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The Complete Robot (Robot 0.3)

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THE COMPLETE ROBOT is the definitive anthology of Asimov's stunning visions of a robotic future...

In these stories, Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age: when Earth is ruled by master-machines and when robots are more human than mankind.

As well as TN-3 (Tony), AL-76 and other robots, the stories feature the staff of U.S. Robots and

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Mass Market Paperback, 688 pages

Published December 15th 1983 by Grafton (first published 1982)

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Mar 28, 2013 Manny rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, parody-homage, mentions-twilight, story-review, the-goodreads-experience, pooh-dante

Strong Opinions: a Susan Calvin story

Weems landed his helijet neatly, and congratulated himself on his early start. When he managed to get the coveted parking spot closest to the front gate of U.S. Robots, he always felt that the rest of the day would be a success too. He flashed his badge at the security guard, and took the fast pediwalk to his office. Now he would get half an hour to work undisturbed! But he had barely hung up his hat before the visiphone buzzed.

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Apr 06, 2009 Chris rated it 3 of 5 stars

This includes I, Robot as well as a bunch of other robot stories. All in all it's an enjoyable collection.

Does it add much to the experience of reading I, Robot? Somewhat. The other stories are much the same thing in many cases and quite different in others. It's a bit jumpier in flow since it's a heavy collection, but there are some gems included here that really stood out: "The Tercentenary Incident", "Victory Unintentional", and "The Bicentennial Man". Aside from that last story, it doesn't...more

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Dec 11, 2007 James rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Scifi fans, tech people

Shelves: science-fiction, us-author

Just finished reading The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov, if you all haven’t read it you should do so. It contains all the stories from I, Robot as well, not the Will Smith paff though, it is completely different.
Here is a run down of the stories.

A Boy's Best Friend:-
A boy and his dog on the moon but the dog is a robot, what happened when his parents want to give him a real dog and what makes you love something?

Sally:-
Only cars that have positronic brains are allowed on the highways and when th...more

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Dec 05, 2011 Arnab rated it 5 of 5 stars

All stories grip you, and some of the stories are absolutely brilliant and leave a large amount of after thought.

Of the ones I enjoyed most are -

1. Victory Unintentional - Hilarious, hope he had written more such humorous stories!
2. Robbie - One of the masterpieces that get you acquainted with an Asimov robot.
3. Someday - Nice ending.
4. Galley Slave - One academic author, who due to his initial hatred and inability to understand robots, and ignorance, uses a robot incorrectly resulting in a vers...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Kua rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, b-3-3

Questa bellissima raccolta che riunisce i più importanti racconti di Asimov sui robot, è stata curata dall'autore stesso, che li ha ordinati non in ordine cronologico ma in base al tema del racconto.
Tutti i miei robot è uno dei pilastri di tutta l'opera del grande scrittore e la base da cui partire per leggere le sue opere successive (ciclo dei Robot e quello della Fondazione). I trentuno racconti (alcuni teneramente ingenui), scritti tra il 1939 e il 1977, e che delineano il successo della fant...more

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May 22, 2013 Kyappu rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, chicken-soup-for-my-soul, kindred-characters-ahoy, short-stories, tutti-i-miei-robot, sci-fi, translated, in-italian

Rischio, La prova, Che tu te ne prenda cura e L'uomo bicentenario sono A++++++++++++++. Lacrimuccia facile pure per Il fedele amico dell'uomo. Sicuramente non dico niente di nuovo, ma comunque, che autorone il signor Isacco: scrive psicodrammi, racconti del mistero, cose che accarezzano l'horror e, nonostante di ogni racconto si capisca al massimo al terzo paragrafo dove voglia andare a parare, riesce a tenerti incollato alla pagina e a divertire un sacco, nonché ad essere meglio del 90% della l...more

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Oct 02, 2012 Andrea rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Alcuni racconti sono molto belli. Ci sono scorci minimali di vita quotidiana, saghe familiari, racconti d'avventura, racconti comici, racconti strappalacrime. Tutti insieme costituiscono un corpus unico: attorno all'idea di Robot Asimov ha costruito un mondo coerente ed estremamente realistico, che serve da spunto a riflessioni soprattutto di natura etico/filosofica: cos'è la vita? Quando un meccanismo diventa essere vivente?
Ma non solo.

