Short fiction V1
Use major Robot, Foundation-linked, and famous standalone science-fiction stories first. Track first publication and first collection where practical.
In-universe timeline
Publication time × in-universe time
Asimov beyond Foundation
Short stories, essays, and data notes
V1 treats short stories and essays as curated, not complete. Individual magazine columns, every foreword, and every minor anthology appearance are deliberately deferred.
Essays V1
Track essay collections and subject clusters first. Individual essay-level indexing can become a later data project.
Sources to use
Start with Asimov Online, Foundation universe chronology references, ISFDB-style publication checks, and Wikipedia only as a broad orientation layer.
Map note
The galaxy is interpretive: Earth/Sol is placed in a spiral arm, Trantor near the galactic core, Terminus at the edge, and routes represent reading through events rather than canonically exact astrophysics.