0586-01713-5, [20th imp.] 1983, 240pp.
----, [21st imp.] 1983
----, [22nd imp.] 1983
----, [23rd imp.] 1984, 240pp, £1.95. Cover by Tim White
HarperVoyager 978-000811751-1, 2016.
----, [9th imp.] n.d., 227pp, £8.99. Cover by Mike Topping


The Caves of Steel (Robots). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1954; London, T. V. Boardman & Co., 1954.
Panther Book 835, 1958
----, [2nd imp.] Oct 1962, 189pp, 2/6. Cover by Josh Kirby
----, [3rd imp.] 1964
----, [4th imp.] 1967
----, [5th imp.] 1969
Panther Books 0586-00835-7-3, [6th imp.] 1971. Cover photo by Dennis Rolfe
----, [7th imp.] 1971
----, [8th imp.] 1973 Cover by Chris Foss
----, [9th imp.] 1975 [1974]
----, [10th imp.]  1976
----, [11th imp.] 1979
----, [12th imp.] 1980
----, [13th imp.] 1981
----, [14th imp.] 1981
Granada 0586-00835-7, [15th imp.] 1985. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [16th imp.] 1985, 206pp, £1.95.
HarperCollins 0586-00835-7, 1993, 206pp.

The End of Eternity. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1955; London, Panther, 1958.
Panther Books 881, 1959
Panther Books 0586-02440-9. c.1969.
Panther Books 0586-02440-9-2, c.1971.
Panther Books 0586-02440-9, 1973, 189pp.
Gollancz VGSF 0575-07118-4, 2000, 192pp.

The Naked Sun (Robots). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1957; London, Joseph, 1958.
Panther Books 1016, Feb 1960, 188pp.
----, [2nd imp.] Apr 1964, 202pp, 3/6. Cover: photo
----, [3rd imp.] 1965
Panther Boosk 2440-9, [4th imp.] 1968, 189pp, 5/-/ Cover: photo
----, [5th imp.] 1969; [7th imp.] 1971
Panther Books, [8th imp.] 1973. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [9th imp.] 1974
----, [10th imp.] 1976
----, [11th imp.] 1978
----, [12th imp.] 1979
----, [13th imp.] 1981
----, [14th imp.] 1982
Granada/Panther 0586-02440-9, [15th imp.] 1985, 189pp, £1.95. Cover as above
Granada/Panther 0586-01016-5, [16th imp.] 1985, 203pp, £1.95. Cover by Chris Foss
HarperCollins 0586-01016-5, 1993, 203pp.


Fantastic Voyage (novelization of screenplay). Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1966; London, Dobson, 1966.
Corgi Books GS7366, 1966, vi+186pp, 3/6. Movie Tie-In.
Corgi Books 0552-09237-1, 1973, vi+186pp.

The Gods Themselves. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1972; London, Gollancz, 1972.
Panther Books 0586-03772-1, 1973, 252pp, 40p. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.], [3rd imp.], [4th imp.], [5th imp.], [6th imp.], [7th imp.], [8th imp.], [9th imp.], [10th imp.]
Granada 0586-03772-1, n.d., 252pp, £3.50. Cover as above

Foundation's Edge. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1982; London, Granada, 1983.
Granada 0586-05839-7, 1983, 432pp, £2.50. Cover by Tim White [[17 printings]]
HarperCollins 0586-05839-7, 1994, 432pp. [[2 printings]]
HarperCollins Voyager 0586-05839-7, 1996, 432pp.
----, [4th imp.] n.d., 432pp, £6.99. Cover by Fred Gambino
HarperVoyager 978-000811752-8, 2016.
----, [6th imp.] n.d., 413pp, £8.99. Cover by Mike Topping

The Robots of Dawn (Robots). Huntington Woods, Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1983; London, Granada, 1984.
Granada/Panther 0586-06199-1, 1985, 477pp, £2.50. Cover by Chris Foss
---- [9 x Grafton impressions]
HarperCollins 0586-06199-1, 1994, 477pp.
---- [17th imp.] n.d., 477pp, £7.99.

Robots and Empire. Huntington Woods, Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1985; London, Granada, 1985.
Grafton 0586-96200-9, 1986, 508pp, £2.95. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.] 1986
HarperCollins 0586-06200-9, 1994, 508pp.

