Isaac Asimov
Works of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100). People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied
Galactic Empire
and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books. Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and machine , struggle to redefinelife, love, and consciousness—and where the stakes are nothing less than survival. Filled with unforgettable characters, mind-bending speculation, and nonstop action, I, Robot is a powerful reading experience from one of the master storytellers of our time.
I, ROBOT
They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities—and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.
As humans and robots struggle to survive together—and sometimes against each other—on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?
In l, Robot Isaac Asimov changes forever our perception of robots, and human beings and updates the timeless myth of man's dream to play god. with all its rewards—and terrors.
--front flap
The Last Question
Isaac Asimov
¿Es posible revertir el inevitable final del Universo, o el mundo debe acabar de todas formas? es la pregunta que desde un día del siglo XXI, hasta generaciones y generaciones posteriores en el tiempo, hacen los humanos a los ordenadores.
En un relato aparentemente sencillo sobre un asunto sobrecogedor, el fin de los días, Asimov demuestra, una vez más, una mente preclara y una mano maestra para sobrecoger al lector y dejarlo en vilo, incluso después de la lectura.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
Isaac Asimov
So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The Mule has yet to find it, but he was getting closer all the time. The men of the Foundation sought it, too, to escape from Mule's mind control. Only Arkady, a 14 year-old girl seemed to have the answer, or did she...?
The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov
Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a man whose job it is to range through past and present Centuries, monitoring and, where necessary, altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. But when Harlan meets and falls for a non-Eternal woman, he seeks to use the awesome powers and techniques of the Eternals to twist time for his own purposes, so that he and his love can survive together.
Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)
Isaac Asimov
Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
Isaac Asimov
Foundation begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy, Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity, the Foundation-dedicated to art, science, and technology-as the beginning of a new empire.
Foundation and Empire describes the mighty struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars in which man stands at the threshold of a new enlightened life which could easily be destroyed by the old forces of barbarism.
Second Foundation follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empire's defeat and describes its greatest threat-a dangerous mutant strain gone wild, which produces a mind capable of bending men's wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe.
This adaptation for BBC Radio 4 was first broadcast in 1973 with a cast which included Lee Montague, Maurice Denham, John Justin, Angela Plesence, Wolfe Morris, Julian Glover and Prunella Scales.
Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3)
Isaac Asimov
One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in 1949 Chicago. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty.
Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two.
This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation books and novels. It is also one of that select group of SF adventures that since the early 1950s has hooked generations of teenagers on reading science fiction. This is Golden Age SF at its finest.
Nightfall
Isaac Asimov
In 1941, Astounding Science Fiction magazine published a short story by a little-known writer named Isaac Asimov. The story was called "Nightfall", and many years later it has long been recognized as a classic, its author a legend. Now, the Gran Master of Science Fiction teams with Robert Silverberg, one of the field's top award-winning authors, to explore and expand an apocalyptic tale that is more spellbinding today than ever before -- Nightfall: The Novel.
Imagine living on a planet with six suns that never experiences Darkness. Imagine never having seen the Stars. Then, one by one the suns start to set, gradually leading into Darkness for the first time ever. Kalgash is a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the unyielding rationalism of scientists. Lurking beneath it all is a collective, instinctual fear of the Darkness. For Kalgash knows only the perpetual light of day; to its inhabitants, a gathering twilight portends unspeakable horror. And only a handful of people on the planet are prepared to face the truth, their six suns are setting all at once for the first time in over two thousand years, signaling the end of civilization as it explodes in the awesome splendor of Nightfall.
Encompassing the psychology of disaster, the tenacity of the human spirit, and, ultimately, the regenerative power of hope, Nightfall is a tale rich in character and suspense that only the unique collaboration of Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg could create.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
Isaac Asimov
A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. The relationship between Life and his Spacer superiors, who distrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start. Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner: R. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the "R" stood for robot--and his positronic partner was made in the image and likeness of the murder victim!
Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
Isaac Asimov
At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they return to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire on the ruins of the old. But rumors persist that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all—and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now two exiled citizens of the Foundation—a renegade Councilman and a doddering historian—set out in search of the mythical planet Earth. . .and proof that the Second Foundation still exists.
Meanwhile someone—or something—outside of both Foundations seems to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!
Nemesis
Isaac Asimov
In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the solar system to create its own renegade utopia around an unknown red star two light-years from a star named Nemesis. Now a fifteen-year-old Rotorian girl has learned of the dire threat that nemesis poses to Earth’s people—but she is prevented from warning them. Soon she will realize that Nemesis endangers Rotor as well. And so it will be up to her alone to save both Earth and Rotor as—drawn inexorably by Nemesis, the death star—they hurtle toward certain disaster.
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
Isaac Asimov
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Here, from a grand master of science fiction, is the long awaited final novel of the greatest series ever told. Completed just before his death, Forward The Foundation is the crowning achievement of a great writer's life, a stirring testament to the creative genius of Isaac Asimov.
As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the great Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse. Caught in the maelstrom are Seldon and all he holds dear, pawns in the struggle for dominance. Whoever can control Seldon will control psychohistory—and with it the future of the Galaxy.
Among those seeking to turn psychohistory into the greatest weapon known to man are a populist political demagogue, the weak-willed Emperor Cleon I, and a ruthless militaristic general. In his last act of service to humankind, Hari Seldon must somehow save his life's work from their grasp as he searches for his true heirs—a search the begins with his own granddaughter and the dream of a new Foundation.
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2)
Isaac Asimov
Like all Earthmen, detective Elijah Baley has a terror of open landscape., of the naked sun.
Reacting in fear of the technological superiority of the Outer Worlds, the people of Earth have hidden themselves in vast underground cities, nursing a hatred for Spacers. The fifty Outer Worlds of the Spacers together are home to fewer people than planet Earth. And home to many, many more robots. Earthmen hate Spacer robots, too...
But Baley doesn't. He once had a robot partner, R. Daneel – and when the authorities of the planet Solaria request terrestrial assistance in investigating a murder, Baley is once again teamed with Daneel. He is the first Earthmen in a millennium to travel to the Outer Worlds... and he must endure the glare of a sun far more deadly than Earth's.
Prelude to Foundation
Isaac Asimov
It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall—those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future.
Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire. . .the man who holds the key to the future—an apocalyptic power to be known forever after as the Foundation.
The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire, #2)
Isaac Asimov
High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Not only do the Florinians no longer have a concept of freedom, any disruption of the vital kyrt trade would cause other planets to rise in protest, ultimately destabilizing trade and resulting in a galactic war. So the Trantorian Empire, whose grand plan is to unite all humanity in peace, prosperity, and freedom, has stood aside and allowed the oppression to continue. Living among the workers of Florinia, Rik is a man without a memory or a past. He has been abducted and brainwashed. Barely able to speak or care for himself when he was found, Rik is widely regarded as a simpleton by the worker community where he lives. But as his memories begin to return, Rik finds himself driven by a cryptic message he is determined to deliver: Everyone on Florinia is doomed . . . the Currents of Space are bringing destruction. But if the planet is evacuated, the power of Sark will end--so some would finish the job and would kill the messenger. The fate of the Galaxy hangs in the balance.
The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3)
Isaac Asimov
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together.Detective Elijah Baley is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The prime suspect is a gifted roboticist who had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime. There's only one catch: Baley and his positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, must prove the man innocent. For in a case of political intrigue and love between woman and robot gone tragically wrong, there's more at stake than simple justice. This time Baley's career, his life, and Earth's right to pioneer the Galaxy lie in the delicate balance.
The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Biron Farrell was young and naïve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin.
He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father, the highly respected Rancher of Widemos, has been murdered. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father’s death, and becomes entangled in an intricate saga of rebellion, political intrigue, and espionage.
The mystery takes him deep into space where he finds himself in a relentless struggle with the power-mad despots of Tyrann. Now it is not just a case of life or death for Biron, but a question of freedom for the galaxy.
