Isaac Asimov books

The Last Question (2007)

This story tells us an enigma. We are the creator and the creation at the same time.As humans evolve, they become "God" or Creator.Each story shows humans evolution in increments. ( We evolve from flesh and blood to disembodied mind/energy/nano-tech particle cyborgs)First story, humans are on Ear...

La última pregunta (2000)

An absolute mindblowing read.Truly showcases the outermost limits of 3 dimensional space. And the eventual transcendence of humanity in a technologically post-Singularity era.The closing remark of: "Let there be light!" truly sets for an unexpected experience from the AC(analytical computer). And...

The Currents of Space (1991)

The Currents of Space is a fast paced "lesser novel" by Isaac Asimov I found engaging and hard to put down.Part 2 of 3 of his Galactic Empire Series, it does not have to be read with the others, as I understood each and every facet of the book and did not feel at anytime that I was missing someth...

The End of Eternity (1971)

This is somehow my first Asimov book. At first, I was underwhelmed. However, as the book went forward, I found that there was much more depth to the writing than originally met the eye and that the shallow characters were shallow with a purpose. Asimov sets up a group of scientist who are outside...

Foundation and Empire (2004)

It's been a long time since I actually finished a book I hated through and through as much as I hated F&E, but I was determined that if I was going to give this a bad review I had to go ahead and read the entire thing to justify the rating in the face of those who feel one has to read an entire n...

Nemesis (1990)

The author’s purpose for writing Nemesis was to entertain the reader by creating a fascinating, futuristic, and astronomical setting that evokes the imaginations of its readers. The story is told in third person omniscient, which allows the reader to engage in the thoughts of several characters, ...

David Starr, Space Ranger (1987)

This story is truly a product of its times, and I suspect Asimov, though most authors would never admit this, was somewhat embarrassed by it. I've not seen why he used a pseudonym for this series, but I could guess. It, like Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Tom Corbett behaves like a serial children's...

Foundation's Edge (2010)

First published in 1982 almost 30 years after the last volume of the iconic original Foundation Trilogy, namely Second Foundation, I was skeptical that Asimov would be able to maintain his mojo post the Golden Age of Science Fiction when he was publishing his most iconic sci-fi stories and novels...

Foundation and Earth (2004)

Foundation and Earth (1986) is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation Series and chronologically the last in the series.Plot introductionSeveral centuries after the events of Second Foundation, two citizens of the Foundation seek to find Earth, the legendary pl...

I, Robot (2004)

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The Robots of Dawn (1994)

“I cannot say what I feel in any human sense, Partner Elijah. I can say, however, that the sight of you seems to make my thoughts flow more easily, and the gravitational pull on my body seems to assault my senses with lesser insistence."Ahh.. good old R. Daneel Olivaw, how I have missed you.It ha...

Robots and Empire (1996)

tI won't necessarily say that this is the last of the Foundation/Galactic Empire/Robot story arc that I needed to read to complete the whole series because there is still Forward to the Foundation (the last novel I believe that Asimov wrote before he died) as well as a number of robot short stori...

Forward the Foundation (1994)

"Credo che a un occhio non allenato questo turbine multicolore sembrerebbe soltanto un guazzabuglio di numeri, figure e forme, ma per me -e Yugo, e Wanda, e Gaal- questa è la Psicostoria sbocciata alla vita."Trovo che Asimov sia un autore fondamentale per un numero di ragioni talmente grande che,...

Prelude to Foundation (1994)

In the realm of science fiction, Isaac Asimov’s stories have always been my woobie.  This rings especially true for his Robot and Foundation series. For me, they’re a literary panic room where I can escape the stress storms and never-ending deadlines of the day-to-day ruckus into a much simpler ...

The Gods Themselves (2000)

Asimov foresees the climate change debate29 May 2012tThe title of this book is a part of a longer title, which is used to split up the three sections of the book: Against Stupidity the Gods Themselves Contend in Vain'. I believe that that is actually an Ancient Greek saying, which is not surprisi...

The Naked Sun (1993)

Scroll down for the English version.Un Sherlock Holmes su Solaria Apri un libro di fantascienza e ti ritrovi a leggere un giallo classico, di quelli alla Sherlock Holmes (con tanto di citazione nel testo) o con i personaggi di Agatha Christie. Qualcuno è stato ucciso in un pianeta lontano e il de...

The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV, 1992-1994 (1997)

Since 1953, the annual Hugo Awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention have been as coveted by SF writers as is the Oscar in the motion picture field--and SF fans recognize it as a certain indicator of the finest in science fiction. Now bestselling author Gregory Benford presents th...

The Caves of Steel (1980)

Brief synopsis of story: (1-2 paragraphs). Earth civilization labors under the pressures of overpopulation and all citizens live under vast domes of metal and concrete—the titular caves of steel. Further, robots are making inroads on the human labor market, causing even more distress. On the fl...