Foundation and Earth. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1986; London, Grafton, 1986.
Grafton 0586-07110-5, 1987, 510pp, £3.50. Cover by Tim White [[11 printings]]
HarperCollins 0586-07110-5, 1994, 510pp. [[2 printings]]
HarperCollins Voyager 0586-07110-5, 1996, 510pp
----, [6th imp.] n.d., 510pp, £6.99. Cover by Fred Gambino
HarperVoyager 978-000811753-5, 2016.
----, [6th imp.] n.d. 449pp, £8.99. Cover by Mike Topping

Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1987; London, Grafton, 1987.
Grafton 0586-20025-8, 1988, 480pp, £3.99. Cover by Chris Foss

Prelude to Foundation
. New York, Doubleday, 1988; London, Grafton, 1988.
Grafton 0246-07111-3, 1989, 460pp, £3.99. Cover by Tim White
HarperCollins 0586-07111-3, 1994, 460pp.
HarperVoyager 978-000811748-1, 2016.
----, [6th imp.] n.d., 402pp, £8.99. Cover by Mike Topping

Nemesis. New York and London, Doubleday, 1989.
Bantam 0553-40069-X, 1990, 446pp.

Nightfall, with Robert Silverberg. London, Gollancz, 1990; New York, Doubleday, 1990.
Pan Books 0330-32096-3, 1991, 352pp.
----, [2nd? imp.] 1992, 352pp.

The Child of Time, with Robert Silverberg. London, Gollancz, 1991.
Pan Books 0330-32270-2, 1992, 342pp.
---- [? 0330-32579-5], [2nd? imp.] 1993, 352pp.

The Positronic Man, with Robert Silverberg. London, Gollancz, 1992; New York, Doubleday, 1993.
Pan Books 0330-33058-6, 1993, 223pp.

Forward the Foundation. New York, Doubleday, 1993; London, Doubleday, 1993.
Bantam 0553-40488-1, 1994, 476pp.
----, [2nd imp.] 1994, 476pp, £4.99. Cover by unknown

NOVELS for children co-written with Janet Asimov (series: Norby in all titles)
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1983; London, Methuen, 1984.
Norby's Other Secret, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1984; London, Methuen, 1985.
Norby and the Lost Princess, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1985.
Norby and the Invaders, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1985.
Norby and the Queen's Necklace, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1986.
Norby Finds a Villain, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1987.
Norby Down to Earth, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1989.
Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1989.
Norby and the Oldest Dragon, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1990.
Norby and the Court Jester, with Janet Asimov. New York, Walker, 1991.

NOVELS AS PAUL FRENCH (series: Lucky Starr in all titles)

David Starr, Space Ranger. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1952; Kingswood, Surrey, World's Work, 1953; as Space Ranger (as Isaac Asimov), London, New English Library, 1973.
New English Library 0450-01434-7, Apr 1973. Cover by Bruce Pennington
----, [2nd imp.] Jun 1973
----, [3rd imp.] Jun 1974, 144pp, 30p.
New English Library 0450-04691-5, [4th imp.] May 1975
----, [5th imp.] Jun 1980, 144pp, 90p. Cover by Peter Elson
Lightning 0340-42610-1, 1988, 144pp. Cover by Danny Flynn

Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1953; Kingswood, Surrey, World's Work, 1954; as Pirates of the Asteroids (as Isaac Asimov), London, New English Library, 1973.
New English Library 0450-02028-2, Aug 1973. Cover by Bruce Pennington
----, [2nd imp.] Mar 1974
----, [3rd imp.] Mar 1975, 144pp
New English Library 0450-04695-8, [recover of earlier edition], 144pp, 90p. Cover by Peter Elson
Lightning 0340-42609-8, 1988, 144pp.

Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1954; as The Oceans of Venus (as Isaac Asimov), in A Second Isaac Asimov Double, London, New English Library, 1973.
New English Library 0450-01926-8, Aug 1974, 143pp. Cover by Bruce Pennington
New English Library 0450-04689-3, Jun 1980, 142pp, 90p. Cover by Peter Elson
Lightning 0340-43121-0, 1988, 144pp.

Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1956; as The Big Sun of Mercury (as Isaac Asimov), in A Second Isaac Asimov Double, London, New English Library, 1973.
New English Library 0450-01767-2, 1974, 143pp. Cover by Bruce Pennington
New English Library 0450-04692-3, 1980. Cover by Peter Elson
Lightning 0340-48497-7, 1988, 143pp.

