isaac asimov

Trying to find this sci-fi novel I read in 60's or early 70s. Protaganist discovers that planets enjoying bumper crops are due to space phenonmenon that soon destroys the planet.

Who of you is familiar with Currents of Space? Would you like my comments on the holes I find in plot/descriptions?

I'm trying to find a short story I'm pretty sure is by Asimov. The only thing I remember about the title is that it is not an obvious giveaway. The plot is that in the not-too-far future, universal portable personal computers (iPad, anyone?) have resulted in the forgetting of arithmetic. An...

The Second Foundation is a book in two very separate parts; in the first The Mule is still trying to find the second foundation and dispatches a new mission to search for it with two very different people sharing command – one ‘converted’ and one not – and in the second a group of people from...

Did anyone else really like the descriptions of the powers the Second Foundation had and the way politics were carried out among mind-readers? Has anyone read fiction that incorporates similar ideas (guarding minds, slight mental manipulation, auras) that they really like?

I first read and loved this trilogy as a young kid the best part of 50 years ago; I distinctly remember loving it and being hugely disappointed there weren’t any more books (it would be some years before Asimov wrote the prequels and sequels that are generally viewed much less highly). I don’t...

I am selling my deceased fathers Asimov book collection , I count 182 in total, about half and half paperback and hard back, my dad was very thrifty and got them all from used book shops, I doubt are any rare ones in there. Can any one advise on the value sold as a lot ? My best guess is £100.

I just finished reading "Pebble in the Sky" by Isaac Asimov, while at the same time I began listening to "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft, read by the Cthulu and Friends Podcast. What a contrast in writing styles. I've read multiple people on the Chrons state their affection for...

I haven't read any Asimov, but heard an episode of this new dramatisation while I was driving and was completely gripped. Anyone else been listening to it? The previous episodes are still available on i-player. BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot I think it was the...

So I finished Foundation's Edge. Admittedly, even though the Foundation Series has easily become my favorite space opera one, I haven't finished... I know, I'm a faker. No, honestly, these books are loosely connected and they're individually exciting. So, question which may bring spoilers; what...

How would anyone actually pull this off? A series that spans several thousand years just seems very difficult to accomplish. I mean, I suppose it could take place similarly to Star Trek in the form of individual episodes, but I'm not even sure that would work. So let's problem solve here. If...

Hello. I'm reading Foundation and Empire for the first time and something is disturbing me. In the chapter 'To Trantor' Barr and Devers decide to go to Trantor for an audience with the Emperor so they can give him a message. The following chapter, 'On Trantor', begins with a description of the...

Will Isaac Assimov's "Last Question" break any rules against discussion of religion on this community?

I am currently doing a research project into the possible engineering of Asimov's robots in books such as I, Robot. I was wondering if you would take a little time to take part in this survey at (www).[SURVEY].co.uk/r/QKJJYYN (take out the brackets) all responses are anonymous. If you would...

In the far future psychologist Hari Seldon creates the new science of Psychohistory, applying the principles of psychology on a grand scale to the whole of society and using them to accurately predict the future of that society. Seldon predicts the fall of the great galactic empire and using the...

Would you say the Susan Calvin series by this author are set directly after Asimov's I, Robot?

Hi, I remember as a child reading about people "viewing" each other rather than seeing them in person. I'd love to re read this. I thought it might have been Asimov or Arthur C Clarke, but nothing rings a bell. Can anyone help please with that very small amount of info?

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...