Title: A rehash -- the original was better
Product review: Largely an unfortunate rehashing of material from Asimov's previous autobiographical works, with short excerpts from some of his letters thrown in. I'm a pretty big Asimov fan (I think I've read at least a hundred of his books), but I was disappointed with my purchase.Folks interested in Asimov's life would do much better to try the 1994 autobiography "I. Asimov," which was released posthumously. The book is still in print, in paperback form. It's a comprehensive and reasonably interesting look at his life, broken into short thematic segments.Hard core fans looking for something beyond "I. Asimov" may want to try Asimov's first two volumes of autobiography -- "In Memory Yet Green" covers the years 1920-1954, and "In Joy Still Felt" covers 1954-1978. Both titles are out of print, but are easily available from online sources like BookFinder.com.
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