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1957; as The Moons of Jupiter (as Isaac Asimov), London, New English Library, 1974.
New English Library 0450-02067-3, Oct 1974, 142pp, 35p. Cover by Bruce Pennington [No.6]
Lightning 0340-49110-8, 1988, 142pp.

Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1958; as The Rings of Saturn (as Isaac Asimov), London, New English Library, 1974.
New English Library 0450-01999-3, Sep 1974, 144pp, 35p. Cover by Bruce Pennigton [No.5]
Lightning 0340-49111-6, 1989, 144pp.

Omnibus
Triangle (contains The Stars Like Dust, Pebble in the Sky, The Currents of Space). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1961; as An Isaac Asimov Second Omnibus, London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1969.
The Foundation Trilogy: Three Classics of Science Fiction (contains Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1963; as An Isaac Asimov Omnibus, London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1966.
An Isaac Asimov Double (contains Space Ranger, Pirates of the Asteroids). London, New English Library, 1972.
The Robot Novels (includes The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1972; with The Robots of Dawn, New York, Ballantine, 1988.
The Far Ends of Time (omnibus). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1979.
Prisoners of the Stars (omnibus). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1979.
The Adventures of Lucky Starr. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1985.
The Further Adventures of Lucky Starr. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1985.
The Norby Chronicles (omnibus), with Janet Asimov. New York, Ace, 1986.
Norby, Robot for Hire (omnibus), with Janet Asimov. New York, Ace, 1987.
Norby Through Space and Time (omnibus). New York, Ace, 1988.
The Caves of Steel / The Rest of the Robots. London, HarperCollins, 2006.
HarperCollins Voyager 0007-77770-1, 2006.

COLLECTIONS

I, Robot. New York, Gnome Press, 1950; London, Grayson, 1952.
Digit Books D164, 1958, 157pp, 2/-. Cover by unknown
Panther Books 2532, 1968, 206pp.
Panther Books 0586-02532-4, [xth imp.] 1971, 206pp. Cover: photo (by Dennis Rolfe?)
----, [xth imp.] 1973, 206pp.
----, [xth imp.] 1978. Cover: as above
Grafton 0586-02532-4, 1986, 206pp. Cover: as above
HarperCollins 0586-02532-4, 1993, 249pp.
HarperCollins (Voyager Classics) 0007-11963-1, 2001, 249pp.
Voyager 0586-02532-4, Aug 2004, £6.99. Movie tie-in.

The Martian Way and Other Stories. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1955; London, Dobson, 1964.
Panther Books 1799, 1965, 192pp.
----, [2nd imp.] 1967
----, [3rd imp.] 1967, 192pp, 3/6. Cover: design/photo
----, [4th imp.] 1969
----, [5th imp.] 1970, 192pp.
Panther Books 0586-01799-2 2, [6th imp.] 1971, 192pp, 30p. Cover photograph by Robert Golden
----, [7th imp.] 1973 Cover by Chris Foss
----, [8th imp.] 1974
----, [9th imp.] 1976
Panther Books 0586-01799-2, [10th imp.] 1976, 192pp.
----, [11th imp.] 1979
----, [12th imp.] 1981, 192pp, £1.25. Cover as above

Earth Is Room Enough. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1957; London, Panther, 1960.
Panther Books 1042, 1960, 176pp, 2/6.
----, [2nd imp.] 1962; [3rd imp.] 1967; [4th imp.] 1967; [5th imp.] 1969; [6th imp.] 1971; [7th imp.] 1972; [8th imp.] 1972
----, [9th imp.] 1973, 176pp, 35p. Cover by Chris Foss
---- [10th imp.] 1975; [11th imp.] 1977; [12th imp.] 1978; [13th imp.] 1980; [14th imp.] 1981; [15th imp.] 1983; [16th imp.] 1984; [17th imp.] 1986
Grafton 0586-01042-4 [18th imp.] 1989, 176pp, £2.99. Cover by Chris Foss

Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1959; London, Dobson, 1963.
Pan Books M171, 1966, 250pp.
----, [2nd imp.] 1967
Pan Book 0330-20171-9, [3rd imp.] 1972. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [4th imp.] 1972
----, [5th imp.] 1973
----, [6th imp.] 1974, 251pp, 40p. Cover as above
Grafton 0586-06419-2, 1986. Cover by Chris Foss

The Rest of the Robots. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1964; London, Dobson, 1967; abridged as Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robot, New York, Pyramid, 1966.
Panther Books 0586-02594-4, 1968, 223pp.
----, [xth imp.] 1970 Cover photo by Dennis Rolfe
----, [xth imp.] 1973
HarperCollins 0586-02594-4, 223pp.

