isaac asimov

Just about the first science fiction book I ever saw, stuck on a library shelf with about twenty-five books of the same nature, was Asimov's THE CAVES OF STEEL. I was but a child; I read the first page of it and couldn't figure out what the book might be about at all from that opening page. I...

(My first time properly reviewing a novel, so please bear with me if it's a bit flappy - I found this a lot more difficult than I expected!) This was Asimov's first full-length novel, and the first of the loose grouping of Empire books. In a spoiler-free nutshell, a retired tailor from the...

So i had a desire to return to the first SF author i have ever read, always lacked time so postponing became rutine, and since my plan was to read all robot-foundation books, i knew it's gonna be a long task. Finally two months ago i just decided to start, and must tell you it's been a hell of a...

Hi. Does anyone know whereabouts these books fit in chronologically, in the list which includes the Tiedemann and Allen books etc. Thanks.

Hello everyone. I have been a sci fi fan since reading my first Heinlein book, The Door into Summer, about 25 years ago. Anyway, does anyone have a resource for identifying early Asimov first editions? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between a book club edition, and an early...

YA Novel Too Similar to Asimov's "Nightfall" ? It even has the very same name and identical plot basis: "Three teens inadvertently left behind on an island when other residents escape to avoid a 14-year period of darkness must contend with abandonment, terrifying creatures – and a world without...

Many fans are probably familiar with http://www.asimovonline.com/ and http://www.asimovreviews.net/ which contain a vast amount of details. I probably should have known about http://nightfall.info/asimov/ but didn't until it came to my attention via Darkday's post about PKD. The Asimov page...

Hello ! I'm starting to read Issac Asimov's novels, but I don't know where should I start. According to wikipedia the chronological order is this : The End Of Eternity The Robot series: The Caves of Steel. The Naked Sun. The Robots of Dawn. Robots and Empire. Galactic Empire novels: The...

Hey, I'm looking for a story (almost entirely certain it's a short story by Asimov) in which two characters need to choose which one of them will volunteer to do something (I assume it's dangerous) and then one suggests the first to compute a certain mathematical power will go (he then...

Does anyone have a HUGE problem with his writing style in the Robot series? I am currently stuck in the middle of the third. Someone said I should read those before I read Foundation. Which is the series I really want to read, as I hope they give me ideas for my WIP. While thought-provoking...

Does any one have a reference to this concept in the Asimov books?

If this actually happens I will finally have to break down and subscribe to HBO. http://io9.com/hbo-will-make-asimovs-foundation-with-interstellars-jon-1657018306?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

An essay from Isaac Asimov, written in 1959, was recently discovered and now available to read: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/531911/isaac-asimov-mulls-how-do-people-get-new-ideas/

I think I'll set myself to read the following, in this order. (I realize I, Robot isn't a novel.) 1950 Pebble in the Sky (just finished, actually; comments should be forthcoming soon) I, Robot 1951 The Stars, Like Dust Foundation 1952 Foundation and Empire The Currents of Space 1953 Second...

Has anyone heard the BBC dramatization of the Foundation trilogy? It's excellent... and by no means is it an audiobook. It tells the story of the original three books in 8 parts. It's a free download on the archive dot org website. Brings back childhood memories of first reading these books...

Few SFF authors can have said (or wrote) quite so many quotable lines as dear old Isaac. Here's a thread to quote your favorites. I shall start with three I particularly like: "I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander." "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science...

Visit to the World's Fair of 2014 Not 100% by any means, but pretty impressive.

That's a lot of writing to read. And it demonstrates Isaac's still the go-to guy when talking about writing prodigality, such as helping to determine At what point in human history were there too many (English) books to be able to read them all in one lifetime?. (Thanks to someone on usenet...

Isaac Asimov's birthday was January 2. In one of his non-fiction articles, he explained that the Earth's perihelion also took place on January 2, and he went on to say that the reason it did so was *because* it was Asimov's birthday. My father wrote Mr. Asimov a letter explaining that Mr...

I'm a long time fan of Asimov, and especially like his short stories. I was having a conversation with a friend, when he told me about the Asimov short story he likes the most - about a kid that goes to many schools, and keep failing, and trying to learn all kind of things, and how he grow up...