The Gods Themselves
Isaac Asimov
In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the destruction of the Earth's Sun--and of Earth itself.
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth--but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.
Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
Isaac Asimov
Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop, every pebble, every being, can speak for all—and feel for all. It is a realm in which privacy is not only undesirable, it is incomprehensible.
But is it the right choice for the destiny of mankind? While Trevize feels it is, that is not enough. He must know.
Trevize believes the answer lies at the site of humanity's roots: fabled Earth . . . if it still exists. For no one is sure where the planet of Gaia's first settlers is to be found in the immense wilderness of the Galaxy. Nor can anyone explain why no record of Earth has been preserved, no mention of it made anywhere in Gaia's vast world-memory. It is an enigma Trevize is determined to resolve, and a quest he is determined to undertake, at any cost.
[ Original description here:
Горстка смельчаков пытается найти прародину человечества - Землю, чтобы получить разгадку тайн истории Галактики.
= A handful of brave souls trying to find humanity's ancestral home—the Earth, to get answers to the mysteries of the history of the Galaxy.]
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire tells the incredible story of a new breed of man who create a new force for galactic government. Thus, the Foundation hurtles into conflict with the decadent, decrepit First Empire. In this struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars, man stands at the threshold of a new, enlightened life which could easily be put aside for the old forces of barbarism. The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov constitute what is very likely the most famed epic in all of science-fiction
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Isaac Asimov
The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
Nightfall and Other Stories
Isaac Asimov
A collection of science fiction stories which examine various reactions to altered environmental conditions or bizarre psychological situations
Краткая история биологии
Isaac Asimov
В книге известного популяризатора науки А. Азимова рассматривается сложный путь развития биологии с древних времен до наших дней. Автор уделяет внимание всем отраслям биологии, показывая их во взаимодействии со смежными науками.
Читатель узнает о вкладе в биологию великих ученых всех времен - Гарвея, Левенгука, Геккеля, Дарвина, Пастера, Ивановского, Мечникова, Павлова и других.
Написанная просто и доступно, книга будет интересным и полезным чтением для преподавателей высшей школы, учителей, студентов, школьников и для всех любителей естественных наук.
Youth
Isaac Asimov
Short story by Isaac Asimov.
Two young boys find some very unusual new pets in this short story from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.
Tagging along while his astronomer father visits an industrialist at his vast estate, young Slim is lucky enough to make fast friends with the industrialist’s son, Red, who has recently caught some very strange animals on the property.
The animals seem intelligent enough, and Red recruits Slim to help him train the odd creatures to do circus tricks. But the boys are about to discover their playthings aren’t exactly animals—and they’ve allowed themselves to be caught for a reason . . .
Youth is a riveting tale from the author of countless classics, including I, Robot and the Foundation trilogy, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series.
The Complete Stories, Vol. 1
Isaac Asimov
The first volume consists of the stories previously collected in Earth Is Room Enough, Nine Tomorrows, and Nightfall and Other Stories (but not the commentary from Nightfall and Other Stories).
Volume One contains the following 48 short stories:
- The Dead Past
- The Foundation of S. F. Success
- Franchise
- Gimmicks Three
- Kid Stuff
- The Watery Place
- Living Space
- The Message
- Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Hell-Fire
- The Last Trump
- The Fun They Had
- Jokester
- The Immortal Bard
- Someday
- The Author's Ordeal
- Dreaming Is a Private Thing
- Profession
- The Feeling of Power
- The Dying Night
- I'm in Marsport Without Hilda
- The Gentle Vultures
- All the Troubles of the World
- Spell My Name with an S
- The Last Question
- The Ugly Little Boy
- Nightfall
- Green Patches
- Hostess
- Breeds There a Man…?
- C-Chute
- In a Good Cause—
- What If—
- Sally
- Flies
- Nobody Here But—
- It's Such a Beautiful Day
- Strikebreaker
- Insert Knob A in Hole B
- The Up-to-Date Sorcerer
- Unto the Fourth Generation
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- The Machine That Won the War
- My Son, the Physicist
- Eyes Do More Than See
- Segregationist
- I Just Make Them Up, See!
