Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society by Janet Asimov Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society by Janet Asimov. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Cloudflare Ray ID: 65fd35763baf3140 • Your IP : 116.202.236.252 • Performance & security by Cloudflare. Creator / Janet Asimov. Dr Janet Asimov (born Janet Opal Jeppson, 6 August 1926 — died 25 February 2019) began writing in the late 1960s, having prioritized a career as a psychiatrist first. Writing Science Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Mystery Fiction was a pastime that her husband, Isaac Asimov, encouraged. The two collaborated on several stories, and Janet Asimov continued her medical career at the same time. On a personal level, when Isaac became sick, she researched medical problems and convinced him to test his blood for certain markers. Ten years after his death, she revealed that it had been the result of an HIV infection from a poorly-sanitized blood transfusion during his 1983 heart surgery. Janet Asimov's most prolific decade of writing was during the 1980s, and when she collaborated with her husband Isaac, he would regularly credit her with the majority of the work, limiting himself to editing her drafts. Many of her independently written stories were published under the alias J. O. Jeppson, even after her marriage. She continued to be active for many years, until her own death on 25 February 2019. ASIMOV, Janet Jeppson. ASIMOV, Janet Jeppson. American, b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction, Writing/Journalism. Career: Physician, 1952-. Training and supervising analyst, W.A. White Psychoanalytic Institute, 1969- (director of training, 1974-82). Science columnist for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, now Tribune Media Services, 1992-. Associate ed., Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 1970-94. Publications: The Second Experiment, 1974; The Last Immortal, 1980; (with I. Asimov) Norby, The Mixed-up Robot, 1983; (with I. Asimov) Norby's Other Secret, 1984; (with I. Asimov) Norby and the Lost Princess, 1985; The Mysterious Cure and Other Stories of Pshrinks Anonymous, 1985; (with I. Asimov) Norby and the Invaders, 1985; (with I. Asimov) Norby and the Queen's Necklace, 1986; (with I. Asimov) Norby Finds a Villain, 1987; (with I. Asimov) How to Enjoy Writing, 1987; Mind Transfer, 1988; The Package in Hyperspace, 1988; (with I. Asimov) Norby Down to Earth, 1988; (with I. Asimov) Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure, 1989; (with I. Asimov) Norby and the Oldest Dragon, 1990; (with I. Asimov) Norby and the Court Jester, 1991; (with I. Asimov) Frontiers II, 1993; Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society, 1995; Norby and the Terrified Taxi, 1997. EDITOR: (with I. Asimov) Laughing Space, 1982; I. Asimov, It's Been a Good Life. Address: 10 W 66th St, New York, NY 10023, U.S.A. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. MLA Chicago APA. "Asimov, Janet Jeppson ." Writers Directory 2005 . . Retrieved June 03, 2021 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/asimov-janet-jeppson. Citation styles. Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). Within the “Cite this article” tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. Asimov, Janet 1926- PERSONAL: Born August 6, 1926, in Ashland, PA; daughter of John Rufus (a physician) and Rae Jeppson; married Isaac Asimov (a writer), November 30, 1973 (died, 1992). Education: Attended Wellesley College, 1944-46; Stanford University, B.A., 1948; New York University, M.D., 1952; William A. White Psychoanalytic Institute, postdoctoral study, 1955-60. Politics: Democrat. Religion: “Atheist.” ADDRESSES: Home and office —New York, NY. Agent —Ralph M. Vicinanza, 303 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011. CAREER: Licensed to practice medicine in New York; Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, intern, 1952-53; Bellevue Hospital, New York City, psychiatric resident, 1953-56; private practice of medicine in New York City, beginning 1956; retired. William A. White Psychoanalytic Institute, New York City, assistant director of clinical services, 1967-71, training and supervisory analyst, beginning 1969, director of training, 1974-82; writer. Bimonthly science columnist for Tribune Media . MEMBER: Authors League of America, Authors Guild, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Society, New York State Medical Society, New York County Medical Society, New York Society for Ethical Culture, Phi Beta Kappa. WRITINGS: “NORBY” SERIES OF JUVENILE NOVELS; WITH HUSBAND, ISAAC ASIMOV, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Norby, the Mixed-up Robot (also see below), Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1983. Norby’s Other Secret (also see below), Walker & Co.