In 1942, American author and biochemist Isaac Asimov published a short story entitled Runaround. No one would have guessed that this story would become such a major part of science fiction’s “zero hour”. Along with authors such as Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein, Asimov would help form the foundation of modern science fiction and explore new concepts that would soon become the commonplace of the genre. Overall, Asimov had an undeniable impact on the science fiction genre as a whole, through his innovations.
Asimov began writing during a time when the science fiction genre was just beginning to develop. Though the foundation had been laid by earlier authors such as H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, the true nature of the genre