C'è un racconto inclassificabile, in cui Asimov immagina c...more

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Sep 05, 2009 Cathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, ebook-read, read-in-2009, ebook-owned, short-stories

My dad just discovered Prelude To Foundation, and was excited to discover that Asimov had written books in the series beyond the original trilogy. I had recently become aware of this as well, but also found many books in the series written by other authors. Because publication date does no correspond with storyline date, I felt overwhelmed. But the into to Prelude includes Asimov's list of the order in which he feels his 14 robot, Empire and Foundation books should be read. The list only lacks F...more

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Oct 31, 2010 Arun Divakar rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

I thank Asimov, for bringing me out of a mess which he undoubtedly would have no idea about. It goes like this, I had within me something that approached "Reader's block", I could not complete a book in almost over a month now. I tried Woolf's "Orlando" which became words and finally letters to me which made no sense, I tried Richard Dawkins's "The greatest show.." and my brain short circuited ( for no fault of Dawkin's I may add here, a most interesting piece of work that..). In desperation I t...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Lloyd rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 1980s

I suppose I'd have to give this book a four-star rating. This is the third book of Asimov's robot stories that I've read (along with "I, Robot" and "Robot Dreams"). I'd have to honestly say that I liked "Robot Dreams" better because it had great stories in it and the robot stories in that volume were intermingled with sensational non-robot sci-fi tales.

The reason why I'd still give this one a four-star rating is the sense of completeness that it offers fans of Asimov. Say you want to go and read...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Smcleish rated it 4 of 5 stars

The collection of the stories which really made Asimov's mark on the science fiction genre, and changed the way that readers thought of robots forever (including influencing some who went on to work on research in robot engineering - named "robotics" using a term coined by Asimov).

Most have stood up to the test of time quite well, though the Three Laws perhaps show their limitations. Though without issues such as how "harm" to a "human being" should be defined and measured, many of the stories w...more

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Jun 12, 2009 André rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

I must say I didn't like this book too much, contrary to what I had expected. Isaac Asimov is a well-known science-fiction author and his robot stories are world-famous, as are his Three Laws of Robotics. His story writing isn't that good, though... most of the stories in this book were very short (~20 pages), lacked detail and depth, and in my opinion weren't even very authentic what his idea of the future technic stuff was concerned — even considering the time he was writing these stories in.
H...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Sang Ayu Putu rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012, favorites, science-fiction

Asimov has built a layered ,belieaveble & complex Robo-verse, and interesting Human-Artificial Intelligence interaction and conflicts based on his self-formulated "three laws of robotics" in these collection of short stories. Such an exciting read and complete eye opening experience (and introduction) to hard-science fiction and its tropes.
The true stand out from these collection IMO is 'The Bicentennial Man', examining both robotics and human existentialism, where and when do they both inte...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Eric rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Asimov fans

Shelves: sci-fi, philosophy

A veteran of the Foundation series, but not the Robot stories, I enjoyed these stories well enough. I've been trying to visualize how I would have guessed the modern world would look were I writing in 1950. Asimov came up with an interesting society, technologically speaking. It had advanced positronic brains in mechanical creations that would be made almost indistinguishable to humans...but designed by engineers with slide rules?! Somehow, that made sense to him. But, then, would I be any more...more

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Mar 22, 2010 Maura rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: scifi

in my original review i decided to lump I, Robot in with The Complete Robot, since I, Robot is essentially a subset of the short stories from the Complete collection, but with a bit of connective tissue [and very slight edits:] to try to fool you into thinking it's an actual novel. i think i'm happier having started the short story collection first, because otherwise i'd be bummed that the novel doesn't really hang together that well. but as individual stories, they're all pretty good, and i loo...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Jim Razinha rated it 3 of 5 stars

I read "I, Robot" nearly 40 years ago and "The Rest of the Robots" a little later. Odd that I still have a memory of the order of the stories, which was changed for this collection. Dated (obviously) and surprising limited in vision, it's clear Asimov was writing to sell stories to the pulp mags, so his tone reflected part Damon Runyon, part...I don't know who would be a contemporary author bent on attaching details relevant to the time but that would not stand the test of time (dollar figures,...more

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Oct 30, 2011 Simona Bartolotta rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fantascienza-and-co

«Se si potesse individuare l'origine della loro avversione, la vera origine...»
«Dopo tutti questi anni» disse Li-hsing con tristezza, «voi cercate ancora di trovare motivazioni sensate al comportamento umano. Povero Andrew, non arrabbiatevi, ma questo vostro coraggio non è da uomo, ma da robot.»
{L'uomo Bicentenario.