Through a Glass, Clearly. London, Four Square, 1967.
Four Square, 1967.
New English Library, 1970, 124pp.
----, [xth imp.]
----, [xth imp.]

Asimov's Mysteries. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1968; London, Rapp and Whiting, 1968.
Panther Books, 1969. 253pp.
---- [2nd imp.] 1970; [3rd imp.] 1971, 25p; [4th imp.] 1972; [5th imp.] 1973, 35p.
Panther Books, 1981. Cover by Vicente Segrelles

Nightfall and Other Stories. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1969; London, Rapp and Whiting, 1970; in 2 vols. as Nightfall One and Nightfall Two [see below], London, Panther, 1971.
Panther Books 0586-03466-8, 1971, 176pp
----, [2nd imp.] 1972, 176pp, 30p. Cover by Ken Sequin
Grafton 0596-21255-8, 1991, 445pp.

Nightfall Two
Panther Books 0586-03657-1, 1971, 192pp.
----, [2nd imp.] 1972
----, [3rd imp.] 1973, 192pp, 30p. Cover by Ken Sequin

The Early Asimov; or, Eleven Years of Trying. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1972; London, Gollancz, 1973; in 3 vols. [see also below], London, Panther, 1973-74.
Panther 0586-03806-X, 1973, 188pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.] 1974
----, [3rd imp.] 1975, 185pp.
----, [4th imp.] 1977
----, [5th imp.] 1979
----, [6th imp.] 1981, 188pp, £1.25. Cover as above

The Early Asimov 2
Panther 0586-03936-8, 1974, 237pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.] 1974
----, [3rd imp.] 1977
----, [4th imp.] 1979
----, [5th imp.] 1981, 237pp, £1.50. Cover as above

The Early Asimov 3
Panther 0586-03937-6, 1974, 192pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.] 1975
----, [3rd imp.] 1978
----, [4th imp.] 1979
----, [5th imp.] 1981
----, [6th imp.] 1982, 192pp, £1.50. Cover as above

The Best of Isaac Asimov, edited by Angus Wells. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973; Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1974; in 2 vols. as The Best of Isaac Asimov 1939-1952 and The Best of Isaac Asimov 1954-1972 [see below], Sphere, 1977.
Sphere 0722-11254-8, 1973, 336pp. Cover by Patrick Woodroffe

The Best of Isaac Asimov 1939-1952
Sphere 0722-11256-?, 1977

The Best of Isaac Asimov 1954-1972
Sphere 0722-11257-2, 1977, 172pp.

Have You Seen These? Cambridge, Massachusetts, NESFA Press, 1974.
(no UK paperback edition)

The Heavenly Host (for children). New York, Walker, 1975; London, Penguin, 1978.
Puffin Books 0140-31117-3, 1978, vii+55pp.

Buy Jupiter and Other Stories. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1975; London, Gollancz, 1976.
Panther Books 0586-04398-5, 1976, 255pp. Cover by Peter Jones
----, [2nd imp.] 1977
----, [3rd imp.] 1979, 255pp, 85p. Cover as above
----, [4th imp.] 1981, [5th imp.] 1982, [6th imp.] 1984, [7th imp.] 1985
----, [8th imp.] 1988, 255pp, £2.50. Cover as above
Gollancz VGSF 0575-04199-4, 1988, 206pp.
Millennium 1857-08941-4, 2000, 224pp.

The Dream, Benjamin's Dream, Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast: Three Short Stories. New York, privately printed, 1976.
(no UK paperback edition)

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1976; London, Gollancz, 1977.
Panther Books 0586-04725-5, 1978, 254pp. Cover by Chris Foss
---- [2nd imp.] 1978
---- [3rd imp.] 1979
Granada 0586-04725-5, [4th imp.] 1980, 253pp, £1.25. Cover as above
Gollancz VGSF 0575-04712-7 (VGSF Classics 43), 1990, 224pp.
Millennium 1857-98932-5, 2000, 211pp, £5.99.Cover: still (Columbia Picture Industries)

Good Taste. Topeka, Kansas, Apocalypse Press, 1976.
(no UK paperback edition)

Liar! Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1977.
(no UK paperback edition)

