Isaac Asimov’s short fiction (chronological order)

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- 1939 -

165 2 "Marooned off Vesta"

283 3 "Trends"

298 0 "Weapon Too Dreadful to Use, The"

- 1940 -

031 2 "Callistan Menace, The"

104 0 "Half-Breed"

105 0 "Half-Breeds on Venus"

114 3 "Homo Sol"

162 0 "Magnificent Possession, The"

224 0 "Ring Around the Sun"

226 3 "Robbie"

- 1941 -

110 0 "Heredity"

112 1 "History"

148 2 "Liar!"

185 3 "Nightfall"

191 2 "Not Final!"

220 3 "Reason"

238 1 "Secret Sense, The"

261 1 "Super-Neutron"

- 1942 -

021 0 "Black Friar of the Flame"

026 2 "Bridle and Saddle"

037 0 "Christmas on Ganymede"

084 3 "Foundation"

107 2 "Hazing, The"

122 2 "Imaginary, The"

227 2 "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"

230 3 "Runaround"

276 0 "Time Pussy"

295 3 "Victory Unintentional"

424 0 "Weapon, The"

- 1943 -

047 0 "Death Sentence"

- 1944 -

018 3 "Big and the Little, The"

034 2 "Catch That Rabbit"

300 1 "Wedge, The"

- 1945 -

023 3 "Blind Alley"

045 3 "Dead Hand"

064 2 "Escape!"

180 3 "Mule, The"

- 1946 -

066 3 "Evidence"

- 1947 -

152 3 "Little Lost Robot"

- 1948 -

062 3 "Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline, The"

186 1 "No Connection"

195 1 "Now You See It..."

- 1949 -

008 3 "...And Now You Don’t"

179 1 "Mother Earth"

222 3 "Red Queen’s Race, The"

- 1950 -

042 1 "Darwinian Poolroom"

044 0 "Day Of The Hunters"

068 1 "Evitable Conflict, The"

102 3 "Green Patches"

143 3 "Legal Rites"

153 2 "Little Man on the Subway, The"

- 1951 -

025 2 "Breeds There a Man ... ?"

029 3 "C-Chute"

091 2 "Fun They Had, The"

115 3 "Hostess"

124 1 "In a Good Cause -"

216 3 "Psychohistorians, The"

234 3 "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

241 0 "Shah Guido G."

- 1952 -

051 1 "Deep, The"

166 3 "Martian Way, The"

301 2 "What If - ?"

317 2 "Youth"

- 1953 -

013 1 "Belief"

027 0 "Button, Button"

065 2 "Everest"

080 1 "Flies"

137 3 "Kid Stuff"

170 -1 "Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline, The"

177 0 "Monkey’s Fingers, The"

189 1 "Nobody Here But -"

231 3 "Sally"

- 1954 -

320 3 "Foundation of S F Success, The"

123 2 "Immortal Bard, The"

130 3 "It’s Such a Beautiful Day"

147 0 "Let’s Not"

205 0 "Pause, The"

259 3 "Sucker Bait"

- 1955 -

054 3 "Dreaming Is a Private Thing"

055 3 "Dreamworld"

088 3 "Franchise"

142 3 "Last Trump, The"

211 3 "Portable Star, The"

425 1 "Question"

225 1 "Risk"

244 2 "Singing Bell, The"

264 2 "Talking Stone, The"

- 1956 -

046 3 "Dead Past, The"

058 2 "Dying Night, The"

059 0 "Each an Explorer"

079 0 "First Law"

096 2 "Gimmicks Three"

109 0 "Hell-Fire"

404 -1 "How to Succeed at Science Fiction Without Really Trying"

132 2 "Jokester"

140 3 "Last Question, The"

155 3 "Living Space"

169 0 "Message, The"

204 3 "Pate de Foie Gras"

248 2 "Someday"

297 1 "Watery Place, The"

304 1 "What’s in a Name?"

- 1957 -

321 3 "Author’s Ordeal, The"

022 0 "Blank!"

053 0 "Does a Bee Care?"

057 1 "Dust of Death, The"

093 3 "Galley Slave"

094 2 "Gentle Vultures, The"

119 3 "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda"

120 1 "Ideas Die Hard"

125 3 "Insert Knob A in Hole B"

146 1 "Let’s Get Together"

157 3 "Loint of Paw, A"

214 3 "Profession"

258 2 "Strikebreaker"

405 -1 "Tale of the Pioneer"

312 1 "Woman’s Heart, A"

- 1958 -

007 3 "All the Troubles of the World"

028 1 "Buy Jupiter"

076 3 "Feeling of Power, The"

318 3 "I Just Make Them Up, See!"

407 -1 "It’s All How You Look at It"

144 1 "Lenny"

406 -1 "Oh, That Lost Sense of Wonder"

243 0 "Silly Asses"

251 3 "Spell My Name with an S"

256 -1 "Story Machine, The"

289 3 "Ugly Little Boy, The"

294 1 "Up-to-Date Sorcerer, The"

- 1959 -

009 1 "Anniversary"

196 2 "Obituary"

219 0 "Rain, Rain, Go Away"

319 3 "Rejection Slips"

255 2 "Statue For Father, A"

293 1 "Unto the Fourth Generation"

- 1960 -

338 -1 "Covenant, The"

271 3 "Thiotimoline and the Space Age"

- 1961 -

160 1 "Machine that Won the War, The"

302 3 "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

- 1962 -

181 0 "My Son, the Physicist"

254 0 "Star Light"

- 1964 -

010 3 "Author! Author!"