E' impossibile trovare termini abbastanza entusiastici da descrivere questo libro in sé e per sé, dunque, per non sconfinare nel'eresia mi limiterò, in questa recensione, a parlarne d...more

«Se si potesse individuare l'origine della loro avversione, la vera origine...»
«Dopo tutti questi anni» disse Li-hsing con tristezza, «voi cercate ancora di trovare motivazioni sensate al comportamento umano. Povero Andrew, non arrabbiatevi, ma questo vostro coraggio non è da uomo, ma da robot.»
{L'uomo Bicentenario.

E' impossibile trovare termini abbastanza entusiastici da descrivere questo libro in sé e per sé, dunque, per non sconfinare nel'eresia mi limiterò, in questa recensione, a parlarne da un punto di vista strettamente personale.
Cioè, dai, come si fa a non amarlo? Come si fa a non provare un subbuglio interiore di fronte a queste piccole perle? Chi ne ha letto almeno qualcuno mi capisce: sono racconti che esulano inevitabilmente dalla realtà per la loro ovvia ambientazione, ma poi si giunge ad una certa frase, ad un certo sottinteso e puff, Asimov sventola la sua bacchetta, la tua astronave precipita e ti ritrovi ancora una volta sulla Terra, ferito dalla caduta.
Le storie, oh, le storie di quest'uomo! E i suoi personaggi! Siano essi uomini o robot, hanno la capacità di uscire dalle pagine de libro e sembrarti reali, non sono patetici omuncoli senza un minimo di spessore, la loro presenza si fa sentire. Credo che sia questo uno dei punti forti di Asimov: riesce a farti diventare tutt'uno con la storia. E non è facile, credetemi, ed autori del genere sono più unici che rari.
Per dire, se alzassi gli occhi e vedessi appesa al muro della mia stanza un'olografia di Susan Calvin (lode e gloria a lei!) non ne sarei affatto stupita. E se entrassero Powell e Donovan e mi dicessero con perfetta nonchalance di prendere le mie cose che ci aspettavano per collaudare un robot su Plutone, partirei all'istante!
Ok, lo so che sto andando alle dimostrazioni per assurdo, ma questo è Asimov: se lo leggi e lo ami, ne fai uno stile di vita.

Un'ultima cosa ho da dire, poi giuro che taccio.

Qualche annetto fa, potevo avere otto o nove anni, vidi in televisione un film bellissimo, che parlava di un robot che decide di conquistare a sua libertà e diventare umano. Quel film si chiamava "L'uomo bicentenario". Non lo dimenticai, ma non riuscii più a rivederlo né a trovarlo visto che avendo nove anni il mio campo d'azione era piuttosto limitato. Così la storia mi restò nel cuore, ma il film in sé finì un tantino nel dimenticatoio, devo ammettere.
Accadde poi che all'età di circa undici anni mi beccò un febbrone da cavallo di quelli da tenerti a letto per due settimane. Disgrazia volle che proprio in quel periodo fossi sprovvista dei libri 'che piacevano a me', così il mio caro paparino dovette andare a cercarmi quelli che aveva letto lui da ragazzo. In quell'occasione scoprii Pirandello e... e scoprii anche Asimov, con "Abissi d'acciaio", in un'edizione vecchissima ma perfettamente conservata. Leggendolo, mi si accese la lampadina; trovavo delle analogie di pensiero tra la storia del Bicentenario e quella degli investigatori Elijah Bailey e Daneel R. Olivaw. Che avessi trovato la chiave per giungere alla storia misteriosa?... Le mie intuizioni si dimostrarono esatte, e fu così che dopo anni di dura separazione e giorni di dure ricerche, riuscii a trovare e a farmi regalare l'unica antologia di Asimov che possedesse il famigerato racconto, "L'uomo bicentenario", grazie al quale "Tutti i miei robot" entra a pieno titolo tra i miei libri preferiti. E' un racconto carico di un significato morale, intenso, emozionante, struggente, fantastico e fantasioso; insomma in perfetto stile asimoviano.

