Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories

The Thunder Child <thethunderchild.DeleteThis@omnivoreink.com> wrote:
> Anyone know what happened to this series, begun in 1990? It was
> supposed to present all of Asimov's short stories and novels in uniform
> bindings. It started with volumes 1 and 2 of his short stories (and

Essentially, Asimov died in the beginning of 1992 and that put an end
to almost all of the works (and collections) he was working on.
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In article <1126458536.622469.324120.RemoveThis@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"The Thunder Child" <thethunderchild.RemoveThis@omnivoreink.com> wrote:

> Anyone know what happened to this series, begun in 1990? It was
> supposed to present all of Asimov's short stories and novels in uniform
> bindings. It started with volumes 1 and 2 of his short stories (and
> the fact that they did not start chronologically with Marooned off
> Vesta and continue onward torques me...) but I see no evidence that it
> went on from there.
>

The Complete Stories was the short stories piece of the plan to publish
everything in uniform bindings. My understanding is that the plan to
publish a hardcover set was dropped, while Bantam Spectra proceeded with
plans to do a paperback set, but then those plans too did not come to
fruition. I don't know exactly what happened, but I get the vague
impression that the effect of Asimov's death on the publishing world was
analogous to the death of historical figures such as Alexander the
Great; after they were gone, their empires fell apart. Asimov didn't
build a publishing empire, but it seems that a significant number of
people in the publishing world who worked with him moved on to new
positions shortly before or after his death.

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