- 1965 -

071 0 "Eyes Do More Than See"

085 0 "Founding Father"

163 1 "Man Who Made the 21st Century, The"

- 1966 -

135 3 "Key, The"

326 3 "Prime of Life, The"

- 1967 -

019 3 "Billiard Ball, The"

239 1 "Segregationist"

- 1968 -

069 0 "Exile to Hell"

113 3 "Holmes-Ginsbook Device, The"

133 0 "Key Item"

215 0 "Proper Study, The"

- 1969 -

077 2 "Feminine Intuition"

- 1970 -

213 -1 "Problem of Numbers, A"

002 0 "2430 A.D."

296 1 "Waterclap"

- 1972 -

004 2 "Acquisitive Chuckle, The"

097 0 "Go, Little Book!"

101 1 "Greatest Asset, The"

173 2 "Mirror Image"

207 3 "Ph as in Phony"

263 2 "Take a Match"

286 3 "Truth to Tell"

- 1973 -

060 3 "Early Sunday Morning"

151 3 "Light Verse"

174 1 "Miss What?"

193 -1 "Nothing Might Happen"

197 3 "Obvious Factor, The"

203 3 "Out of Sight"

210 2 "Pointing Finger, The"

272 2 "Thiotimoline to the Stars"

- 1974 -

325 0 "Benjamin’s Bicentennial Blast"

323 0 "Benjamin’s Dream"

016 -1 "Big Game"

041 2 "Curious Omission, The"

322 1 "Dream, The"

339 3 "Half-Baked Publisher’s Delight"

340 -1 "Heavenly Host, The"

127 2 "Iron Gem, The"

159 3 "Lullaby of Broadway, The"

188 2 "No Smoking"

192 0 "Nothing Like Murder"

324 -1 "Party By Satellite"

217 1 "Quicker Than the Eye"

257 1 "Stranger in Paradise"

268 3 "-That Thou Art Mindful of Him"

358 2 "Three Numbers, The"

305 2 "When No Man Pursueth"

315 2 "Yankee Doodle Went To Town"

- 1975 -

024 0 "Boy’s Best Friend, A"

397 1 "Case of Need, A"

061 3 "Earthset and Evening Star"

106 0 "Halloween"

150 1 "Life and Times of Multivac, The"

154 -1 "Little Things, The"

201 2 "One and Only East, The"

209 0 "Point of View"

232 1 "Santa Claus Gets a Coin"

233 2 "Sarah Tops"

- 1976 -

015 3 "Bicentennial Man, The"

020 1 "Birth of a Notion"

040 1 "Cross of Lorraine, The"

073 1 "Family Man, The"

089 2 "Friday the Thirteenth"

100 3 "Good Taste"

164 0 "Marching In"

199 0 "Old-fashioned"

236 2 "Season’s Greetings!"

267 1 "Tercentenary Incident, The"

290 1 "Ultimate Crime, The"

291 1 "Unabridged, The"

310 1 "Winnowing, The"

- 1977 -

003 1 "About Nothing"

134 2 "Key Word, The"

175 2 "Missing Item, The"

252 1 "Sports Page, The"

262 3 "Sure Thing"

270 0 "Think!"

273 2 "Thirteenth Day of Christmas, The"

278 0 "To Tell at a Glance"

285 0 "True Love"

- 1978 -

398 2 "Disappearing Man, The"

083 2 "Found!"

184 1 "Next Day, The"

- 1979 -

012 1 "Backward Look, The"

072 1 "Fair Exchange?"

117 2 "How It Happened"

128 1 "Irrelevance!"

129 0 "It is Coming"

190 2 "None So Blind"

194 1 "Nothing for Nothing"

359 2 "To the Barest"

- 1980 -

366 1 "Clear Shot, A"

049 2 "Death of a Foy"

082 0 "For the Birds"

365 -1 "Getting Even"

099 1 "Good Samaritan, The"

138 1 "Last Answer, The"

168 2 "Men Who Wouldn’t Talk, The"

171 1 "Middle Name"

187 3 "No Refuge Could Save"

237 1 "Second Best"

245 1 "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations"

266 2 "Telephone Number, The"

303 1 "What Time Is It?"

311 1 "Woman in the Bar, The"

- 1981 -

375 0 "Appleby Story, The"

032 3 "Can You Prove It?"

371 0 "Gift"

368 1 "He Wasn’t There"

111 3 "Hide and Seek"

116 2 "Hot Or Cold"

121 1 "Ignition Point!"

367 0 "Irresistible to Women"

141 0 "Last Shuttle, The"

370 1 "Mystery Tune"

372 1 "1 to 999"

206 0 "Perfect Fit, A"

374 2 "Testing, Testing!"