Perché sto qua a raccontarvi questa pappardella che non vi interessa? Non lo so, semplicemente mi andava.
Vi avevo avvertito che sarebbe stata una recensione strettamente personale.
Non abbiamo mica cervelli positronici, possiamo fare quello che vogliamo. Siamo liberi.
Giusto?
Giusto?...(less)

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Jul 24, 2012 Kelanth, numquam risit ubi dracones vivunt rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantascienza

Tutti i miei robot è un'antologia di racconti di fantascienza di Isaac Asimov, del 1982. O per meglio dire è l'Antologia, proprio con la "A" maiuscola. L'opera summa dei suoi scritti con il soggetto "Robot" e ricordiamo che Mr Asimov, è il padre dei robot, così come delle famosissime tre leggi:

1. Un robot non può recar danno a un essere umano né può permettere che, a causa del proprio mancato intervento, un essere umano riceva danno.
2. Un robot deve obbedire agli ordini impartiti dagli esseri um...more Tutti i miei robot è un'antologia di racconti di fantascienza di Isaac Asimov, del 1982. O per meglio dire è l'Antologia, proprio con la "A" maiuscola. L'opera summa dei suoi scritti con il soggetto "Robot" e ricordiamo che Mr Asimov, è il padre dei robot, così come delle famosissime tre leggi:

1. Un robot non può recar danno a un essere umano né può permettere che, a causa del proprio mancato intervento, un essere umano riceva danno.
2. Un robot deve obbedire agli ordini impartiti dagli esseri umani, purché tali ordini non contravvengano alla Prima Legge.
3. Un robot deve proteggere la propria esistenza, purché questa autodifesa non contrasti con la Prima o con la Seconda Legge.

Questo volume contiene 31 storie scritte fra il 1940 e il 1977, che hanno per protagonisti appunto i robot. La maggior parte di questi racconti sono precedentemente contenuti in "Io, robot", in "Il secondo libro dei robot" e nella "Antologia del bicentenario". Questi racconti, per chi vuole affrontare la lettura in ordine cronologico, dei libri di quello che io considero il padre della fantascienza, sono molto propedeutici per capire lo sviluppo della storia dell'Universo della fondazione.

I racconti presenti in "Tutti i miei robot" non sono ordinati cronologicamente ma sono stati raggruppati dallo stesso Asimov in base a caratteristiche che li accomunano; ogni gruppo inoltre è preceduto da una breve prefazione dell'autore.

Il robot descritto da Asimov è ricco e pieno di sfaccettature, ma soprattutto in continua evoluzione. L'interpretazione o la mancata interpretazione delle tre leggi pone i robot in situazioni di complessità crescente. Toccherà ai vari Powell e Donovan o alla robotologa Susan Calvin, risolvere le varie situazioni che vengono a crearsi.

Piacevole, ironico, fantasioso, geniale, un capolavoro assoluto e fondamentale, come molti altri libri del buon Dottore. Lettura immancabile per ogni appassionato di fantascienza, Asimov si può considerare come la fantascienza stessa.

Risulta alla fine facile ma allo stesso tempo incredibile comprendere come i racconti di Asimov si risolvano spesso nelle ultimissime righe lasciando il lettore stupefatto. Asimov, benché non si sappia molto è stato anche un abile giallista, oltre un saggista di un certo livello.

Insomma, non potete dire di amare la fantascienza senza aver letto questo libro e se non lo avete mai fatto perché non vi piace il genere, questa serie di racconti vi potrà portare a ricredervi.
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Jul 19, 2011 David Manns rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

All the Robot you could ever need! This doorstop of a book collects the majority of Asimov's Robot Short stories, which chart the development of man's relationship with his creation.

The stories are sharp, well written and have a huge scope to them. This is considered 'hard' science fiction (as opposed to the fantasy space opera kind), but is immensely readable none the less.

Considered by Asimov himself to be the starting point for his 14 book 'Future History', this is a must for any self-respec...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Alexandre Leme rated it 1 of 5 stars

Preciso explicar minha pontuação tão baixa.
Descobri que para ler Asimov não basta se interessar por robos, apesar de ter vistas diversos filmes baseados em suas históricos e ter amado os filmes, tem que ser fã de contos.

Recentemente percebi que não sou muito fã de contos, mesmo os do autor que mais gosto, os contos são algo que não chega a me encantar. Gosto d riqueza dos personagens, locais ou fatos, muitas vezes impossível de se alcançar em contos.