- Rejection Slips.
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
Isaac Asimov
A thrilling nonfiction tour of the cosmos that brings the universe down to Earth, from one of the all-time masters of science fiction.
No one makes sense out of science like Isaac Asimov. Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than one hundred of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe—questions that have fired the imagination since the beginning of history.
Over the course of this fantastic voyage, the origins, the discoveries, and the stunning achievements of astronomy will unfold before your eyes. You will experience close encounters with giant planets, exploding stars, distant galaxies, and more. For anyone who has ever asked the ultimate questions, who has ever looked up at the sky and asked What in heaven is going on? , Isaac Asimov’s unique vision, skill, and authority will bring the big picture into focus.
“A fine introduction to modern astronomical theory.”— Library Journal
The Last Answer
Isaac Asimov
A short follow-up to 'The Last Question' by Asimov.
Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space
Isaac Asimov
In this outstanding collection of Sherlockian tales, the master of detection solves the most fantastic cases of his career. Herein are answered questions which have plagued loyal readers for decades, including: What is the truth about the mysterious menace of Sumatra? What occurs when Holmes must pursue an extra-terrestrial? Stories by authors: Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Philip Jose Farmer; Sterling Lanier, Gene Wolfe, Edward Wellen and others, for your amusement and edification.
(back cover)
Introduction: Sherlock Holmes / Isaac Asimov --
The Adventure of the devil's foot / Arthur Conan Doyle --
The Problem of the Sore Bridge among others / Philip Jose Farmer --
The Adventure of the global traveler / Anne Lear --
The Great dormitory mystery / F.N. Farber --
The Adventure of the misplaced hound / Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson --
The Thing waiting outside / Barbara Williamson --
A Father's tale / Sterling E. Lanier --
The Adventure of the extraterrestrial / Mack Reynolds --
A Scarletin study / Philip Jose Farmer --
Voiceover / Edward Wellen --
The Adventure of the metal murderer / Fred Saberhagen --
Slaves of silver / Gene Wolfe --
God of the naked unicorn / Richard Lupoff --
Death in the Christmas hour / James Powell --
The Ultimate crime / Isaac Asimov.
A doua Fundație (Fundatia, #3)
Isaac Asimov
Praf de stele (Galactic Empire, #1)
Isaac Asimov
O piatră pe cer (Imperiul #1)
Isaac Asimov
Sfârșitul Eternității
Isaac Asimov
Roboții și Imperiul (Roboții, #4)
Isaac Asimov
Roboții de pe Aurora (Roboții, #3)
Isaac Asimov
Soarele gol
Isaac Asimov
Caverne de oțel (Robots #2)
Isaac Asimov
Roboții I. Eu, Robotul (Roboții, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions (Robot, #0.5)
Isaac Asimov
Young Witches and Warlocks
Isaac Asimov
Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)
Isaac Asimov
Fundación (Fundación, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Sabrani Roboti
Isaac Asimov
Čelične pećine
Isaac Asimov
Golo sunce
Isaac Asimov
Zvezde, Prah Nebeski (Galactic Empire, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Svemirske Struje (Galactic Empire #2)
Isaac Asimov
Kamičak na nebu (Roboti-Carstvo-Zadužbina, #8)
Isaac Asimov
U susret Zadužbini (Roboti-Carstvo-Zadužbina, #9)
Isaac Asimov
Preludijum za zadužbinu (Zadužbina #0.5)
Isaac Asimov
Tales of the Black Widowers (The Black Widowers, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Los propios dioses
Isaac Asimov
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
Isaac Asimov
Andrew was one of Earth's first house robot domestic servants—smoothly designed and functional. But when Andrew started to develop special talents which exceeded the confines of his allotted positronic pathways, he abandoned his domestic duties in favour of more intellectual pursuits. As time passed, Andrew acquired knowledge, feelings and ambitions way beyond anything ever experienced by any other mechanical men. And he found himself launched on to a career which would bring him fame fortune — and danger. For a robot who wants to be human must also be prepared to die...
