Best Isaac Asimov Robot Books in Order
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Forward to Foundation & robots: chronologically
I love science fiction. Especially the works of Frank Herbert (the Dune universe) and Isaac Asimov. I've read he felt he was writing mainly for boys.. but this girl loves them too.
Especially the robots & foundation series. On this page I list the whole foundation series - with short plot descriptions - in chronological order (within the series, not as he wrote them). But since the robot series take place earlier on, I'll start with those.
Contents at a Glance
I, Robot
I, Robot
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Caves of Steel (Robot City)
The Caves of Steel (R. Daneel Olivaw, Book 1)
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The Naked Sun
He has to face many challenges to solve the murder - not least of which is the social restrictions placed on him on a planet where people rarely meet face to face. There's a sort of romance involved in this story - and I'll leave it up to the reader to decide whether that has effected the outcome...
The Robots of Dawn
To solve the murder / destruction of a humanoid robot, Baley has to travel to a planet where he will be faced with people who despise him and the outside world. Since he's used to living under domes, he is constantly challenged. But of course, the mystery is solved, political disaster avoided and the population of earth can go on reasonably safe as before.
The Robots of Dawn
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Robots and Empire
This romantic (yes - Asimov gets slightly romantic here) novel portrays the spacer woman (long lived and sad to have see Baley grow old) Gladia taking up the cause of the settlers and the two robots Giskard and Daneel saving humanity (or do they?)...
Gripping and with an unusual plotline.
Robots and Empire
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The Currents of Space
About the struggle for survival when politicians have other interests.
The Currents of Space
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The Stars, Like Dust
Biron Farrell was young and naive, 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 Stars, Like Dust
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Pebble in the Sky
But the plot starts with time travel - a device not used elsewhere in Asimov's novels: "One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as 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." (the quote is from Amazon)
Pebble in the Sky
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Prelude to Foundation
Each Asimov novel stands on its own. It's quite possible to read the foundation novels without this first one. But for those who love the series, this one is definitely part of the pack.
Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, Book 1)
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Forward the Foundation
More suspense. More drama. More twists and turns. The second prequel to the Foundation Novels proper.
Forward the Foundation (Foundation Novels)
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Foundation
The first of the Foundation novels (proper) this is one of the classics in science fiction. We get to the end of Seldon's life. As a former prime minister he is famous. He is notorious for having predicted the downfall of the empire. And he has a plan to save humanity - but how will he go about doing so?
Foundation (Foundation Novels)
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Foundation and Empire
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Second Foundation
The teenage Arcadia Darell travels all the way to Trantor to save humanity... but will she - and if she does, did it happen the way she thinks it did? After all, both the mule and the Second Foundation have mental powers.
Foundation's Edge
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Foundation and Earth
Why is it hidden? And by whom? How?
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TeagueChubak
Jan 23, 2012 @ 12:11 am | delete
- Just finished Pebble in the sky today. It's probably the tenth Asimov book I've finished. I can never get enough of them.
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kimmanleyort
Feb 25, 2011 @ 7:25 am | delete
- I really like the way you focused on one series and gave little blurbs about each one. The personal touch means so much when writing about books and authors. *Blessed*
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Jodi_k Sep 15, 2010 @ 6:08 pm | delete
- I think Nightfall (the short story, not the novel) is one of the best I've ever read. Asimov was remarkable both for the sheer quality and quantity of the books he wrote, the huge number of subjects he wrote about - everything from robots to Shakespeare to the Bible. He was very humble and accessible too; his number was listed in the phone book - not that I would have had the nerve to call him (I did meet him once though).
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kiwisoutback
Jan 17, 2010 @ 8:54 pm | delete
- I love science fiction, but I rarely get the chance to pick up a book, though I used to all the time. I guess I'm more of a movie person now. Great selections.
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KathyMcGraw
Jan 14, 2010 @ 8:13 am | delete
- I haven't read anything by him, but this lens is Blessed-it's how I like them, clean and simple :)
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