The Asimovian way consists of three elements, science-fiction, technology, and the future. With the great writing ability that he has, through science-fiction Asimov shows his readers how creative he can be. A fantastic example would be his Foundation series. Those books take place three-thousand years in the future on different planets with galactic empires. Stories like that obviously demand a great amount of creativity. Also, the way Asimov shows what he thinks of technology through his style of writing is unique. The way he writes his books helps a wide audience of readers be able to read his books about technological advancements, molecules, or even complex mathematics. In addition to that, Asimov’s science-fiction novels are set in the immediate and far future on distant planets circling other suns. All in all, Isaac Asimov uses a unique style to portray his elaborate views on subjects of technology, science fiction, and the future.
Asimov makes his science fiction books easy and a blast to read. “On the whole, however, he has done more than anyone else to give scientifically illiterate readers a feeling for the excitement and accomplishments of modern science” (Jonas, “No” 28). Also the way of Asimov’s style of writing can be shown through what Donald Watt had to say: “Asimov’s characterizations dramatize and give life to the significance of science fiction…. The real Asimovian hero is the person who looks critically at his society, its technology, and himself—and is eager to modify, to learn, to improve” (50). In addition to what was said by Donald Watt, Asimov’s characters, in his science fiction novels, are always at the center of attention because they refine and rejuvenate the science-fiction world Asimov brings into ...
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Because of this creation of a new, invented world, it becomes essential that the reader be informed about many things that the inhabitants of this world take for granted. This feature of info-dumping' is quite peculiar to Science Fiction, as writers of other genres need not explain such things as how people travel and which fuels they use. A good SF writer does not get carried away by the brilliance of his innovative ideas, thereby disrupting the flow of the story and burdening the reader with too many facts. Instead, the information is provided in small capsules as and when possible with the least intrusion. Asimov uses various devices for info-dumping to avoid monotony. The first one that we encounter is the use of metatext, the Encyclopedia Galactica, which not only informs the reader but is also the ultimate point of reference. Extracts from this invented encyclopedia introduce some characters of the novel and give glimpses of the kind of world, with its social and political milieu, in which they live. Also, the use of an encyclopedia strikes the reader as a scholarly approach, in keeping with the logic' strategy, while serving an important narrative function.