It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism and violence that will last for thirty thousand years.
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today.
Foundation and Empire is the story of first contact between the two Foundations of Hari Seldon.
The first of Asimov's robot novels, chronicling the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together.
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today.
The electrifying sequel to Caves of Steel in which Elijah Baley is once more teemed up with R. Daneel. The two must travel to Solaria, where no human has gone in over a thousand years...
The original trilogy of Isaac Asimov's bestselling science fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series, in a striking boxed set package
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIESThe Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today.In a time before the Foundations, psychohistory's creator Hari Seldon is made to stand before the Emperor of the crumbling Galactic Empire to present how his scientific theory of predicting the future might be applied to the real world.However, Hari refuses to deploy his theory for political gain, setting off instead with reporter Chetter Hummin in quest of a place to safely apply his theory: Earth, the original home of humanity.All records of Earth have been lost to time. Hari will therefore have to look back into the past, in order to seal the future of humanity for ever.
The third timeless, amazing and amusing volume of Isaac Asimov's robot stories. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have since been programmed into real computers the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and used as the outline for a legal robotic charter in Korea.
Voyager Classics - timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy. The classic collection of robot stories from the master of the genre.
Twenty of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov.
The second volume in an extraordinary collection published shortly after the author's death. In these twenty-three stories, Asimov's vivid awareness of the potential of technology is translated into human dilemmas.
First published fifteen years ago, shortly after his death, inside this collection are some of the finest short stories of science fiction writing from one of the genre¿s greatest writers, Isaac Asimov.
DISCOVER THE SAGA BEHIND THE APPLE TV+ ORIGINAL SERIESFrom a grand master of science fiction comes the long awaited final novel of one of the greatest series ever told. Completed just before his death, FORWARD THE FOUNDATION is a crowning achievement and stirring testament to the creative genius of Isaac Asimov.
Twenty of the finest science fiction short stories from one of the genre's greatest writers, Isaac Asimov.
Isaac Asimov's death on April 6, 1992, was a great loss to the world of literary science and freethought. The prolific author's vision is unmatched today, and his pointed honesty shines through in The Roving Mind, now reissued in this special tribute edition.This collection of essays is wide-ranging, reflecting Asimov's extraordinary skill in disseminating knowledge from across the spectrum of human thought. Some of the areas explored in this volume of 62 essays include creationism, pseudoscience, censorship, population, philosophy of science, transportation, computers and corporations of the future, and astronomy. His predictions about cloning which has only recently become the topic of public debate the theory of "technophobia," and other scientific developments are astounding. In a lighter tone, Asimov includes several personal stories from his life including thoughts on his style of writing and memories of family in younger days.With tributes by Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, Harlan Ellison, Kendrick Frazier, Martin Gardner, Donald Goldsmith, Stephen Jay Gould, E. C. Krupp, Frederik Pohl, and Carl Sagan
Im 32. Jahrhundert hat ein Teil der Menschheit, die sogenannten Spacer, mit seinen Robotern fremde Planeten besiedelt, während der andere Teil auf der Erde geblieben ist. Nun droht der Heimatwelt der Menschheit der Kollaps durch Überbevölkerung, und so verlassen mehr und mehr Raumschiffe das Sonnensystem. Einige der Spacer wollen der Expansion nicht tatenlos zusehen. Als mehrere Siedlerschiffe von der Erde vernichtet werden, wird D. G. Baley, ein Nachkomme des berühmten Detective Elijah Baley, mit den Ermittlungen beauftragt. Er bittet einen alten Freund seines Vorfahren um Hilfe: den Roboter R. Daneel Olivaw. Die beiden machen sich auf eine Jagd quer durch die Galaxis - und entlarven dabei eine Verschwörung, an der sowohl Menschen als auch Roboter beteiligt sind ...
Höchst fundiert - und dennoch allgemein verständlich - erklärt Asimov die literarischen, historischen und mythologischen Hintergründe einzelner Shakespeare-Stücke. Von seinen 40 Essays erscheint erstmals eine Auswahl von zwölf Texten: »Ein Sommernachtstraum«, »Romeo und Julia«, »Othello«, »Macbeth«, »Hamlet«, »Der Sturm«, »Viel Lärm um nichts«, »König Lear«, »Wie es euch gefällt«, »Der Kaufmann von Venedig», »Was ihr wollt«, »Richard III«.»Die meisten Leser sind mit der griechischen Mythologie oder der römischen Geschichte nicht mehr vertraut. Und noch schlechter kennen sie sich in der englischen Geschichte aus. Wenn man genauer weiß, was die Stücke behandeln, kann das neue Dimensionen eröffnen. Das möchte ich mit diesem Buch erreichen.« Isaac Asimov
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