Asimov on Jupiter Response
by Dylan
(Illinois, Wisconsin)
I have made my admiration of old Isaac known on this site before, and so am pleased to see him get a page devoted to his works! What's more, the page covers two stories I've yet to read, so the preview it provided was enticing!
Zendexor is unfortunately correct that Asimov mostly focused on space and distant stars, and didn't provide much in the way of material for this site. He didn't entirely neglect the Solar System, however. I have compiled a list of every Asimovian OSS story I know of. Most are short stories, but a few are novels.
The Sun
-Ring Around the Sun (I include this one because the story involves a journey to an inhabited Venus.)
Mercury
-Runaround
-Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
Venus
-The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use (Fecund Venus)
-Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (Ocean Venus)
Earth
-History
-The Dying Night (A tidally-locked Mercury is involved in the plot.)
Luna
-The Singing Bell (included for its easy space travel and its shared setting with other, more clearly OSS stories.)
-The Key (Included for the same reasons as The Singing Bell.)
Mars
-Heredity
-David Starr, Space Ranger
The Asteroid Belt
-The Talking Stone
-Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the
Asteroids (Which, despite its accuracy, is set in an OSS universe.)
Jupiter
-Not Final!
-Victory Unintentional
The Jovian Moons
-Christmas on Ganymede
-The Callistan Menace
-Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
The Saturnian Moons
-Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn
So you see, our tour of Asimov's Solar System isn't as empty as we may have feared. While he doesn't spend as much time there as other authors, he does give us a little romp that is fantastic while it lasts.