369 1 "Thin Line, The"

274 1 "Thirteenth Page, The"

373 2 "Twelve Years Old"

316 3 "Year of the Action, The"

- 1982 -

035 2 "Catching the Fox"

052 2 "Dim Rumble, The"

376 1 "Dollars and Cents"

075 0 "Favorite Piece, The"

090 2 "Friends and Allies"

423 1 "Fuller Explanation of Original Sin, A"

095 2 "Getting the Combination"

145 0 "Lest We Remember"

149 2 "Library Book, The"

399 1 "Lucky Seven"

200 2 "One Night of Song"

422 2 "One Thing Lacking, The"

208 1 "Phoenician Bauble, The"

240 1 "Sending a Signal"

242 0 "Sign, The"

247 3 "Smile that Loses, The"

250 2 "Spell It!"

341 -1 "Super Runner, The"

275 2 "Three Goblets, The"

281 3 "To the Victor"

287 2 "Two Women"

307 1 "Which Is Which?"

308 0 "Winds of Change, The"

- 1983 -

377 -1 "Amusement Lark, The"

400 2 "Christmas Solution, Th"

380 -1 "Circuit Breaker"

382 -1 "Great Caesar’s Ghost"

103 0 "Half a Ghost"

176 1 "Monday in April, A"

212 0 "Potential"

381 -1 "Riddled With Clues"

235 2 "Saving Humanity"

249 -1 "Speck, The"

379 -1 "Stormy Weather"

269 1 "There Was a Young Lady"

378 -1 "Unknown Union Club"

- 1984 -

351 1 "Alexander the God"

408 -1 "Amanita Phalloides"

409 -1 "Arrow Poison"

410 -1 "Arsenic"

411 -1 "Belladonna"

412 -1 "Botulism"

413 -1 "Curare"

043 3 "Dashing Through the Snow"

056 1 "Driver, The"

067 3 "Evil Drink Does, The"

126 1 "Intrusion, The"

167 2 "Matter of Principle, A"

182 1 "Neither Brute Nor Human"

414 -1 "Phosgene"

415 -1 "Potassium Cyanide"

223 3 "Redhead, The"

417 -1 "Snake Venom"

418 -1 "Strychnine"

416 -1 "Triply Unique"

313 1 "Writing Time"

314 3 "Wrong House, The"

383 -1 "Year of the Feast, The"

- 1985 -

087 1 "Fourth Homonym, The"

350 0 "Hallucination"

108 2 "He Travels the Fastest"

156 1 "Logic is Logic"

402 1 "Man in the Park, The"

386 -1 "Straight Lines"

385 -1 "Taunter, The"

284 3 "Triple Devil"

401 0 "Twins, The"

292 3 "Unique Is Where You Find It"

384 -1 "Upside Down"

- 1986 -

387 -1 "Child’s Play"

070 2 "Eye of the Beholder, The"

353 1 "Feghoot and the Courts"

172 2 "Mind’s Construction, The"

178 3 "More Things in Heaven and Earth"

388 -1 "New England Equinox"

228 2 "Robot Dreams"

260 3 "Sunset on the Water"

389 -1 "Ten"

342 -1 "Ten-Second Election, The"

306 3 "Where Is He?"

403 -1 "Zip Code"

- 1987 -

343 2 "Fable of the Three Princes, The"

078 1 "Fights of Spring, The"

092 3 "Galatea"

344 0 "Left to Right"

345 -1 "Left to Right, and Beyond"

198 1 "Old Purse, The"

392 -1 "Stamp, The"

391 -1 "Teddy Bear, THe"

- 1988 -

036 1 "Christmas Without Rodney"

081 1 "Flight of Fancy"

118 2 "I Love Little Pussy"

393 -1 "Legacy, The"

394 -1 "Lost Dog, The"

218 0 "Quiet Place, The"

246 0 "Smile of the Chipper, The"

288 1 "Two-Centimeter Demon, The"

- 1989 -

005 2 "Alibi, The"

063 1 "Envelope, The"

346 0 "Good-bye to Earth"

390 -1 "Ho! Ho! Ho!"

347 0 "Instability, The"

395 -1 "Last Man, The"

355 2 "Mad Scientist, The"

280 2 "To Your Health"

282 2 "Too Bad!"

- 1990 -

074 2 "Fault-Intolerant"

086 1 "Four-Leaf Clover, The"

363 -1 "Haunted Cabin, The"

348 0 "In the Canyon"

136 1 "Kid Brother"

361 -1 "Lost in a Space Warp"

158 2 "Lucky Piece, The"

360 2 "Northwestward"

362 -1 "Police at the Door"

221 2 "Recipe, The"

229 1 "Robot Visions"

277 3 "Time Traveler, The"

309 2 "Wine Is a Mocker"

421 -1 "Yes, But Why?"

- 1991 -

011 2 "Baby, It’s Cold Outside"

419 3 "Cal"

349 1 "Frustration"

098 3 "Gold"

364 -1 "Guest’s Guest, The"

131 1 "It’s a Job"

420 1 "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon"

396 -1 "Safe Place, A"

- 1995 -

352 0 "Battle-Hymn"

354 0 "Nations in Space, The"

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