What Makes Isaac Asimov Write? In February 1979, Time magazine
looked at the life and work of Isaac Asimov, coinciding with the
publication of his 200th book (Opus 200). The article is What
Makes Isaac Write? Here’s an excerpt: Forbidden to read the
lurid pulp magazines sold in the store, Isaac pored over
science-fiction monthlies. He soon began to send them short
stories. At an age when many fellow students were struggling to
express themselves, Asimov, who entered Columbia University’s
Seth Low Junior College at age 15, helped pay for his college
and graduate school with fiction that sold for a penny a word.
At a time when many young men were looking for their first
postcollege jobs, Asimov published what became one of the most
anthologized sci-fi stories in history, Nightfall, a speculation
about how man would view the stars if they appeared only once
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