(New York, NY), 1984. Norby and the Invaders (also see below), Walker & Co.(New York, NY), 1985. Norby and the Lost Princess (also see below), Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1985. The Norby Chronicles (contains Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot and Norby’s Other Secret ), Ace Books (NewYork, NY), 1986. Norby and the Queen’s Necklace (also see below), Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1986. Norby Finds a Villain (also see below), Walker & Co.(New York, NY), 1987. Norby: Robot for Hire (contains Norby and the Lost Princess and Norby and the Invaders ), Ace Books (New York, NY), 1987. Norby through Time and Space (contains Norby and the Queen’s Necklace and Norby Finds a Villain) , Ace Books (New York, NY), 1988. Norby Down to Earth, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1989. Norby and Yobo’s Great Adventure, Walker & Co.(New York, NY), 1989. Norby and the Oldest Dragon, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1990. Norby and the Court Jester, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1991. (Sole author) Norby and the Terrified Taxi, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1997. OTHER. (With husband, Isaac Asimov) How to Enjoy Writing: A Book of Aid and Comfort, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1987. The Package in Hyperspace (juvenile science fiction), Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1988. Mind Transfer (science fiction), Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1988. Frontiers II, Dutton (New York, NY), 1993. Murder at the Galactic Writers’ Society, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1995. (With Isaac Asimov) It’s Been a Good Life, Prometheus (Amherst, NY), 2002. Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing, Prometheus Books (Amherst, NY), 2006. Author of science column in Los Angeles Times, 1 992—. Contributor of articles and short stories to periodicals. Associate editor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 1970-97. UNDER NAME J.O. JEPPSON. The Second Experiment (novel), Houghton (Boston, MA), 1974. The Last Immortal (novel), Houghton (Boston, MA), 1980. (Editor, with husband Isaac Asimov) Laughing Space: Funny Science Fiction (anthology), Houghton (Boston, MA), 1982. The Mysterious Cure, and Other Stories of Pshrinks Anonymous (short stories), Doubleday (New York, NY), 1985. SIDELIGHTS: Janet Asimov, who originally wrote as J.O. Jeppson, is an accomplished novelist and short-story writer who sometimes worked in collaboration with her husband, the late Isaac Asimov. Among the Asimovs’ joint ventures as writers is the series of juvenile novels involving an endearing robot, Norby, and his young owner, Jeff Wells. Asimov told CA: "I had started Norby, the Mixed-up Robot back in the sixties, but didn’t get far then. Ultimately I rewrote it, then asked Isaac to rewrite it again on his word processor.” Among the Norby tales is Norby and the Court Jester, in which the robot travels through time and space with Jeff and Admiral Boris Yobo. The trio arrive on the distant planet Izz, where Norby hopes to reunite with what a Kirkus Reviews critic describes as his "robot-love Pera.” But Pera has disappeared, and the ensuing search proves difficult because most of the population has fallen under the spell of a hypnotic computer game, Teenytrip. The Kirkus Reviews critic called Norby and the Court Jester “good, clean fun.” Asimov continued the Norby series after her husband’s death in 1992. In 1997, she published Norby and the Terrified Taxi, wherein Norby and Jeff oppose a malicious alien computer that aspires to eliminate humanity by altering the past. Through the moronic Garc the Great, the computer manages to capture Norby, but Jeff allies himself with Lizzie, a taxi, and determines to rescue Norby and thwart the evil computer. A Kirkus Reviews critic unfavorably compared Norby and the Terrified Taxi with previous entries, proclaiming the tale “hokey and banal.” Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing, published in 2006, offers readers Asimov’s insights into the writing process, life with a famous writer, the need to write, and the sense of identity that comes from writing and its various thought processes, when writing is what one is meant to do with one’s life. Rather than writing a traditional biography or autobiography, Asimov has simply compiled a series of notes about a range of subjects, from her husband to good books to broader topics that include religion, sex, and philosophy. The book also includes photographs from the family collection, snippets of fiction, and some excerpts from letters not included elsewhere. Gene Shaw, in a review for the Library Journal, remarked that the book is “a fun read for Isaac Asimov fans,” but also acknowledged that the author’s writings about Isaac’s death and her