Isaac Asimov’s Short Fiction Listed Chronologically

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[ 1981 ] [ 1982 ] [ 1983 ] [ 1984 ] [ 1985 ] [ 1986 ] [ 1987 ] [ 1988 ] [ 1989 ] [ 1990 ]
[ 1991 ] [ 1992 ] [ 1993 ] [ 1994 ] [ 1995 ]

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- 1939 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“Marooned off Vesta”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Trends”

A mule“The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use”

- 1940 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Callistan Menace”

A mule“Half-Breed”

A mule“Half-Breeds on Venus”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Homo Sol”

A mule“The Magnificent Possession”

A mule“Ring Around the Sun”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Robbie”

- 1941 - [Return to top]

A mule“Heredity”

1 spaceship-and-sun“History”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Liar!”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Nightfall”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Not Final!”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Reason”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Secret Sense”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Super-Neutron”

- 1942 - [Return to top]

A mule“Black Friar of the Flame”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Mayors”

A mule“Christmas on Ganymede”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Encyclopedists”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Hazing”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Imaginary”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Robot AL-76 Goes Astray”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Runaround”

A mule“Time Pussy”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Victory Unintentional”

A mule“The Weapon”

- 1943 - [Return to top]

A mule“Death Sentence”

- 1944 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Merchant Princes”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Catch That Rabbit”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Traders”

- 1945 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Blind Alley”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The General”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Escape!”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Mule”

- 1946 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Evidence”

- 1947 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Little Lost Robot”

- 1948 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”

1 spaceship-and-sun“No Connection”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Search by the Mule”

- 1949 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Search by the Foundation”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Mother Earth”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Red Queen’s Race, The”

- 1950 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“Darwinian Poolroom”

A mule“Day Of The Hunters”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Evitable Conflict”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Green Patches”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Legal Rites”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Little Man on the Subway”

- 1951 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“Breeds There a Man…?”

3 spaceships-and-suns“C-Chute”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Fun They Had”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Hostess”

1 spaceship-and-sun“In a Good Cause—”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Psychohistorians”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Satisfaction Guaranteed”

A mule“Shah Guido G.”

- 1952 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Deep”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Martian Way”

2 spaceships-and-suns“What If - ?”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Youth”

- 1953 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“Belief”

A mule“Button, Button”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Everest”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Flies”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Kid Stuff”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline”

A mule“The Monkey’s Finger”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Nobody Here But&emdash;”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Sally”

- 1954 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Foundation of SF Success”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Immortal Bard”

3 spaceships-and-suns“It’s Such a Beautiful Day”

A mule“Let’s Not”

A mule“The Pause”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Sucker Bait”

- 1955 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Dreaming Is a Private Thing”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Dreamworld”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Franchise”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Last Trump”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Portable Star”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Question”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Risk”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Singing Bell”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Talking Stone”

- 1956 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Dead Past”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Dying Night”

A mule“Each an Explorer”

A mule“First Law”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Gimmicks Three”

A mule“Hell-Fire”

2 spaceships-and-suns“How to Succeed at Science Fiction Without Really Trying”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Jokester”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Last Question”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Living Space”

A mule“The Message”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Pate de Foie Gras”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Someday”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Watery Place”

1 spaceship-and-sun“What’s in a Name?”

- 1957 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Author’s Ordeal, The”

A mule“Blank!”

A mule“Does a Bee Care?”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Dust of Death”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Galley Slave”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Gentle Vultures”

3 spaceships-and-suns“I'm in Marsport Without Hilda”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Ideas Die Hard”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Insert Knob A in Hole B”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Let’s Get Together”

3 spaceships-and-suns“A Loint of Paw”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Profession”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Strikebreaker”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Tale of the Pioneer”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Woman’s Heart, A”

- 1958 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“All the Troubles of the World”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Buy Jupiter”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Feeling of Power”

3 spaceships-and-suns“I Just Make Them Up, See!”

