IN JOY STILL FELT --- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOV, 1954-1978, 2nd memoir
by Isaac Asimov. Doubleday, 1980
    INTRODUCTION (vii-x)

    PART 1--- COLLISION --- AND OUT (pxiii-157)

      1) Pregnancy again (p3-25)

      2) Robyn (p26-34)

      3) House-hunting (p35-49)

      4) West Newton (p50-68)

      5) Hiatus at school (p69-87)

      6) New department head (88-96)

      7) Keefer (p97-110)

      8) Job at stake (p111-126)

      9) Full-time writer (p127-145)

      10) One more battle (p146-157)

    PART 2 --- THE BOOK RACE (p159-334)

      11) Peace (p161-178)

      12) Guide to Science (p179-194)

      13) Back with Doubleday (p195-212)

      14) A book for each year (p213-231)

      15) Over the top (p232-249)

      16) Far over the top (p250-265)

      17) A multiplicity of books (p266-285)

      18) World Book Year Book (p286-297)

      19) Biographical Encyclopedia (p298-314)

      20) Hugo and history (p315-334)

    PART 3 --- ENDLESSLY BROADENING (p335-327)

      21) Changes of editors (p329-355)

      22) Fantastic voyage I (p356-375)

      23) Fantastic voyage II (p376-397)

      24) Second Hugo and special issue (p397-415)

      25) "You are the field" (p416-432)

      26) Asimovian Immodesties (p433-452)

      27) Guide to Shakespeare (p453-472)

      28) Approaching the "Hundredth" (p473-491)

      29) Farewell to my father (p492-510)

      30) Two books for each year (p511-527)

    PART 4 --- BREAKUP AND REBIRTH (p529-648)

      31) Back to New York (531-548)

      32) The sensuous dirty old man (p249-566)

      33) The Gods themselves (p567-584)

      34) My thyroid (585-599)

      35) Janet's breast (p600-612)

      36) Breadloaf and Statendam (p612-630)

      37) Eclipse Cruise --- alone (p631-648)

    PART 5 --- AGELESS LOVE AND AGING HEART (p649-798)

      38) Second marriage (p651-668)

      39) Great Britain (p669-685)

      40) Park Ten (p686-704)

      41) Murder at the ABA (p705-718)

      42) Three books for each year (p719-735)

      43) Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (736-754)

      44) Autobiography (p755-770)

      45) Coronary (p771-780)

      46) Recovery (p781-798)

    APPENDIX --- CATALOG OF 215 PUBLISHED BOOKS BY ISAAC ASIMOV (p799)

      [1] PART 1 --- 55 Fiction Books (p799-801)

        A --- 17 Science-Fiction Novels (p799-801)

        B --- 2 Mystery Novels (p799)

        C --- 17 Science Fiction Short Stories and Short-Story Collections (p799-800)

        D --- 4 Mystery Short-Story Collections (p800)

        E --- 15 Science-Fiction Anthologies --- edited by Isaac Asimov (p800-801)

      [2] PART 2 --- 160 General Science Books (p801-806)

        A --- 17 General Science (p801)

        B --- 6 Mathematics (p801)

        C --- 28 Astronomy (p802)

        D --- 7 Earth Sciences (p802)

        E --- 14 Chemistry and Biochemistry (p803)

        F --- 13 Physics (p803)

        G --- 10 Biology (p803)

        H --- 24 Science Essay Collections (p804)

        I --- 17 History (p804-805)

        J --- 6 The Bible (p805)

        K --- 7 Literature (p805)

        L --- 6 Humor and Satire (p805)

        M --- 3 Miscellaneous (p806)

        N --- 2 Autobiography (p806)

    INDEX (p807-806)

      [1] Title Index (p807-815)

      [2] Name Index (p817-828)

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