In the Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov returns to his first and most enduring love — robotics. The result is a brilliant book of first-class entertainment and mind-spinning ideas which confirm Asimov's supreme status as Grand Master of science fiction.
Content
"Feminine Intuition" (1969)
"Waterclap" (1970)
"That Thou Art Mindful of Him" (1974)
"Stranger in Paradise" (1974)
"The Life and Times of Multivac" (1975)
"The Winnowing" (1976)
"The Bicentennial Man" (1976)
"Marching In" (1976)
"Old-Fashioned" (1976)
"The Tercentenary Incident" (1976)
"Birth of a Notion" (1976)
Cover Illustration: Don Dixon
The Positronic Man (Robot, #0.6)
Isaac Asimov
Powerful and haunting, The Positronic Man is an unforgettable novel that redefines Isaac Asimov's and Robert Silverberg's place among the greatest science fiction authors of all time.In the twenty-first century the creation of the positronic brain leads to the development of robot laborers and revolutionizes life on Earth. But to the Martin family, their household robot NDR-113 is more than a trusted friend, a confidant, a member of the family. For through some unknown manufacturing glitch, Andrew has been blessed with a capacity for love and a drive toward self-awareness and devlopment that are almost...human.But almost is not enough. Andrew's dream is to become fully human. Facing human prejudice, the laws of robotics, and his own mechanical limitations, Andrew will use science and law in his quest for the impossible, arriving at last at a terrifying choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price.
As Cavernas de Aço (Série dos Robôs, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Em Nova York, o investigador de polícia Elijah Baley é escalado para investigar o assassinato de um embaixador dos Mundos Siderais.
A rede de intrigas envolve desde sociedades secretas até interesses interplanetários. Mas nada o preocupa tanto quanto o seu parceiro no caso, cuja eficiência pode tomar o seu emprego, algo cada vez mais comum.
Pois seu parceiro é um robô.
Publicado no início da década de 1950, "As Cavernas de Aço" é o primeiro romance da consagrada Série dos Robôs de Isaac Asimov, mesclando de forma magistral os gêneros de ficção científica e literatura policial.
Fundação e Império (Fundação, #2)
Isaac Asimov
O Império Galático está à beira do colapso. Ainda assim, numa tentativa ousada, o General Bel Riose decide lançar um ataque contra a Fundação. Mas será que a ofensiva desesperada irá impedir o destino profetizado há séculos por Hari Seldon? E quem seria, afinal, o Mulo? Este é o segundo livro da Trilogia da Fundação, vencedora do prêmio Hugo como a melhor série de FC de todos os tempos.
Fondation (Cycle de Fondation #1)
Isaac Asimov
En ce début de treizième millénaire, l'Empire n'a jamais été aussi puissant, aussi étendu à travers toute la galaxie. C'est dans sa capitale, Trantor, que l'éminent savant Hari Seldon invente la psychohistoire, une science nouvelle permettant de prédire l'avenir. Grâce à elle, Seldon prévoit l'effondrement de l'Empire d'ici trois siècles, suivi d'une ère de ténèbres de trente mille ans. Réduire cette période à mille ans est peut-être possible, à condition de mener à terme son projet : la Fondation, chargée de rassembler toutes les connaissances humaines.
Une entreprise visionnaire qui rencontre de nombreux et puissants détracteurs...
Segunda Fundação (Portuguese Edition)
Isaac Asimov
Hari Seldon previu que a humanidade perderia seu domínio sobre a galáxia. Para evitar esse desastre, elaborou um plano que, seguido à risca, em mil anos deveria fazer surgir uma nova era de glórias para o homem. Mas ele não contava com o Mulo, um ser mutante que colocar todo o plano a perder. Seu objetivo é derrotar a Fundação para que um novo Império se erga em torno de seus fantásticos poderes mentais. Mas, para consolidar sua vitória, ainda terá de enfrentar um inimigo igualmente poderoso, conhecido como a Segunda Fundação. "Segunda fundação" é o terceiro livro da trilogia da Fundação, composta ainda pelos livros "Fundação" (livro 1) e "Fundação e império" (livro 2).
