@booklet {3904, title = {Prelude to Foundation}, year = {1988}, month = {1988}, publisher = {Doubleday}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Prequel to the Foundation series. See note at 1982 Asimov. See also 1986 Asimov. Includes a description of a society presented as dystopian that is similar to a traditional religious commune.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Isaac Asimov (1920-92)} } @booklet {3060, title = {"The People{\textquoteright}s Almanac{\textquoteright}s Exclusive Symposium on Utopia"}, howpublished = {The People{\textquoteright}s Almanac}, volume = {no. 2}, year = {1978}, month = {1978}, pages = {1349-53}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Isaac Asimov (1920-92), William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008), Ram Dass [also known as Baba Ram Das (original name Richard Alpert)] (1931-2019), Clifton Fadiman (1904-99), Allen Ginsberg (1926-97), James Michener (1907-97), Ashley Montagu (1905-99), and Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977) answer nine questions regarding their own utopia. Asimov, Michener, Montagu, and Untermeyer make substantial statements.

}, author = {Isaac Asimov (1920-92) and William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) and Ram Dass (1931-2019) and Clifton Fadiman (1904-99) and Allen Ginsburg (1926-97) and James Michener (1907-97) and Ashley Montagu (1905-99) and Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977)}, editor = {David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace (1916-90)} } @booklet {1660, title = {"Profession"}, howpublished = {Astounding Science Fiction }, volume = {59.5}, year = {1957}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Nine Tomorrows; Tales of the Near Future\ (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959), 16-74; and in\ Alternative Communities: Magazine of the Alternative Communities Movement, nos. 18 - 20 (1984 - 85): 2-16; 2-13; 2-12.

}, month = {July 1957}, pages = {8-56}, abstract = {

Dystopia. Imprinting knowledge directly into the brain leads to an uncreative society.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Isaac Asimov (1920-92)} } @booklet {1339, title = {Pebble in the Sky}, year = {1950}, note = {

Rpt. as\ Galaxy Science Fiction Novel $\#$ 14. New York: Galaxy Pub. Co., 1953; and New York: Bantam Books, 1957; and in his\ Triangle. The Currents of Space Pebble in the Sky The Stars, Like Dust\ (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, [1961]), 173-346. Originally written as \"Grow Old With Me\" but not published as intended. That version was published in his\ The Alternate Asimovs\ (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986). 5-133 with a \"Foreword\" (1-4) and an \"Afterword\" (134-36).

}, month = {1950}, publisher = {Doubleday}, address = {Garden City, NY}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which a radioactive Earth is shunned by the other inhabited planets. There is a galactic empire that connects this book with his Foundation series. Earth is considered to be a backward, inferior planet inhabited by primitives and many Earthlings oppose the empire. Conflict ensues with a balance ultimately achieved.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Isaac Asimov (1920-92)} }