Autobiographies of Isaac Asimov
Edited by Asimov, this book contains autobiographical material describing his childhood as a science fiction fan who grew up reading 1930s magazines.In the introduction Asimov explains that he hopes that by including autobiographical information in his story collections, it will be easier to resist editorial pressure to write a proper autobiography."[7]The publishers disliked Asimov's original title, As I Remember, so they asked him to provide another, suggesting he find a good quote from an obscure poem.[8] Asimov suggested the following poem: In memory yet green, in joy still felt, The scenes of life rise sharply into view.[10] Janet's opinion was that the original two-volume autobiography was too chronological (although it was highly detailed, owing to Asimov's eidetic memory and the copious notes he kept about his life in his daily diary), lending it an emotionless and reserved quality.[8] Published posthumously under the title I. Asimov: A Memoir (Doubleday, 1994; 235,000 words[11]), it covered his whole life, so that people who had not read the first two volumes could still enjoy it.