Fundação (Fundação, #1)
Isaac Asimov
O Império Galático possui 12 mil anos. E possui pujança, grandeza e estabilidade. Ao menos em sua fachada. Mas ele está em pleno declínio, lento e gradual. E, no final, culminará com uma regressão violenta da sociedade e a conseqüente destruição do conhecimento. Preocupados com isso, um grupo de cientistas traça um plano pela preservação do conhecimento adquirido. Vencedor do prêmio Hugo, como a melhor série de FC de todos os tempos, este é o livro inicial da Trilogia da Fundação.
Yo, robot
Isaac Asimov
Publicada por primera vez en 1950, cuando la electrónica digital estaba en su infancia,
Yo, robot resultó ciertamente visionaria y tendría una influencia enorme no sólo en toda la ciencia-ficción posterior, sino incluso en la propia ciencia de la robótica. Aquí formuló Isaac Asimov por primera vez las tres leyes fundamentales de la robótica, de las que se valdría para plantear interrogantes que se adentran en el campo de la ética y de la psicología: ¿qué diferencia hay entre un robot inteligente y un ser humano?, ¿puede el creador de un robot predecir su comportamiento?, ¿debe la lógica determinar lo que es mejor para la humanidad?
A través de una serie de historias conectadas entre sí por el personaje de la robopsicóloga Susan Calvin, en las que aparecen todo tipo de máquinas inteligentes —robots que leen el pensamiento, robots que se vuelven locos, robots con sentido del humor o robots políticos—, Asimov inventa unos robots cada vez más perfectos, que llegan a convertirse en un desafío para sus creadores.
Azazel
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov dedica aquí su pluma y su imaginación sin límites a la fantasía, y nos ofrece dieciocho fascinantes relatos que, sin duda, deleitarán a todos los aficionados al género, así como a los innumerables admiradores de este autor. Azazel es un demonio rojo de dos centímetros, dotado con una impetuosa personalidad y maravillosos poderes mágicos. El único problema es que este singular ser posee poca comprensión de las cuestiones humanas y sus intervenciones producen situaciones sorprendentes
Relatos:
"El demonio de dos centímetros"
"Una noche de canto"
"La sonrisa que pierde"
"Al vencedor"
"El sordo rumor"
"Salvando a la Humanidad"
"Una cuestión de principios"
"El mal que hace la bebida"
"Tiempo para escribir"
"Deslizarse sobre la nieve"
"La lógica es la lógica"
"Viaja más rápido"
"Los ojos del que mira"
"Más cosas en el Cielo y en la Tierra"
"La estructura de la mente"
"Las peleas de primavera"
"Galatea"
"Vuelo de fantasía"
The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3)
Isaac Asimov
Io, Robot
Isaac Asimov
Bogovi lično
Isaac Asimov
Protiv gluposti i bogovi sami bore se uzalud.
U ne toliko dalekoj budućnosti, otkrićem principa razmene materije i energije između našeg i stranog univerzuma, svi energetski i ekološki problemi na Zemlji nestali su. Ne postavljajući suviše pitanja u vezi s tim kako se nepoznata civilizacija povezala s našom i omogućila besplatnu proizvodnju neograničene količine energije, zemaljska nauka i politika dozvoljavaju doktoru Halamu, opšteprihvaćenom ocu nove energije, da slavodobitno guši svaku kritičku misao koja bi dovela u pitanje bilo koji aspekt novonastalog raja na Zemlji. Međutim, jedan naučnik ne samo da ima dovoljno pameti da shvati očigledno već ima i hrabrosti da kaže kako razmena energije dovodi i do razmene različitih zakonitosti koje vladaju u različitim univerzumima, što za posledicu može imati eksploziju Sunca i trenutno uništenje Zemlje. No, da bi dokazao svoje tvrdnje, on se mora povezati s dalekom cilvilizacijom koja je i inicirala razmenu – što će dovesti čitaoca do središnjeg dela knjige koji nosi jedan od najčudesnijih prikaza nezemaljskog društva u istoriji fantastike.