3 spaceships-and-suns“It’s All How You Look at It”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Lenny”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Oh, That Lost Sense of Wonder”

A mule“Silly Asses”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Spell My Name with an S”

-1“The Story Machine”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Ugly Little Boy”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Up-to-Date Sorcerer”

- 1959 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“Anniversary”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Obituary”

A mule“Rain, Rain, Go Away”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Rejection Slips”

2 spaceships-and-suns“A Statue For Father”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Unto the Fourth Generation”

- 1960 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Covenant (Part Two)”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Thiotimoline and the Space Age”

- 1961 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Machine that Won the War”

3 spaceships-and-suns“What Is This Thing Called Love?”

- 1962 - [Return to top]

A mule“My Son, the Physicist”

A mule“Star Light”

- 1964 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Author! Author!”

- 1965 - [Return to top]

A mule“Eyes Do More Than See”

A mule“Founding Father”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Man Who Made the 21st Century”

- 1966 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Key”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Prime of Life”

- 1967 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Billiard Ball”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Segregationist”

- 1968 - [Return to top]

A mule“Exile to Hell”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Holmes-Ginsbook Device”

A mule“Key Item”

A mule“The Proper Study”

- 1969 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“Feminine Intuition”

- 1970 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“A Problem of Numbers”

A mule“2430 A.D.”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Waterclap”

- 1972 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Acquisitive Chuckle”

A mule“Go, Little Book!”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Greatest Asset”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Mirror Image”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Ph as in Phony”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Take a Match”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Truth to Tell”

- 1973 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“Early Sunday Morning”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Light Verse”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Miss What?”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Nothing Might Happen”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Obvious Factor”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Out of Sight”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Pointing Finger”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Thiotimoline to the Stars”

- 1974 - [Return to top]

A mule“Benjamin’s Bicentennial Blast”

A mule“Benjamin’s Dream”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Big Game”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Curious Omission”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Dream”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Half-Baked Publisher’s Delight”

-1“The Heavenly Host”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Iron Gem”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Lullaby of Broadway”

2 spaceships-and-suns“No Smoking”

A mule“Nothing Like Murder”

A mule“Party By Satellite”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Quicker Than the Eye”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Stranger in Paradise”

3 spaceships-and-suns“-That Thou Art Mindful of Him”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Three Numbers”

2 spaceships-and-suns“When No Man Pursueth”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Yankee Doodle Went To Town”

- 1975 - [Return to top]

A mule“Boy’s Best Friend, A”

1 spaceship-and-sun“A Case of Need”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Earthset and Evening Star”

A mule“Halloween”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Life and Times of Multivac”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Little Things”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The One and Only East”

A mule“Point of View”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Santa Claus Gets a Coin”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Sarah Tops”

- 1976 - [Return to top]

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Bicentennial Man”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Birth of a Notion”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Cross of Lorraine”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Family Man”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Friday the Thirteenth”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Good Taste”

A mule“Marching In”

A mule“Old-fashioned”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Season’s Greetings!”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Tercentenary Incident”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Ultimate Crime”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Unabridged”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Winnowing”

- 1977 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“About Nothing”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Key Word”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Missing Item”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Sports Page”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Sure Thing”

A mule“Think!”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Thirteenth Day of Christmas”

A mule“To Tell at a Glance”

A mule“True Love”

- 1978 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Disappearing Man”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Found!”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Next Day”

- 1979 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Backward Look”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Fair Exchange?”

2 spaceships-and-suns“How It Happened”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Irrelevance!”

A mule“It is Coming”

2 spaceships-and-suns“None So Blind”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Nothing for Nothing”

2 spaceships-and-suns“To the Barest”

- 1980 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“A Clear Shot”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Death of a Foy”

A mule“For the Birds”

-1“Getting Even”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Good Samaritan”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Last Answer”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Men Who Wouldn’t Talk, The”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Middle Name”

3 spaceships-and-suns“No Refuge Could Save”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Second Best”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Sixty Million Trillion Combinations”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Telephone Number”

1 spaceship-and-sun“What Time Is It?”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Woman in the Bar”

- 1981 - [Return to top]

A mule“The Appleby Story”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Can You Prove It?”

A mule“Gift”

1 spaceship-and-sun“He Wasn’t There”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Hide and Seek”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Hot Or Cold”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Ignition Point!”