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Jul 15, 2012 Micky rated it 4 of 5 stars

A brilliant collection of robot short stories that were available in other forms in different orders. Here, Asimov, organises the stories together historically and covers some great character series such as Susan Calvin the formidable robopsychologist of US Robotics and the charismatic Powell and Donovan would be beta-testers.

Many of the stories are of the mystery genre whilst others an obstacle must be overcome. Others are just damn funny.

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May 14, 2011 Daniel D. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

After just reading the first of the ~30 stories in the book I could already see the geniosity of Asimov. This book doesn't take Dune's place as my favorite, but it certainly puts Asimov as my favorite author.

This is the book I would suggest for someone who doesn't like science fiction to read first. The stories are very short, and the very first one will hook them up.

Asimov focus on the human aspects of the robot stories, making them totally atemporal.

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Mar 06, 2011 Swagin Troll rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: foundation-series

Starting to read the Foundation series, using the list on Wikipedia to read them all "in order". This isn't directly related, but it's listed as the first book to read.
Some of the stories I've read before, but it's been awhile, and the book as a whole was great. (It's also the first book I finished reading on my Kindle).
Great set of stories, and it's nice to see the whole "3 Laws" starting to take effect in his work.

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Nov 28, 2012 Victor Mercado rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: aventuras, ciencia-ficcion

Una excelente colección de cuentos de este autor, hasta donde yo pude percatarme, están todos sus cuentos del tema, incluyendo la de Robot del Bicentenario (el cuento original).

Los cuentos se encuentran agrupados por el autor y en cada sección hace una presentación del grupo. Resultó agradable volver a leer cuentos que hace mucho no se encontraban en otras recopilaciones, así como descubrir nuevos cuentos.

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Jul 27, 2011 Sparrow rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a great collection of robot stories! But how could it not be, when it's written by Asimov? I'll admit some were boring, especially the one about the two brothers.. but many were very good. I especially liked Cutie and Speedy, and the dancing ones... that was just so spazz xD Obviously I love Andrew too but that goes without saying, no? I also liked the Georges.

If you like robots, READ IT!

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Jan 26, 2011 Harry Robinson rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a collection of 31 short stories published between 1940 and 1976, all about robots. It appears to be a complete collection, containing ALL of Asimov's robot short stories during that period. It includes the stories from the book "I, Robot". This is an excellent collection. I found several stories that I had not read during my earlier Asimov period.

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Jan 02, 2009 Netanella rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: SF readers, robot enthusiasts

Shelves: science-fiction, robots

My rating should really be a 3.5, but not a 4, so I am relegated to giving it a 3 instead. It's not really a 3 book, but oh well.
The Complete Robot is a collection of Asimov's robot short stories, which are grouped in the book thematically, not chronologically. So we have non-human robots, such as car robots and puppy robots, and humanoid robots. There are also a series of robot stories with Powell and Donovan, two engineers who wise-crack and trouble shoot problem robots with equal aplomb. And...more

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May 04, 2012 Krishna Sangeeth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Took some time completing this, i would read one short story and read the next after one week. The friend who passed on the book wasn't complaining about not returning the book. SO naturally it took time. :D

Unless some massive damage happens to my head, i don't see any chance of me forgetting the "3 Laws of Robotics" in future :D I felt at times that Asimov is too obsessed with making these laws the central theme of all his stories.

The standout stories according to me are True Love, Victory Un...more

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Dec 27, 2011 Jeremiah Johnson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Asimov was an incredible visionary. His ideas on the three laws of robotics still hold true today.
It is amazing to see the foresight he had on some of the problems we are and will face with robots, ecology, and politics.
There are a couple of slow stories in this collection, but overall it was a fantastic read.
I only wish Hollywood wouldn't have bastardized his name so badly with their horrible movies in which the only similarities with the stories are the titles...

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May 25, 2011 Paraskevi Oppio rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Again I first read Asimov in the italian language. Brilliant ideas, and we owe to Asimov the three laws of Robotics, which have been used many times. Dara, Star Trek's android, was based on Asimov's work: he has a positronic brain, and the three laws of robotics are imprinted on him.

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About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Professor Asimov is generally considered the most prolific writer of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the te...more Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Professor Asimov is generally considered the most prolific writer of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (lacking only an entry in the 100s category of Philosophy).

Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, a title many still honor. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of nonfiction. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.

Most of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery.

Asimov was a long-time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs" He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, NY elementary school, and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are named in his honor.

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