isaac asimov

I am trying to locate a book, or possibly a short story, that has as one of its central characters a chess grand master. The idea is that there is a computer that is so complex it requires the mind of a grand master to ask sensible questions of it to get any use out of it. That's about all I can...

Multivac is the name of a fictional supercomputer in many stories by Asimov from 1955 to 1979. I think I've only read one story featuring Multivac, but what do you think about it? Which story is the most interesting?

Has anyone watched movie The Caves of Steel (1964)? I have read the novel and would like to watch the movie but it doesn't seem to be available. So I was just wandering is it any good. Anyone seen it?

I was reading an old book last night and in it was an interview with Isaac Asimov done sometime before 1975. I thought I might share a few bits with you What are the dangers you see facing mankind? Asimov: I think it is extremely unlikely that mankind could ever be wiped out completely, but...

Some years ago I read a SF book by at that time a first time author. It begged a sequel, but since I don't remember either the book or the author I have never been able to discover if there was one. Here's what I remember: Some generations back a star ship crew is marooned on a planet. They...

now you wouldnt happen to know of a short story about people made of sugar who are washed away would you?

I remember reading a novel, or a short story, don't remember which, that was about a village or group of people made out of sugar and it ended up raining at the end of the story and everybody was washed away...does this ring a bell? I swear I read it in school many years ago...at least I hope I...

Hi all been scifi lover all my life never thought to visit a forum on it until now, just reading through the forum thought i'd share a tiny silly moment, if anyone knows the the Alibi machine, well being abit dodgy at english i read the entire story as the the Ali-Bi machine thinking it was some...

Pelorat was a cosmic archeoligist in Foundation's edge, and in Foundation and Earth, searching for Earth. Humanity spread throughout the Galaxy, such an archeology could become very realistic. I have found the ratio 9/5 in the most humanly held sacred aspects of nature, gold, silver, sun, moon...

So I needed something to read on the plane and they didn't have any Pratchett - so for light reading I picked up the second in the Foundation series, Foundation & Empire, as I'd already read the first instalment and reasonably enjoyed it. Like the second one much more - wasn't entirely...

Having recently re-read "Caves Of Steel" & "Naked Sun", and currently half way through "Robots of Dawn" I have to stay that I find Plainclothesman C-7 Mr Bailey a rather dislikeable figure! More so the first two books where he come across as being arrogant, aloof, short-tempered, hypocritical...

...are you currently reading/have just completed? Well, I've been away from my Asimov library for a good few years regrettably, but just recently I felt very much inclined to re-read the Robot books again. So for the last few days I have read and completed:- Caves Of Steel Naked Sun and am...

Hi guys, I've read a "few" sience fiction stories in my time... but now wish to join the ranks, of the hard core fans and give Asimov's Robot/Empire & foundations series a good going over. I note there seems to be two seperate opinions. Either go the DATE system or Order of Published. I think...

I've read as much of Asimov as I could find (though definitely not half - he wrote too many books that aren't in print, or even in the library) - and I like Heinlein and Clarke as very good second-bests. Are there any other authors that write like they did today? I am very prejudiced...

hi , my dad is looking for the title and book it was in of a asimov short story . all he can remember is that the robot had golike powers and at the end of the story he says "let there be light " thanks

Dr. Susan Calvin is a central character in many of Asimov's Robot stories. US Robots and Mechanical Men's robopsychologist, she can seem rather robot-like herself at times. Some stories, though, show her in a more human light, mainly, I think, Liar! and Lenny. Personally, I quite like her. I...

Throughout the sixties, the "good doctor" wrote a series of science fact articles for "Analog" magazine. These covered a wide range of different sciences, mathematics, new dicoveries; I remember particularly "not as we know it" (about possible alternative biochemistries) and the first...

I'm trying to locate a story about time travelers. These travelers would run up and down the time continuum making adjustments at certain points in time to correct problems or cause certain actions to be taken. The travelers would compare amongst themselves about who could take the smallest...

i have to ask why is Issac Asimov, one of the founding fathers of scifi, not in the authors forum?? i am discraced and i was wanting to comment on how good his books are as well

Hi everyone, I've tried about seventy-five Google searches, and I can't discover the name of this book that I read nearly 10 years ago (And I'm 20 now..) All I remember of it (Which is quite a lot, for the time that's passed since then) is that it starts with a robot landing on a planet, sent...