Little Lost Robot. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1977.
(no UK paperback edition)

3 by Asimov. New York, Targ, 1981.
(no UK paperback edition)

The Complete Robot
. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1982; London, Granada, 1982.
Grafton 0586-05724-2, 1983, 688pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.] 1984
----, [3rd imp.] 1984
----, [4th imp.] 1986, 688pp, £3.50. Cover as above
HarperCollins 0586-05724-2, 1995, 688pp, £6.99. Cover as above
Voyager 0586-05724-2, [18th imp.] n.d., 688pp, £6.99.
HarperVoyager 978-0008-27781-9, 2018.
----, [4th imp.] n.d., 611pp, £9.99. Cover by Mike Topping/Shutterstock

The Winds of Change and Other Stories. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, and London, Granada, 1983.
Panther Books 0586-05743-9, 1984, 330pp. Cover by Chris Foss
----, [2nd imp.] 1984
----, [3rd imp.] 1985
----, [4th imp.] 1987
Grafton 0586-05743-9, [5th imp.] 1990, 330pp, £3.50.

The Alternate Asimovs (contains Grow Old Along With Me (Pebble in the Sky), The End of Eternity, Belief, Belief (published version)). Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1986; London, Grafton, 1987.
Grafton 0586-07162-8, 1987, 349pp, £3.50. Cover by Chris Foss

Robot Dreams. New York, Berkley, 1986; London, Gollancz, 1987.
Gollancz VGSF 0575-04565-5, 1989, 480pp.
Vista 0575-60180-9, 1997, 474pp.
Gollancz 978-1857-98335-7 [3rd imp.] 2001, 474pp, £8.99. Cover by Ralph McQuarrie

Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. New York, Avenel, 1987.
(no UK paperback edition)

The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1986; London, Grafton, 1987.
Grafton 0586-07498-9, 1988, xiv+320pp.

Azazel. New York, Doubleday, 1988; London, Doubleday, 1989.
Bantam 0553-40068-1, 1990, xiii+221pp.

The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Arlington Heights, Illinois, Dark Harvest 1989; London, Century, 1991; in 2 vols. [see also below], London, Legend, 1991.
Legend 0712-64770-8, 1991, 496pp.

The Asimov Chronicles Vol. 2
Legend 0712-64970-0, 1991, 368pp.

Robot Visions. New York, Roc, 1990; London, Gollancz, 1990.
Gollancz VGSF 0575-05056-X, 1991, 384pp.
Vista 0575-60152-3, 1997, 512pp.

The Complete Stories. New York, Doubleday, 2 vols., 1990 -92; London, HarperCollins, 2 vols. [see also below], 1993-94.
HarperCollins 0006-47647-3, 1994, 612pp.

The Complete Stories Volume 2
HarperCollins 0006-48016-0, 1994, 464pp.

Cal. New York, Doubleday, 1991.
(no UK paperback edition)

The Ugly Little Boy, bound with The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff, by Theodore Sturgeon, New York, Tor, 1989.
(no UK paperback edition)

Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection. New York, HarperPrism, 1995.
Voyager 0006-48202-3, 1996, 434pp,
----, [8th imp.] n.d., 434pp, £6.99. Cover by unknown

Magic: The Final Fantasy collection.
Voyager 0006-48203- , May 1997, £7.99.

(* My thanks to Iain Bell for the loan of a box of Asimov's books which helped fill a lot of gaps!)

5 comments:

  1. I used to hate it when Panther were doing those weird 'Guess the Object' photo covers for SF authors like Asimov, and Eric Frank Russell. The funny thing is that they look incredibly nostalgic to me now as they were the editions I read most of those books in!

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  2. I was fortunate that the wheel had turned by the time I started reading Asimov and Panther were back to painted covers by the mighty Chris Foss. Peter Elson, Angus McKie and other Young Artists' artists were getting active and Eddie Jones, Bruce Pennington and others were busy for Sphere, New English Library and the like. And Science Fiction Monthly had just been launched. Heady days!

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  3. I'm ashamed of you Steve. You didn't put a link to that guy Holland's blog:
    Foundation Trilogy

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  4. Heady days indeed! I can still remember how excited I was when I saw my first Chris Foss painting on the cover of Mayflower's 1971 edition of 'Rockets in Ursa Major' by Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle!

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  5. Thanks for upping these. It must have taken ages. Clearly a labour of love - and with impressive results.

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