Isaac Asimov’s short fiction (chronological order)
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- 1939 -
165
"Marooned off Vesta"
283
"Trends"
298
"Weapon Too Dreadful to Use, The"
- 1940 -
031
"Callistan Menace, The"
104
"Half-Breed"
105
"Half-Breeds on Venus"
114
"Homo Sol"
162
"Magnificent Possession, The"
224
"Ring Around the Sun"
226
"Robbie"
- 1941 -
110
"Heredity"
112
"History"
148
"Liar!"
185
"Nightfall"
191
"Not Final!"
220
"Reason"
238
"Secret Sense, The"
261
"Super-Neutron"
- 1942 -
021
"Black Friar of the Flame"
026
"Bridle and Saddle"
037
"Christmas on Ganymede"
084
"Foundation"
107
"Hazing, The"
122
"Imaginary, The"
227
"Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"
230
"Runaround"
276
"Time Pussy"
295
"Victory Unintentional"
424
"Weapon, The"
- 1943 -
047
"Death Sentence"
- 1944 -
018
"Big and the Little, The"
034
"Catch That Rabbit"
300
"Wedge, The"
- 1945 -
023
"Blind Alley"
045
"Dead Hand"
064
"Escape!"
180
"Mule, The"
- 1946 -
066
"Evidence"
- 1947 -
152
"Little Lost Robot"
- 1948 -
062
"Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline, The"
186
"No Connection"
195
"Now You See It..."
- 1949 -
008
"...And Now You Don’t"
179
"Mother Earth"
222
"Red Queen’s Race, The"
- 1950 -
042
"Darwinian Poolroom"
044
"Day Of The Hunters"
068
"Evitable Conflict, The"
102
"Green Patches"
143
"Legal Rites"
153
"Little Man on the Subway, The"
- 1951 -
025
"Breeds There a Man ... ?"
029
"C-Chute"
091
"Fun They Had, The"
115
"Hostess"
124
"In a Good Cause -"
216
"Psychohistorians, The"
234
"Satisfaction Guaranteed"
241
"Shah Guido G."
- 1952 -
051
"Deep, The"
166
"Martian Way, The"
301
"What If - ?"
317
"Youth"
- 1953 -
013
"Belief"
027
"Button, Button"
065
"Everest"
080
"Flies"
137
"Kid Stuff"
170
"Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline, The"
177
"Monkey’s Fingers, The"
189
"Nobody Here But -"
231
"Sally"
- 1954 -
320
"Foundation of S F Success, The"
123
"Immortal Bard, The"
130
"It’s Such a Beautiful Day"
147
"Let’s Not"
205
"Pause, The"
259
"Sucker Bait"
- 1955 -
054
"Dreaming Is a Private Thing"
055
"Dreamworld"
088
"Franchise"
142
"Last Trump, The"
211
"Portable Star, The"
425
"Question"
225
"Risk"
244
"Singing Bell, The"
264
"Talking Stone, The"
- 1956 -
046
"Dead Past, The"
058
"Dying Night, The"
059
"Each an Explorer"
079
"First Law"
096
"Gimmicks Three"
109
"Hell-Fire"
404
"How to Succeed at Science Fiction Without Really Trying"
132
"Jokester"
140
"Last Question, The"
155
"Living Space"
169
"Message, The"
204
"Pate de Foie Gras"
248
"Someday"
297
"Watery Place, The"
304
"What’s in a Name?"
- 1957 -
321
"Author’s Ordeal, The"
022
"Blank!"
053
"Does a Bee Care?"
057
"Dust of Death, The"
093
"Galley Slave"
094
"Gentle Vultures, The"
119
"I'm in Marsport Without Hilda"
120
"Ideas Die Hard"
125
"Insert Knob A in Hole B"
146
"Let’s Get Together"
157
"Loint of Paw, A"
214
"Profession"
258
"Strikebreaker"
405
"Tale of the Pioneer"
312
"Woman’s Heart, A"
- 1958 -
007
"All the Troubles of the World"
028
"Buy Jupiter"
076
"Feeling of Power, The"
318
"I Just Make Them Up, See!"
407
"It’s All How You Look at It"
144
"Lenny"
406
"Oh, That Lost Sense of Wonder"
243
"Silly Asses"
251
"Spell My Name with an S"
256
"Story Machine, The"
289
"Ugly Little Boy, The"
294
"Up-to-Date Sorcerer, The"
- 1959 -
009
"Anniversary"
196
"Obituary"
219
"Rain, Rain, Go Away"
319
"Rejection Slips"
255
"Statue For Father, A"
293
"Unto the Fourth Generation"
- 1960 -
338
"Covenant, The"
271
"Thiotimoline and the Space Age"
- 1961 -
160
"Machine that Won the War, The"
302
"What Is This Thing Called Love?"
