Notes
Foundation's Friends, an anthology of short fiction by various authors dedicated to Isaac Asimov. Some of the stories are set in Asimovian universes and some are standalone.

Stories more-or-less compatible with the Foundation universe are highlighted in blue.

Includes:

• Preface by Ray Bradbury (essay)
• Second Preface by Ben Bova (essay)
• Strip-Runner by Pamela Sargent (Robot story)
• The Asenion Solution by Robert Silverberg
• Murder in the Urth Degree by Edward Wellen (Wendell Urth mystery)
• Trantor Falls by Harry Turtledove (Foundation story)
• Dilemma by Connie Willis (Robot story)
• Maureen Birnbaum After Dark by George Alec Effinger
• Balance by Mike Resnick (Robot story)
• The Present Eternal by Barry N. Malzberg
• PAPPI by Sheila Finch (Robot story)
• The Reunion at the Mile-High by Frederik Pohl
• Plato's Cave by Poul Anderson (Robot story)
• Foundation's Conscience by George Zebrowski (Foundation story)
• Carhunters of the Concrete Prairie by Robert Sheckley (Robot story)
• The Overheard Conversation by Edward D. Hoch (Black Widowers story)
• Blot by Hal Clement (Robot story)
• The Fourth Law of Robotics by Harry Harrison (Robot story)
• The Originist by Orson Scott Card (Foundation story)
• A Word or Two from Janet (essay) by Janet Asimov
• Fifty Years (essay) by Isaac Asimov

Publisher’s Blurb – Lower Cover
THE GENIUS OF ASIMOV

For over half a century, Isaac Asimov’s stunning vision of humanity’s future in the galaxy has amazed and delighted millions of readers worldwide. From his tales of near-future, near-human positronic robots, to his vast sagas of Galactic Empire and Foundation, Asimov’s legacy of imagination will live on for years to come.

Now, in a very special tribute to Asimov’s creation, seventeen of today’s foremost sf talents explore this epic chronicle, making fresh and enlightening contributions to the most famous and popular science-fictional universe. Included here are Orson Scott Card, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg and Harry Harrison – writers who have built up strong reputations for far-reaching invention and dazzling story-telling.

For all those fascinated with fresh ideas, world creation and with Asimov himself, Foundation’s Friends essential reading. It is also a fitting recognition of the impact that this science-fiction master has made on twentieth century thinking and a whole generation of rising new writers.