The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation), The Stars, Like Dust; The Naked Sun; I, Robot [Hardcover]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1988

<strong>The Foundation Trilogy</strong>

In this landmark of imaginative fiction, winner of a special Hugo Award as Best All Time Science Fiction Series, Asimov has brilliantly conceived a whole new world for mankind, set far in the future and spanning a period of more than a thousand years.

The beginning of the epic, <strong>Foundation</strong>, describes how one man creates a new force for civilised life as the old Galactic Empire crumbles into barbarism.<span>  </span><strong>Foundation and Empire</strong> is the story of the mighty conflict for mastery of the stars between these two major powers.<span>  </span>In <strong>Second Foundation</strong> a new and even more terrifying threat to the future of humanity arises in the form of a dangerous mutant, capable of manipulating men's minds and destroying the universe. . .

<strong>The Stars, Like Dust</strong>

A masterpiece of suspense and drama: Biron Farrill sets out on a dangerous quest through the galaxies to find "Rebellion World" and its key to man's future peace.

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<strong>The Naked Sun</strong>

Earth's very existence is at stake when a murder takes place on power-hungry Solaria.<span>  </span>One of the greatest detective stories in the science fiction canon.

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<strong>I, Robot</strong>

The classic vision of a future where robots are so sophisticated that mankind is threatened with redundancy.

Stories include: Robbie, Runaround, Reason, Catch That Rabbit, Liar!, Little Lost Robot, Escape!, Evidence, and The Evitable Conflict.</span>

Product Details

• Hardcover: 864 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales; FIRST PUBLISHED IN USA, by arrangement with Doubleday & Co inc. = 1981 edition (March 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0905712617
• ISBN-13: 978-0905712611
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Early Asimov Still Beats Par, April 14, 2008

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Peter Dykhuis (Grandville, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY - THE STARS, LIKE DUST - THE NAKED SUN - I, ROBOT (Hardcover)

It is really an enormous tragedy that so many of Isaac Asimov's great Science Fiction works remain out of print. The three `Empire' novels by Asimov are a great example. All three books are wonderfully written and fill the gap between The Robot novels and the Foundation series beautifully. These novels also give us a glimpse at the state of science in the fifties. If you are an Asimov fan and see any of the Empire novels available for loan or purchase please do so. You will not be sorry. To clear up some confusion on the part of some, the reason these novels are called `Empire' novels is because they take place just before the Empire referenced in the Foundation series began, during its infancy and during its peak. Very much fun indeed.

If you want to read them in order read The Stars Like Dust First, which takes place before the birth of the Foundation referenced Empire. Then read The Currents of Space which takes place during the infancy of the Foundation referenced Empire. Lastly read Pebble in the Sky which takes place during the peak of the Foundation referenced Empire.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous REAL-FICTION stories, June 17, 2004

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Pedro Javelly (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation), The Stars, Like Dust; The Naked Sun; I, Robot (Hardcover)

Asimov did a hell of a job gathering all his stories in a series of books. In The Complete Stories Vol. 1 his handwrittings from the 1940's just up to 1967 are printed in a wonderful science-fiction masterpiece. Asimov is well reknowned as the father of SciFi, and this stories demonstrate how he can write about politics, medicine, science, anthropology, or even sexuality. This book gives you down-to-earth, really involving stories, that will surely catch your attention. You'll find stories about the gigantic Multivac predicting electorial votes from just one person; a robot flirtering his bosses' wife; a super-intelligent computer who wants to comit suicide; and lots of different stories in a wide variety of topics, but all related to SciFi.