- 1962 -
181
"My Son, the Physicist"
254
"Star Light"
- 1964 -
010
"Author! Author!"
- 1965 -
071
"Eyes Do More Than See"
085
"Founding Father"
163
"Man Who Made the 21st Century, The"
- 1966 -
135
"Key, The"
326
"Prime of Life, The"
- 1967 -
019
"Billiard Ball, The"
239
"Segregationist"
- 1968 -
069
"Exile to Hell"
113
"Holmes-Ginsbook Device, The"
133
"Key Item"
215
"Proper Study, The"
- 1969 -
077
"Feminine Intuition"
- 1970 -
213
"Problem of Numbers, A"
002
"2430 A.D."
296
"Waterclap"
- 1972 -
004
"Acquisitive Chuckle, The"
097
"Go, Little Book!"
101
"Greatest Asset, The"
173
"Mirror Image"
207
"Ph as in Phony"
263
"Take a Match"
286
"Truth to Tell"
- 1973 -
060
"Early Sunday Morning"
151
"Light Verse"
174
"Miss What?"
193
"Nothing Might Happen"
197
"Obvious Factor, The"
203
"Out of Sight"
210
"Pointing Finger, The"
272
"Thiotimoline to the Stars"
- 1974 -
325
"Benjamin’s Bicentennial Blast"
323
"Benjamin’s Dream"
016
"Big Game"
041
"Curious Omission, The"
322
"Dream, The"
339
"Half-Baked Publisher’s Delight"
340
"Heavenly Host, The"
127
"Iron Gem, The"
159
"Lullaby of Broadway, The"
188
"No Smoking"
192
"Nothing Like Murder"
324
"Party By Satellite"
217
"Quicker Than the Eye"
257
"Stranger in Paradise"
268
"-That Thou Art Mindful of Him"
358
"Three Numbers, The"
305
"When No Man Pursueth"
315
"Yankee Doodle Went To Town"
- 1975 -
024
"Boy’s Best Friend, A"
397
"Case of Need, A"
061
"Earthset and Evening Star"
106
"Halloween"
150
"Life and Times of Multivac, The"
154
"Little Things, The"
201
"One and Only East, The"
209
"Point of View"
232
"Santa Claus Gets a Coin"
233
"Sarah Tops"
- 1976 -
015
"Bicentennial Man, The"
020
"Birth of a Notion"
040
"Cross of Lorraine, The"
073
"Family Man, The"
089
"Friday the Thirteenth"
100
"Good Taste"
164
"Marching In"
199
"Old-fashioned"
236
"Season’s Greetings!"
267
"Tercentenary Incident, The"
290
"Ultimate Crime, The"
291
"Unabridged, The"
310
"Winnowing, The"
- 1977 -
003
"About Nothing"
134
"Key Word, The"
175
"Missing Item, The"
252
"Sports Page, The"
262
"Sure Thing"
270
"Think!"
273
"Thirteenth Day of Christmas, The"
278
"To Tell at a Glance"
285
"True Love"
- 1978 -
398
"Disappearing Man, The"
083
"Found!"
184
"Next Day, The"
- 1979 -
012
"Backward Look, The"
072
"Fair Exchange?"
117
"How It Happened"
128
"Irrelevance!"
129
"It is Coming"
190
"None So Blind"
194
"Nothing for Nothing"
359
"To the Barest"
- 1980 -
366
"Clear Shot, A"
049
"Death of a Foy"
082
"For the Birds"
365
"Getting Even"
099
"Good Samaritan, The"
138
"Last Answer, The"
168
"Men Who Wouldn’t Talk, The"
171
"Middle Name"
187
"No Refuge Could Save"
237
"Second Best"
245
"Sixty Million Trillion Combinations"
266
"Telephone Number, The"
303
"What Time Is It?"
311
"Woman in the Bar, The"
- 1981 -
375
"Appleby Story, The"
032
"Can You Prove It?"
371
"Gift"
368
"He Wasn’t There"
111
"Hide and Seek"
116
"Hot Or Cold"
121
"Ignition Point!"
367
"Irresistible to Women"
141
"Last Shuttle, The"
370
"Mystery Tune"
372
"1 to 999"
206
"Perfect Fit, A"
374
"Testing, Testing!"