Pebble in the Sky (1991)

Two and a half stars. Mainly curiosity value, but . . .This was Asimov's first published novel; it preceded 1951's Foundation by a year, though most of the contents of the latter were older, having appeared in magazines in the 1940s.Coming belatedly to Pebble after reading other Asimov novels was...

Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old Testament (1971)

Wow. All together, it's taken me about a month to get through this. Not that it's bad, it's just very dense and at times very dry. More concerned with history than theology, Asimov gives detailed information of place and characters in the Bible, tries to explain the ever-shifting politics that dr...

Fantastic Voyage (1988)

Well...I just read about 3 chapters on this book, and i think I was totally caught on it. For what I've read so far, this is an unrealistic science-fiction journey into a human brain. Benes, who kept the secret of Uncertainty Principle which may maintain miniaturization process constantly, was se...

More Tales of the Black Widowers (1981)

The Tales of the Black Widowers are a set of 66 mystery stories. It's a group of middle-aged guys that get together each month for dinner and drinks. Each story involves a mystery that arises out of a guest attending the dinner with a problem to solve. Invariably, the waiter, Henry, solves the...

Fundación y Tierra (2005)

La epopeya de la Fundación (Fundación, Fundación e Imperio, Segunda Fundación y Los límites de la Fundación) es la obra de ciencia ficción más leída de todos los tiempos. Una narración monumental que continúa con el presente título, la quinta y más emocionante novela de la serie. La humanidad, en...

El Sol Desnudo (2006)

Mientras la sociedad terrestre rechaza a los robots humanoides, los Mundos Exteriores, antiguas colonias de la Tierra, han basado su economía en el trabajo de los robots, desarrollando así una sociedad altamente tecnológica, mucho más que la terrestre, en el que los individuos no soportan la pres...

Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (1972)

The world of Isaac Asimov's Lucky Starr is a young science geek's wildest dream come true. Imagine: a thousand years from now, the solar system's secret agents and protectors of the weak are...scientists! —Who don't mind showing off what they know!Dr. Asimov often lamented the pernicious and ever...

Hacia La Fundacion (2004)

Durante más de cuatro décadas Asimov ha cautivado a millones de lectores con su portentosa saga de la Fundación, una extraordinaria visión del futuro que abarca miles de años y docenas de mundos.Terminada poco antes de la muerte del autor, Hacia la fundación constituye la entrega final de la seri...

Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1972)

«It was ok». Ni más ni menos, la verdad. Me esperaba algo más de este autor que ya me había sorprendido hace bastantes años con El viaje alucinante . Pero será que es el tercer libro de una saga de la que no he leído los primeros, o que hace mucho que no pruebo la ciencia ficción.Sea lo que fuer...

Extraterrestrial Civilizations (1980)

The master of science fiction speculates about life on other planets... "Intriguing"--Publishers Weekly 

Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain (1988)

In his introduction to Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, Issac Asimov tells us that he wasn't satisfied with his novelization of Fantastic Voyage and that this novel is an attempt to correct some things he didn't like about the first novel.The result is this book which is less a sequel to t...

Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The New Testament (1988)

My first exposure to Isaac Asimov was in the Super-Valu grocery store of Upper Lonsdale in 1971, when I was 12. I was accompanying my aunt Jackie on the weekly grocery shopping for our household (budget: $20), and while we were awaiting our turn to pass through the checkout I was perusing the sin...

The Land of Canaan (1971)

Isaac Asimov realiza un analisis ameno y desde un punto de vista secular, de la tierra de Canaan, su importancia en la civilizacion, habla del origen de los primeros pobladores y sus distintas luchas, traza el origen de las tribus hebreas y su llegada a Canaan desde arabia.El autor describe el or...

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1978)

The world of Isaac Asimov's Lucky Starr is a young science geek's wildest dream come true. Imagine: a thousand years from now, the solar system's secret agents and protectors of the weak are...scientists! —Who don't mind showing off what they know!Dr. Asimov often lamented the pernicious and ever...

Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1977)

Twenty-five years before, Lucky Starr's parents had been destroyed during a pirate raid on the Terrestrial Empire. Now Lucky was a man, and an officer of the Council of Science. His ship was heavily armed, the pirates were at hand, the the time for sweet blaster vengeance was near!

Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1972)

En la cuarta entrega donde apesar de que los Sirios no son el villano predominante me parece interesante la analogía que se hace con respecto al nazismo (o eso creo): —De la crueldad todo puede esperarse —dijo el doctor Peverale—, igual que de lapolítica. Nos desprecian. Nos consideran como anim...

The Shaping of North America from Earliest Times to 1763 (1973)

A history of North America concentrating on European interests and rivalries and their influence on the development of the New World.

