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In Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation,' Hari Seldon is of what profession or professions?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three Laws of Robotics?
(Isaac Asimov)
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What was the real name of Lucky Starr? (by I. Asimov) Isaac Asimov
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What is the name of Isaac Asimov's central robot character?
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What was the name of the robot in Isaac Asimov's first published robot story?
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Isaac Asimov died of _________?
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In several Isaac Asimov novels, who was Detective Elijah Baley's partner?
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In his Introduction, Isaac Asimov speaks of the challenges of writing science fiction stories, including the extra dimension of the short-short story. He stated there must be concise writing and the final punch of an ordinary short-short. What was the third element required?
50 Short Science Fiction Tales
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In Isaac Asimov's first published story, the crew of the Silver Queen ingeniously save themselves from a lonesome death in orbit around which large asteroid?
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Isaac Asimov was a tremendously prolific author. In fact, his works appear catalogued in every major category of the Dewey Decimal system EXCEPT which?
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In Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, Hari Seldon's doctrine of psychohistory stems from what discipline?
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Isaac Asimov has published books that fall into nine out of the ten catagories of the Dewey Decimal system. What catagory is he missing?
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In "The Stars, Like Dust" by Isaac Asimov, what document is so dangerous that one side wants it destroyed and the other wants it revealed?
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The title of Isaac Asimov's novel The Gods Themselves is taken from a quotation by which author?
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Who created the Three Laws of Robotics?
   
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Who wrote the short story, 'The General Zapped an Angel?'
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Which of these scientists, all of whom popularized science through books written for a general audience, also won a Nobel Prize in his spare time?
  
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Isaac Asimov worked at the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Experimental Air Station during World War II with which other science fiction author(s)?
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What science-fiction author wrote VALIS after claiming he's been contacted by a "beam of pink light" from an artificially intelligent satellite?
  
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Why did famed science-fiction author Isaac Asimov use the pseudonym Paul French for his Lucky Starr series of young-adult novels (according to his retrospective Opus 100)?
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Who wrote The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress?
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Which of the following science fiction novels did not win both a Hugo and a Nebula?
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One of the differences between I, Robot and the movie adaptation is what?
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Identify the neologism that is associated with the wrong author:
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An analogy question. Recall that "A:B :: C:D" means "A is to B as C is to D".
GROK:HEINLEIN :: TANJ: ?
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Which science fiction author pointed out the usefulness of the geostationary orbit well before the beginning of the Space Age?
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Which science fiction writer said that you could shave a Neanderthal, put him in a nice suit, and he could walk down a New York street and no one would notice?
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Who wrote the science fiction novel Foundation?
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Who, as editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact), was instrumental in launching the careers of numerous major science-fiction authors, including Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and A.E. Van Vogt, during the Golden Age of Science Fiction?
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Before 1965 (or, in Vice President Dan Quayle's case, 1992), the surface of Mars was thought by many to be crisscrossed with long, straight "canals." Which of the following science fiction stories does not feature such channels (with or without water)?
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