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New York Daily News: Sci-fi icon Isaac Asimov relatives sue literary agent

Asimov was investigated in the 60's as a possible communist. Here are the files: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/fbi-file-on-isaac-asimov-8300/

Dear users, I have some questions and do please help me to a better understanding. I recently finished the trilogy and it is one of the best books I have ever read. Right, now then. Is anyone skeptical about some holes in the trilogy? I just want to focus on the final book. First...

Hi there! I read a book years ago about a chap who took a witness way, way into the future to hide her from the perpetrators of a crime. The time machine was like an elevator/lift and, you arrived at your destination and the doors opened in the same place, different time. Long shot I know but, I...

4th November 2009 04:16 AM David Allen It seems that we are in a time of reworking, we have seen this in film, TV and even books, now it seems following extended negotiations the estate of the late Isaac Asimov have agreed to allow the character of Dr Susan Calvin to be reborn. The estate...

Hello, I was just looking for some advice on which book is more preferable to read. I would like to read the robot series and after doing some research it seems to me that you can start with either of these two books. I was thinking to read 'I robot' because it seems like the original book...

I've just re-read the Lucky Starr books, that Asimov wrote back in the 50's under the name Paul French. I found them an enjoyable read, and liked the astronomy element he incorporated in each book (despite much of it being obsoleted by the time this edition was re-released in 1993, let alone...

*** SPOILER *** Ok a question for those who have read Forward the Foundation: If Dors is a robot and therefore governed first and foremost by the first law of robotics ahead of any other programming, how is she capable if killing Tamwile Elar. I'd like to think there's a reasonable...

Asimov, de Camp and Heinlein at the Naval Aviation Experimental Station (Kirkus) As usual, quibbles: "Hawaii had been attacked by elements of the Japanese military" almost makes it sound like a rogue operation. "Japan, using elements of its military". And Heinlein didn't "find himself working...

Hello everybody. A request from a newbie: looking for the title of the first SF short story I ever read (a loooong time ago!). Asimov of course. A man walks at night in a street, picks up a toy doll found on the ground, starts to cross the street, and when he sets down his foot finds himself in...

Isaac Asimov and the Three Laws of Robotics Three quibbles: it makes it sound like Asimov's father thought SF mags were educational and were a good idea for Asimov to read when that was actually how Asimov talked his dad into letting him read them. It makes it sound like Asimov "would take a...

This may be a well-worn furrow, I'm not sure, but it was an interesting aside I came across yesterday and so I thought I would share. It may be new to some. I was reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four" last night and came across the following text, in comments made by Holmes to...

I was hoping someone here might be able to help me identify some stories I remember reading, but only some of the details and have been unable to find with searches. First is a story where human's are in contact with extra terrestrials (I believe recently) and every place other than Earth...

I've had this book for a while and never paid close attention to all the picture pages... So to my surprise both Clarke and Asimov in the same pic hanging out and smiling.:)

Hi everybody. I'm Brazilian and I'm reading The Caves of Steel. What does etherics mean in Asimov's works?? I understand the word etheric isrelated to ether, but there is sentence in The Caves of Steel in which ethericsseems to be a place... Please take a look at this fragment: (A group of...

Just sharing my collection of books... First three original books are hard to find and/or very expensive. First Doubleday trade edition previously published only as a book club edition starting in 1963 I have a first edition "Trilogy" trade copy (1st edition / 1st printing) as indicated by...

Got it - Thanks! I read this a long time ago and can't remember the title or author. It is a single book, but there are three sections that at first appear to be separate stories but at the end all tie together. I don't remember much about the first section. The second section features a...

Over on io9 they've posted Asimov's Visions of the Future documentary. Link: http://m.io9.com/5976626/for-the-weekend-isaac-asimovs-visions-of-the-future-is-available-free-online-in-its-entirety

Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman's introduction to a new edition of the Foundation trilogy. That edition makes me wish I had money coming out my ears so I could get it. I really hate that Krugman plays the "it's not really science fiction - yes, it has a galactic setting in the far...

Anyone else agrees? Foundation is a terrific story, clever no matter what angle you look from. And everything is made in such a way as to be realistic and scientifical. Untill we meet the "mule". To me, it seemed something that would come from less "serious" fiction, something like "x-man" or...