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The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation / The Stars, Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I, Robot
The Foundation Trilogy Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation / The Stars Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I Robot
Author: Isaac Asimov
Omnibus of Isaac Asimov's science fiction stories and novels. — Contents: — * The Foundation Trilogy. —
  • Foundation (Collection 1951): As the Galactic Empire declines, psychohistorian Hari Seldon and his band of psychobiologists form the Foundation, designed to be the nucleus of an eventu...  more »
  • Foundation and Empire (Collection 1952): The Foundation and the Galactic Empire civilizations are battling for mastery of the Universe. No one could have predicted the birth of the creature called the Mule, a power that could turn the strongest-willed human into an obedient slave.
  • Second Foundation (Collection 1953): After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins, destroyed by the Mule. However, it was rumored that there was a Second Foundation somewhere at the end of the Galaxy.


* The Stars, Like Dust (1951); Biron Farrill sets out on a dangerous quest through the galaxies to find "Rebellion World" and its key to man's future peace. --

* The Naked Sun (1957): Detective Elijah Baley is sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder. A reclusive Solarian was killed by one of his robots, unthinkable under the Laws of Robotics. --

* I, Robot (Collection 1950): The classic vision of a future where robots are so sophisticated that mankind is threatened with redundancy.  The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Stories include: Robbie, Runaround, Reason, Catch That Rabbit, Liar!, Little Lost Robot, Escape!, Evidence, and The Evitable Conflict.
ISBN-13: 9780905712611
ISBN-10: 0905712617
Publication Date: 3/1988
Pages: 864
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Publisher: Heinemann Octopus
Book Type: Hardcover
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