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Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction #9
Robots Machines in Man's Image
Introduction - Isaac Asimov
"The Tunnel Under the World" - Frederik Pohl
"Brother Robot" - Henry Slesar
"The Lifeboat Mutiny" - Robert Sheckley
"The Warm Space" - David Brin
"How-2" - Clifford D. Simak
"Too Robot to Marry" - George H. Smith
"The Education of Tigress McCardle" - C. M. Kornbluth
"Sally" - Isaac Asimov
"Breakfast of Champions" - Thomas A. Easton
"Sun Up" · A. A. Jackson & Howard Waldrop
"Second Variety" - Philip K. Dick
"The Problem Was Lubrication" - David R. Bunch
"First to Serve" - Algis Budrys
"Two-Handed Engine" - Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
"Though Dreamers Die" - Lester del Rey
"Soldier Boy" - Michael Shaara
"Farewell to the Master" - Harry Bates
246 pages, Hardcover
First published May 29, 1985
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About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,476 books27.4k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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February 19, 2017
This book was a great influence on my outlook of the future. One of the more satisfying books I ever read.
October 26, 2010
I picked up this book during a downtown sidewalk sale in my hometown. The used bookstore it comes from usually isn't very organized and almost never has any sci-fi so I normally don't peruse thier table very much. However this particular time they seemed somewhat organized and I happened to spy this book along with a few others.
Always a fan of sci-fi I picked it up and took it home. Upon reading the table of contents I suddenly realized that I had my own copy of farewell to the master (which is the basis for the movie "The day the Earth stood still" - The original) a short story I had always wanted to read. And it also containted second variety by Philip K dick, which by the way was the basis for the movie Screamers, the story being written in the fifty's.
Upon further research it seemed that this book being the last printed in the series seems to be the most common and although I would like to find others I highly doubt that I will. All in all I think it's worth the pick up.
Always a fan of sci-fi I picked it up and took it home. Upon reading the table of contents I suddenly realized that I had my own copy of farewell to the master (which is the basis for the movie "The day the Earth stood still" - The original) a short story I had always wanted to read. And it also containted second variety by Philip K dick, which by the way was the basis for the movie Screamers, the story being written in the fifty's.
Upon further research it seemed that this book being the last printed in the series seems to be the most common and although I would like to find others I highly doubt that I will. All in all I think it's worth the pick up.
July 30, 2014
A couple of these stories I read previously in other books, but most of these were new to me. Like any collection, some selections are better than others (choice as to which may be totally a matter a matter of taste). Anyway, this group is slightly better than most other anthologies. Worth giving a read if you want a sampling of classic robot stories.
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May 11, 2016
A surprisingly impressive anthology, really good mix
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