Klasik naučne fantastike, po mišljenju i kritičara i čitalaca jedan od najboljih romana u istoriji žanra, dobitnik dve najprestižnije nagrade u oblasti naučne fantastike, Hjugo i Nebjula, roman koji sam autor smatra svojim najdražim delom.
The Rest of the Robots (Robot, #0.2)
Isaac Asimov
ROBOT TONY is the first robot designed to perform domestic duties by the US Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation. Is it Tony's fault that the lady of the house where he's field tested falls in love with him?
ROBOT AL was intended for shipment to a mining outfit on the moon. Instead, he's loose in the mountains of Virginia...building from scraps of junk his very own, very dangerous disintegrator.
ROBOT LENNY answers workaday questions in babytalk. So why is Dr Susan Calvin, the world's top robopsychologist, fascinated by this messed up specimen of an industrial robot?
Fundatia si Imperiul
Isaac Asimov
Prabusirea vechiului Imperiu sub loviturile necesitatii istorice nu reprezinta altceva decat un prolog al prabusirii Fundatiei insesi. Pe aceasta scena apocaliptica are loc ascensiunea neprevazuta a Catarului, un mutant capabil sa controleze emotiile oamenilor si al carui magnetism malefic aminteste de cel al sangerosilor dictatori care au inspaimantat Europa secolului al XX-lea. Toate sperantele Galaxiei depind acum de acea misterioasa A Doua Fundatie, singura care ar putea impiedica expansiunea nelimitata a noului stat totalitar al Catarului. seria IMPERIUL - O piatra pe cer (1950) - Praf de stele (1951) - Curentii spatiului (1952) seria FUNDATIA - Fundatia (1951) - Fundatia si Imperiul (1952) - A Doua Fundatie (1953) - Marginea Fundatiei (1982) - Fundatia si Pamantul (1986) - Preludiul Fundatiei (1988) - Zorii Fundatiei (1993) seria ROBOTII - Eu, robotul (1950) - Caverne de otel (1954) - Soarele gol (1957) - Robotii de pe Aurora (1983) - Robotii si Imperiul (1985)
Fundația (Fundația, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Hari Seldon, întemeietorul psihoistoriei, prezice prăbuşirea Imperiului Galactic şi instaurarea unei ere de barbarie care va dura treizeci de milenii. Cu ajutorul colaboratorilor săi, Seldon înfiinţează Fundaţia Enciclopediei Galactice, a cărei misiune este să salveze cunoştinţele a 12 000 de ani de evoluţie. Fundaţia este exilată pe Terminus, o planetă de la marginea Galaxiei, de unde se implică mersul istoriei, transformând ştiinţa în religie, iar savanţii în preoţi care s-o răspândească în lumile Imperiului.
Curentii spatiului (Galactic Empire, #2)
Isaac Asimov
Planeta Florina, binecuvantata cu o primavara eterna, este sursa kyrtului atat de ravnit de puternicii lorzi ai Sarkului. Florinienii produc fara incetare pretiosul material care le aduce prosperitate stapanilor de pe cealalta planeta, dar sunt aproape complet lipsiti de drepturi. Razvratirea este de neconceput. Nu doar pentru ca florinienii si-au pierdut dorinta de a fi liberi, ci si pentru ca orice intrerupere a productiei ar starni nemultumiri pe toate planetele Imperiului Trantorian.
Printre muncitorii florinieni traieste Rik, un om fara trecut si fara amintiri. A fost gasit intr-o stare deplorabila, aproape incapabil sa vorbeasca. Insa, pe masura ce lui Rik incepe sa-i revina memoria, iese la iveala un mesaj criptic: Florina este sortita pieirii aduse de curentii spatiului.
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