In Memory Yet Green is the first volume of
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov , was an American author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books...
's two-volume autobiography. It was published in 1979. This first volume covers the years 1920 to 1954, which lead up to the point just prior to Asimov becoming a full time writer. The second volume is
In Joy Still Felt.
The publisher, Doubleday, disliked Asimov's original title, so they asked him to provide another, suggesting he find a good quote from an obscure poem.
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In Memory Yet Green is the first volume of
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov , was an American author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books...
's two-volume autobiography. It was published in 1979. This first volume covers the years 1920 to 1954, which lead up to the point just prior to Asimov becoming a full time writer. The second volume is
In Joy Still Felt.
The publisher, Doubleday, disliked Asimov's original title, so they asked him to provide another, suggesting he find a good quote from an obscure poem. Asimov suggested the following poem:
- In memory yet green, in joy still felt,
- The scenes of life rise sharply into view.
- We triumph; Life's disasters are undealt,
- And while all else is old, the world is new.
Doubleday agreed to Asimov's new title, but couldn't find the source of the verse he had given them. When Doubleday inquired, Asimov confessed: "I wrote it myself". In the end, the poem was attributed to
"Anon."
In Joy Still Felt is the second part of Asimov's autobiography, and covers the years 1954 to 1978.