resulting grief are poignant and moving. In a contribution for Booklist, reviewer Carl Hays opined of Janet Asimov: “She impresses with her knack for entertaining while informing.” A reviewer for the Analog SF Web site called the book “an eloquent reflection on life and love with Asimov and the importance of imagination. Bardi, writing for the Humanist, concurred, stating that “one concludes that these two writers learned muc from one another, shared an immense understanding, and filled volumes in the other’s heart and mind.” Asimov told CA that her writing is inspired by her interest in “science, the future, space travel, robots, and the problems of homo sapiens.” BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES: PERIODICALS. Booklist, May 1, 2006, Carl Hays, review of Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing, p. 64. Humanist, November-December, 2006, Jennifer Bardi, review of Notes for a Memoir, p. 44. Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 1991, review of Norby and the Court Jester; November 1, 1997, review of Norby and the Terrified Taxi . Library Journal, May 15, 2006, Gene Shaw, review of Notes for a Memoir, p. 100. Good Show Sir. Murder at the Galactic Writers’ Society. Jaouad Comments: The Galactic Writers’ Society’s annual outing got decidedly less high-brow as the day wore on. Published 1995. 30 Responses to “Murder at the Galactic Writers’ Society” THX 1138 Says: July 30th, 2012 at 11:35 am. “Can’t give up now… got a great idea for a Choose Your Own Adventure book!” Could the copy at the bottom of the cover could speak more poorly of the could Galactic Writer’s Society could could could? “We call this system the pun-genocider. Write too many puns and out you go.” Ah, perhaps *this* was the First Experiment! 34, 35, 36, 37….38. Man, are my arms burning! Could one writer and inexperienced android write the entire plot line in the form of a question at the bottom of this book cover? That’s a big head. Looks like a crappy cut and paste job. J.O. Jeppson, you scamp! Impeccable teeth. Somebody’s been flossing. I can’t help wondering if the title betrays some delusions of grandeur, where the death of a writer could apparently cause interstellar war. These olympic high dive events have really gotten out of control. “This crunch exercise is great! I can feel my abs getting harder!” MULDER AT THE GALACTIC WRITERS’ SOCIETY. Unfortunately, Scully got dropped. Bad luck! Flying girl is vacuuming again. Jennifer Lien did not go easily when dropped from the Star Trek franchise. Ripley at least buckled up before blowing the hatch. They put up a “Caution: Wet Floor” sign and what does she do? She trips on it. My guess as to the murderer in this game of Clue is Theodore Sturgeon in the L Ron Hubbard exhibit with the hard cover copy of Dangerous Visions. Things get really bad for the grinning dangler when the villain of the piece starts throwing the complete works of Asimov in hardback at those perfect teeth… I see this universe subscribes to the Star Wars “no railings” philosophy. Or is she actually being pulled horizontally and that’s the back of a chair or something? (An “inexperienced android?” What is the android inexperienced at? Being an android?) @Bruce A Munro If that’s the android on the cover, they might need a bit more experience at using a lift… It’s a sex thing – better not to ask. She’s looking at something out of frame. It’s her old timey type writer about to collide with her face. Silly hipster. Janet Asimov wrote books with her husband, and I’m guessing that she also attended various writers’ meetings and sci-fi conventions. So OK, I’m going to guess the plot of this book. The heroine is a Mary Sue. For most readers, the main draw is going to be how the author portrays and parodies other writers, who will be thinly disguised versions of famous sci-fi authors. There will be many in-jokes and perhaps a short, obnoxious character with a name something like Ellen Harleson (wink, wink.) Close? @Tor: I haven’t read this, but I’d bet you’re right. Isaac also hung out with mystery writers, so a few of the characters will be parodies of them. Looking at some reviews of the book online, it appears that the android is indeed the woman on the cover, and as for the self-insert part, it’s somewhat complicated by the writer being male and member of an alien species. On the other hand, the writer is married to a Space Princess, so perhaps it’s a commentary on her marriage to Asimov? I’d kind of like to be the guy who’s about to walk out on that plank and start stepping on those fingers, slowly, one by one. @B. Chiclitz (Twirls his mustache, laughs maniacally) @BC: If she’s an android, might not work. Best to use a laser gun. Light saber. Space machete. @GSSxn—Did I not mention I’d be wearing my special titanium-soled dilithium-powered Android-Grade Skechers®? Nyah-ha-ha-ha!!