In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954, is the first volume of Isaac Asimov'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: 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: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978 is the second part of Asimov's autobiography, and covers the years 1954 to 1978. According to Asimov's second wife, Janet Asimov, this two-volume autobiography was too chronological , lending it an emotionless and reserved quality.
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