Roads in America cross referenced with Isaac Asimov on Wikipedia
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system. Wikipedia
We take the Isaac Asimov article on Wikipedia, find the entries that belong to it, and look for roads whose name is the same as one of those entries. A match means the street name equals an entry's Wikipedia title, its Wikidata label, or one of its aliases. It says nothing about why a road has its name.
Matched street names 18
Each street name below equals the entry shown, once the road type (St, Rd, Ct) is ignored.
- MULE
- matches the title of
- Mule,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- FOUNDATION
- matches the title of
- Foundation series,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- NIGHTFALL
- matches the name of
- Nightfall,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- ESCAPE
- matches the name of
- Escape!,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- CLEON
- matches an alias of
- Cleon II,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- REASON
- matches the name of
- Reason,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- TRANTOR
- matches the name of
- Trantor,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- TERMINUS
- matches the name of
- Terminus,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- FRANCHISE
- matches the name of
- Franchise,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- NEMESIS
- matches the name of
- Nemesis,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- RUNAROUND
- matches the name of
- Runaround,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- TRUE LOVE
- matches the name of
- True Love,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- SOLARIA
- matches the name of
- Solaria,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- EVIDENCE
- matches the name of
- Evidence,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- BLIND ALLEY
- matches the name of
- Blind Alley,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- HOSTESS
- matches the name of
- Hostess,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- MOTHER EARTH
- matches the name of
- Mother Earth,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
- PROFESSION
- matches the name of
- Profession,
- which is a
- Isaac Asimov
Nothing here matches that search.
Left out 3
These names were found and then set aside. Nothing on the story page counts them.
| Name | Entry | Why | Roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOBO | Bobo | Carried by more than 100 roads nationally | 106 |
| ROBBIE | Robbie | Carried by more than 100 roads nationally | 151 |
| SALLY | Sally | Carried by more than 100 roads nationally | 270 |
Nothing here matches that search.
Every Wikipedia entry tried 129
Including the entries that matched no road at all.
BLIND ALLEY (1)
CLEON (19)
ESCAPE (48)
EVIDENCE (2)
FOUNDATION (94)
FRANCHISE (8)
HOSTESS (1)
MOTHER EARTH (1)
MULE (100)
NEMESIS (7)
NIGHTFALL (64)
PROFESSION (1)
REASON (17)
RUNAROUND (7)
SOLARIA (3)
TERMINUS (14)
TRANTOR (15)
TRUE LOVE (5)
Nothing here matches that search.