(This review applies to both Part 1 and Part 2). Asimov was brilliant, creative, and wrote some of the most enjoyable fiction (not just science fiction) ever written. And he knew it. This is part one of fascinating story of an immigrant who made it to the top--not only because he was brilliant--but because modesty wasn't in his vocabulary. Not sure I liked the man-and in even in an autobiography, you do feel sorry for his first wife, on whom he cheated and ignored and for his son,who obviously did not meet his expectations of what an Asimov should be, whereas he obviously adored his daughter and second wife. And you do get tired of reading how many books he wrote and how much he made. But there's a lot of insight in the creative process and the mind. Worth the read, but what's with those side burns? ( )