369
"Thin Line, The"
274
"Thirteenth Page, The"
373
"Twelve Years Old"
316
"Year of the Action, The"
- 1982 -
035
"Catching the Fox"
052
"Dim Rumble, The"
376
"Dollars and Cents"
075
"Favorite Piece, The"
090
"Friends and Allies"
423
"Fuller Explanation of Original Sin, A"
095
"Getting the Combination"
145
"Lest We Remember"
149
"Library Book, The"
399
"Lucky Seven"
200
"One Night of Song"
422
"One Thing Lacking, The"
208
"Phoenician Bauble, The"
240
"Sending a Signal"
242
"Sign, The"
247
"Smile that Loses, The"
250
"Spell It!"
341
"Super Runner, The"
275
"Three Goblets, The"
281
"To the Victor"
287
"Two Women"
307
"Which Is Which?"
308
"Winds of Change, The"
- 1983 -
377
"Amusement Lark, The"
400
"Christmas Solution, Th"
380
"Circuit Breaker"
382
"Great Caesar’s Ghost"
103
"Half a Ghost"
176
"Monday in April, A"
212
"Potential"
381
"Riddled With Clues"
235
"Saving Humanity"
249
"Speck, The"
379
"Stormy Weather"
269
"There Was a Young Lady"
378
"Unknown Union Club"
- 1984 -
351
"Alexander the God"
408
"Amanita Phalloides"
409
"Arrow Poison"
410
"Arsenic"
411
"Belladonna"
412
"Botulism"
413
"Curare"
043
"Dashing Through the Snow"
056
"Driver, The"
067
"Evil Drink Does, The"
126
"Intrusion, The"
167
"Matter of Principle, A"
182
"Neither Brute Nor Human"
414
"Phosgene"
415
"Potassium Cyanide"
223
"Redhead, The"
417
"Snake Venom"
418
"Strychnine"
416
"Triply Unique"
313
"Writing Time"
314
"Wrong House, The"
383
"Year of the Feast, The"
- 1985 -
087
"Fourth Homonym, The"
350
"Hallucination"
108
"He Travels the Fastest"
156
"Logic is Logic"
402
"Man in the Park, The"
386
"Straight Lines"
385
"Taunter, The"
284
"Triple Devil"
401
"Twins, The"
292
"Unique Is Where You Find It"
384
"Upside Down"
- 1986 -
387
"Child’s Play"
070
"Eye of the Beholder, The"
353
"Feghoot and the Courts"
172
"Mind’s Construction, The"
178
"More Things in Heaven and Earth"
388
"New England Equinox"
228
"Robot Dreams"
260
"Sunset on the Water"
389
"Ten"
342
"Ten-Second Election, The"
306
"Where Is He?"
403
"Zip Code"
- 1987 -
343
"Fable of the Three Princes, The"
078
"Fights of Spring, The"
092
"Galatea"
344
"Left to Right"
345
"Left to Right, and Beyond"
198
"Old Purse, The"
392
"Stamp, The"
391
"Teddy Bear, THe"
- 1988 -
036
"Christmas Without Rodney"
081
"Flight of Fancy"
118
"I Love Little Pussy"
393
"Legacy, The"
394
"Lost Dog, The"
218
"Quiet Place, The"
246
"Smile of the Chipper, The"
288
"Two-Centimeter Demon, The"
- 1989 -
005
"Alibi, The"
063
"Envelope, The"
346
"Good-bye to Earth"
390
"Ho! Ho! Ho!"
347
"Instability, The"
395
"Last Man, The"
355
"Mad Scientist, The"
280
"To Your Health"
282
"Too Bad!"
- 1990 -
074
"Fault-Intolerant"
086
"Four-Leaf Clover, The"
363
"Haunted Cabin, The"
348
"In the Canyon"
136
"Kid Brother"
361
"Lost in a Space Warp"
158
"Lucky Piece, The"
360
"Northwestward"
362
"Police at the Door"
221
"Recipe, The"
229
"Robot Visions"
277
"Time Traveler, The"
309
"Wine Is a Mocker"
421
"Yes, But Why?"
- 1991 -
011
"Baby, It’s Cold Outside"
419
"Cal"
349
"Frustration"
098
"Gold"
364
"Guest’s Guest, The"
131
"It’s a Job"
420
"Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon"
396
"Safe Place, A"
- 1995 -
352
"Battle-Hymn"
354
"Nations in Space, The"
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