Isaac Asmov Biography Essay

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Isaac Asimov, Master of Science Fiction “Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all”(Gunn 32). We may all think that science fiction is just a book genre meant for pure entertainment. However, when we look at the impact science fiction has had on the lives of individuals, and society itself, we can see that there is greater meaning behind it. One of the most notable contributors to science fiction was Isaac Asimov. Despite being discouraged by his father to read fictional novels, Isaac became a famous science fiction author whose books inspired and entertained the world. Isaak Yudovick Ozimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia on January 2, 1920. When he was three years old, Isaak and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York. Shortly after, the family name was changed to “Asimov” (Isaak now becoming “Isaac Asimov”). Isaac’s family is fairly small, consisting only of his father, mother, and younger sister. Judah Asimov, Isaac’s father, was an intelligent Hebrew man who taught Isaac to read in Yiddish. He enthralled Isaac with the numerous tales from the Bible and the Talmud, but despite that, Isaac chose to be Atheist. After somehow failing to be drafted into the Russian army, he decided to move to America for the benefit of his children. Once there, Judah opened up a series of candy stores, creating a fairly profitable income. Born Anna Rachel Berman, Isaac’s mother was a short, uneducated woman who lived to work. Despite not being properly educated, Anna was literate in both Russian and Yiddish, although she never read any holy Hebrew texts. She was always very busy during Isaac’s life: from cooking, to cleaning, to being a cashier in one of Judah’s candy stores. Her father, Isaac Berman,

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