by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 22, 2013 | Isaac Asimov, Publishing
The first project I did with Byron Preiss was called ”The Bank Street Collections.” They were four paperback anthologies filled with graphic adaptations of genre stories—science fiction, horror, mystery, and fantasy—that were produced in conjunction with the Bank...
by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 21, 2013 | Isaac Asimov, Publishing, Science Fiction, Tribute
As I was saying. . . . My first assignment as an assistant editor at Starlog Magazine was to edit an essay by the great Isaac Asimov on the possibility of actual faster-than-light travel. I read through its 5 or 6 typewritten pages, made some notes, and went...
by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 19, 2013 | Comic Books, Isaac Asimov, Rock Scene Magazine, Starlog
In 1976 I was still teaching third grade in the New York public school system, but I was also writing freelance for magazines about pop culture subjects, like science fiction and comics. I had a column called “The “Super” Market in Rock Scene Magazine, a...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 11, 2012 | Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Tribute
As a kid in the 1950s, I knew that there were three shining stars in the science-fiction firmament: Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. Isaac Asimov was a second-generation “Doc” Smith. Whatever sci-fi tropes and vistas Doc did not invent, Asimov did. Isaac was also, quite...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 6, 2012 | Isaac Asimov, Publishing, Starlog
So it’s the late 1970s and I’ve just been hired by the science-fiction media magazine, Starlog. My first task is to review and edit an article by one of my literary gods, Isaac Asimov, on the possibility of faster-than-light travel. More to the point: is...
