| Is hired as an instructor in biochemistry at the Boston University
School of Medicine. |
1950 | Doubleday publishes his first novel, Pebble in the Sky; Gnome
Press, his first collection, I, Robot. |
1951 | Son David is born. Is promoted to assistant professor. |
1952 | First non-fiction book, Biochemistry and Human Metabolism, is
published. Doubleday publishes first Lucky Starr juvenile. He
continues to alternate science fiction with non-fiction books and
articles, particularly science popularizations. |
1955 | Daughter Robyn is born. |
1956 | Is paid $10 for his first talk and begins a career as a popular
speaker. |
1957 | Begins his first monthly science column for Venture Science Fiction (later taken over by Fantasy and Science Fiction). |
1958 | Leaves full-time teaching for full-time freelance writing. After
1958 publishes no new science-fiction novels until the novelization
of the screenplay for Fantastic Voyage in 1966 and The Gods
Themselves in 1972. Continues writing an occasional science-fiction
short story, but most writing is non-fiction. |
1962 | Edits The Hugo Winners, the first of his anthologies, and begins
the autobiographical comments that characterize the rest of his
collections and anthologies. |
1963 | Is awarded a "Special Hugo" by the World Science Fiction
Convention for his science articles in Fantasy and Science Fiction. |
1966 | Is guest-of-honor at the World Science Fiction Convention.
Foundation series wins a Hugo. A special edition of Fantasy and
Science Fiction is dedicated to Asimov and his work. |
1969 | Publishes his 100th book. |
1970 | Separates from his wife and moves back to New York. |
1972 | Doubleday publishes The Gods Themselves. |
1973 | Wins a Nebula Award and a Hugo Award for The Gods Themselves. Is divorced and marries Dr. Janet Jeppson. |
1974 | Publishes Before the Golden Age. |
1976 | The first issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine appears. |
1977 | "The Bicentennial Man" wins both a Nebula and a Hugo. |
1979 | Publishes his 200th book, including the first volume of his
autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. |
1980 | The second volume of his autobiography, In Joy Still Felt, is
Asimov volume 214. |
1982 | Foundation's Edge is published, becomes best seller. |