A mule“Irresistible to Women”

A mule“The Last Shuttle”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Mystery Tune”

1 spaceship-and-sun“1 to 999”

A mule“A Perfect Fit”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Testing, Testing!”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Thin Line”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Thirteenth Page”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Twelve Years Old”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Year of the Action”

- 1982 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“Catching the Fox”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Dim Rumble”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Dollars and Cents”

A mule“The Favorite Piece”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Friends and Allies”

1 spaceship-and-sun“A Fuller Explanation of Original Sin”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Getting the Combination”

A mule“Lest We Remember”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Library Book”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Lucky Seven”

2 spaceships-and-suns“One Night of Song”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The One Thing Lacking”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Phoenician Bauble”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Sending a Signal”

A mule“The Sign”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Smile that Loses”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Spell It!”

-1“The Super Runner”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Three Goblets”

3 spaceships-and-suns“To the Victor”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Two Women”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Which Is Which?”

A mule“The Winds of Change”

- 1983 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Christmas Solution”

-1“Circuit Breaker”

-1“Great Caesar’s Ghost”

A mule“Half a Ghost”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Magic Umbrella” aka “Stormy Weather”

1 spaceship-and-sun“A Monday in April”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Never Out of Sight” aka “The Amusement Lark”

A mule“Potential”

-1“Riddled With Clues”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Saving Humanity”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Speck”

1 spaceship-and-sun“There Was a Young Lady”

- 1984 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“Alexander the God”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Amanita Phalloides”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Arrow Poison”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Arsenic”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Belladonna”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Botulism”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Curare”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Dashing Through the Snow”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Driver”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Evil Drink Does”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Intrusion”

2 spaceships-and-suns“A Matter of Principle”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Neither Brute Nor Human”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Phosgene”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Potassium Cyanide”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Redhead”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Snake Venom”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Strychnine”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Triply Unique”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Writing Time”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Wrong House”

-1“The Year of the Feast”

- 1985 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Fourth Homonym”

A mule“Hallucination”

2 spaceships-and-suns“He Travels the Fastest”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Logic is Logic”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Man in the Park”

-1“Straight Lines”

-1“The Taunter”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Triple Devil”

A mule“The Twins”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Unique Is Where You Find It”

-1“Upside Down”

- 1986 - [Return to top]

1“Child’s Play”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Eye of the Beholder”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Feghoot and the Courts”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Mind’s Construction, The”

3 spaceships-and-suns“More Things in Heaven and Earth”

-1“New England Equinox”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Robot Dreams”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Sunset on the Water”

-1“Ten”

-1“The Ten-Second Election”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Where Is He?”

-1“Zip Code”

- 1987 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Fable of the Three Princes”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Fights of Spring”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Galatea”

A mule“Left to Right”

A mule“Left to Right, and Beyond”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Old Purse”

-1“The Stamp”

-1“The Teddy Bear”

- 1988 - [Return to top]

1 spaceship-and-sun“Christmas Without Rodney”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Flight of Fancy”

2 spaceships-and-suns“I Love Little Pussy”

-1“The Legacy”

-1“The Lost Dog”

A mule“The Quiet Place”

A mule“The Smile of the Chipper”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Two-Centimeter Demon”

- 1989 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Alibi”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Envelope”

A mule“Good-bye to Earth”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Ho! Ho! Ho!”

A mule“The Instability”

-1“The Last Man”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Mad Scientist”

2 spaceships-and-suns“To Your Health”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Too Bad!”

- 1990 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“Fault-Intolerant”

1 spaceship-and-sun“The Four-Leaf Clover”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Haunted Cabin”

A mule“In the Canyon”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Kid Brother”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Lost in a Space Warp”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Lucky Piece”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Northwestward”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Police at the Door”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Recipe”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Robot Visions”

3 spaceships-and-suns“The Time Traveler”

2 spaceships-and-suns“Wine Is a Mocker”

-1“Yes, But Why?”

- 1991 - [Return to top]

2 spaceships-and-suns“Baby, It’s Cold Outside”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Cal”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Frustration”

A mule“The Gilbert and Sullivan Enthusiasts”

3 spaceships-and-suns“Gold”

2 spaceships-and-suns“The Guest’s Guest”

1 spaceship-and-sun“It’s a Job”

1 spaceship-and-sun“Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon”

-1“A Safe Place”

- 1995 - [Return to top]

A mule“Battle-Hymn”

A mule“The Nations in Space”

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