Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection

By Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

Isaac Asimov and science fiction are one and the same to millions of readers. He was the field's transcendent genius, its reigning prophet, its genial patriarch, and its most prolific author. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061052051
• ISBN13: 9780061052057
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Harper Prism
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Magic The Final Fantasy Collection Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was always a pioneer in writing. Here is his foray into the then-new area of Fantasy. Azazel, the 2 inch extra-dimesional being, and the well-meaning George star in most of the stories. Like the proverbial genie, George helps his family and friends realize their dreams and wishes which they come to find aren't what they really wanted. Also contains a few of Isaac's witty essays on fantastic creatures and figures. A must read for fantasy readers.

Good book

Asimov was such a great writer. In this book, he will make you laugh, will make you think, will make you imagine. If you want to get started on SciFi, I think this is a good book to start with. One of the short stories I liked the most was the one telling the real BATMAN story. Overall: good book.

Excellent ramblings by the master of science fiction.

"Magic" by Isaac Asimov is truly that. At the start of the book, the short stories are captivating. The second part consists of a collection of stories about a little two-inch demon that all Asimov readers are familiar with. Finally, it wraps up with several insightful musings by the author himself. In one tome, the reader is bathed in Isaac Asimov's best science fiction, fantasy, and thoughts. It is well worth the price just to have in a complete Asimov collection, but it's thoughtful, well planned shifts from one subject to the other seems as if the compiler was led by an expert conductor