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.
I, Robot
I, Robot (The Robot)
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Caves of Steel (Robot City)
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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 Naked Sun
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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.
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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.
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)
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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.
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Forward the Foundation
More suspense. More drama. More twists and turns. The second prequel to the Foundation Novels proper.
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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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- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback Jan 17, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
- 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 KathyMcGraw Jan 14, 2010 @ 8:13 am
- 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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- Flynn_the_Cat Flynn_the_Cat Sep 28, 2009 @ 5:36 am
- Oh lovely! Lensrolled! (and a few of your other lenses, I'm afraid ^_^ )
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- poddys poddys Apr 28, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
- I only read Asimov many years ago when I had time to read sci-fi books and really enjoyed him as an author. I wish I had more time. Very nice lens, 5***** I did find Frank Herbert's Dune Trilogy very hard going, but great stories.
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- RolandTumble RolandTumble Apr 9, 2009 @ 8:53 am
- Very nice lens. I frequently find Asimov a bit dry for my personal taste, but he's still one of the greats.
5*, favorite & lensrolled to my Great Science Fiction lens.
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