Author:Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov
(1920–1992)

American science fiction writer; highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books; also wrote as Paul French
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Isaac Asimov
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Summary of public domain works

The following are the few works of Asimov now in the public domain in the United States:

Fiction

Non-fiction

Letters

Full bibliography

This is believed to be a complete bibliography of the work of Isaac Asimov that is arranged alphabetically.

The total number of books listed here is 515 books and short stories in 72 years. The vast majority are currently under copyright.

Contents:

A

  • ABC's of Ecology (1972)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2068
  • ABC's of Space (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • ABC's of the Earth (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067
  • ABC's of the Ocean (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Adding a Dimension (1964)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2060
  • All the Troubles of the World (1958)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2054
  • Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • The Alternate Asimovs (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Amazing Stories: Sixty Years of the Best Science Fiction (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Ancient Astronomy (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Animals of the Bible (1978)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Anniversary (1959)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2055
  • The Annotated 'Gulliver's Travels' (1980)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Asimov Chronicles (1991)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov Laughs Again (1992)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov on Astronomy (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov on Chemistry (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Asimov on Numbers (1978)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov on Physics (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • Asimov on Science (1989)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov on Science Fiction (1981)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Annotated 'Don Juan' (1972)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2068
  • Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Annotated 'Paradise Lost' (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (1964)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2060
  • Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2D Ed. (1972)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2068
  • Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 3D Ed. (1982)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery (1989)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Chronology of the World (1989)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet (1985)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Guide to Science (1972)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2068
  • Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Volume One (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Volume Two (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume One (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume Two (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • Asimov's Mysteries (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064
  • Asimov's New Guide to Science (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Asteroids (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Astronomy Today (1989)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Atlantis (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos (1991)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Azazel (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063

B

  • Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Short Fantasy Novels (1984)—Copyrighted in the United StatesCategory:Pages claiming copyright without date
  • Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Short Science Fiction Novels (1985)—Copyrighted in the United StatesCategory:Pages claiming copyright without date
  • Banquets of the Black Widowers (1980)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Before the Golden Age (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • The Beginning and the End (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • Beginnings: The Story of Origins, of Mankind, Life, the Earth, the Universe (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Best New Thing (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067
  • The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2069
  • The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • The Big Apple Mysteries (1982)—Copyrighted in the United StatesCategory:Pages claiming copyright without date
  • Biochemistry and Human Metabolism (1952)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048
  • The Birth and Death Of Stars (1991)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Birth of the United States, 1763-1816 (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Breakthroughs in Science (1960)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2056
  • Building Blocks of the Universe (1957)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2053
  • Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071

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See also


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Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) before 1964, and copyright was not renewed.

Works could have had their copyright renewed between January 1st of the 27th year after publication or registration and December 31st of the 28th year. As this work's copyright was not renewed, it entered the public domain on January 1st of the 29th year.


This author died in 1992, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 33 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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