Breve historia de la química (1975)

La concisión, amenidad y eficacia didáctica características de Isaac Asimov hacen de esta Breve Historia de la Química un instrumento inmejorable para todo aquel que esté interesado en aproximarse a esta ciencia. Asimov traza la evolución de este ámbito de conocimiento desde el momento en que el ...

de los Numeros y su Historia (2000)

Este libro nos proporciona una amplia informacion sobre los numeros, desde lo elemental hasta lo sorprendente, ya que discurre sobre cuestiones matematicas y numericas tales como: la importancia del cero, los unicos dos numeros que pueden entender las computadoras, que significa realmente el infi...

Norby's Other Secret (1984)

When unscrupulous scientists try to kidnap Norby in order to learn the secret of the robot's anti-gravitational capabilities, he and Jeff discover on the dragon-inhabited planet Jamya the key to an even more precious secret.

The Union Club Mysteries (1987)

The Union Club Mysteries is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov featuring his fictional mystery solver Griswold. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1983 and in paperback by the Fawcett Crest imprint of Ballantine Books in 1985. The book collects...

La formación de Francia (2005)

La serie informalmente titulada «Historia Universal Asimov» reúne las obras dedicadas por el gran novelista y divulgador científico a la evolución política, cultural y material de la humanidad. “La formación de Francia” cubre el amplio y turbulento periodo que se extiende desde los últimos años d...

El sol brilla luminoso (1983)

El Fin de la Eternidad (1986)

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...

It's Been a Good Life (2002)

New one-volume autobiography spans Asimov's life for the first time! As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his inexhaustible creativity, wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, and talent for explaining complex subjects in clear, c...

El Cercano Oriente (2005)

La serie informalmente titulada «Historia Universal Asimov» reúne las obras dedicadas por el gran novelista y divulgador científico a la evolución política, cultural y material de la especie humana. "El Cercano Oriente" estudia el complejo desarrollo, desde mediados del siglo ix a.C. hasta la épo...

El Imperio Romano (1981)

La serie informalmente titulada «Historia Universal Asimov» reúne las obras dedicadas por el gran novelista y divulgador científico a la evolución política, cultural y material de la especie humana. 'EL IMPERIO ROMANO' expone las grandes líneas de desarrollo histórico de esta potencia del mundo a...

The Birth Of The United States, 1763 1816 (1975)

I rarely learn very many new facts from Asimov's non-fiction books. They tend to cover basic areas of study with which I'm passingly familiar, and so it's mostly recovering old material for me. The thing is that Asimov's writing is so brilliantly clear and he puts all of these facts an incidents ...

La formación de Inglaterra (1999)

La serie informalmente titulada HISTORIA UNIVERSAL ASIMOV reúne las obras dedicadas por el gran novelista y divulgador científico a la evolución política, cultural y material de la especie humana. LA FORMACIÓN DE INGLATERRA abarca el periodo que va de finales del Neolítico y comienzos de la Edad ...

Viaje Alucinante (2011)

Four men and a woman are reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size, sent in a miniaturized atomic sub through a dying man's carotid artery to destroy a blood clot in his brain. If they fail, the entire world will be doomed. Reissue.

La República Romana (1981)

La serie informalmente titulada «Historia Universal Asimov» reúne las obras dedicadas por el gran novelista y divulgador científico a la evolución política, cultural y material de la especie humana. «La República Romana» abarca el lapso transcurrido entre la fundación de Roma en 753 a.C. y el 29 ...

How Did We Find Out about Oil? (How We Found Out) (1983)

The Positronic Man

He had never been there before-he rarely had reason to venture into the little town a short way down the road from the Martin estate-but he had not expected that to be any problem. He had studied the map with great care. And therefore he knew the route, or so he believed.     ...

Nightfall

Not much had changed down there. The people on the lower level had lit torches there too. Beenay was busy at three computers at once, processing data from the telescopes upstairs. Other astronomers were doing other things, all of them incomprehensible to Theremon. Sheerin was wandering around by ...

Foundation (2004)

It had gone out but he was past noticing that. He hadn’t slept the night before and he had a good idea that he wouldn’t sleep this coming night. His eyes showed it. He said wearily, “And that covers it?” “I think so.” Yohan Lee put a hand to his chin. “How does it sound?” “Not too bad. It’s got t...

Asimov's Future History Volume 1 (2011)

  FRANCIS QUINN WAS a politician of the new school. That, of course, is a meaningless expression, as are all expressions of the sort. Most of the “new schools” we have were duplicated in the social life of ancient Greece, and perhaps, if we knew more about it, in the social life ...

Asimov's Future History Volume 4 (2011)

4. THE OFFICIAL FROM Justice entered, looked about casually, walked to the other side of Roth’s desk, and took the seat. As highest-classified individual, the official behaved properly. Roth calmly took a secondary seat. Baley remained standing, laboring to keep his face unsurprised. Roth m...

The Ugly Little Boy

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