Saturn: The ringed beauty

Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe #24

by Isaac Asimov

Describes the physical characteristics, rings, moons, and movement of the planet Saturn.

Genres: Science

32 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1988

About the author

Works 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.

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Reviews

[J.C. Plaza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Al principio estaba sorprendido, pues notaba el estilo de Asimov, pero los personajes eran muy simplones... hasta que descubrí que esta novela es la sexta de una saga juvenil que escribió Asimov bajo pseudónimo 😄
La trama tiene la intriga y giros habituales de este autor, que me encantan, con personajes inteligentes elaborando planes sobre los planes enemigos.
Los personajes y enemigos son casi arquetipos, comprensible dado el público objetivo, pero aún así los malvados no son idiotas y hay "colores" en el blanco y negro habitual en este formato.
La ambientación me ha parecido magnífica, pues aprovecha para enseñar a los lectores muchos detalles sobre el sistema solar, hasta el punto de que cada obra ocurre en un planeta y sus satélites, así que se aprende de forma natural... aunque la saga fue escrita en los cincuenta, de modo que es el conocimiento que se tenía en aquella época.
Y el final, un buen giro donde el héroe gana por su inteligencia y valor, no por ser un inmerecido "elegido" 😠 o por el poder del amor o la amistad 😂
Una joya entre la literatura juvenil de fantasía habitual, y todo un logro del escritor.

[Nathael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Está entretenido y a veces interesante, pero hasta ahí. No lo recomendaría como primera lectura para acercarse al autor, tal vez a aquellos que ya han leído bastante de Asimov pueda gustarle.

[Freek]

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[Curtiss]

Part of the Good Doctor's Library of the Universe series for the edification of young readers.

[Lauri Meyers · Rating 4 out of 5]

2002
Galileo and Huygens discovery of rings
Basic facts
The only planet that floats
Deep atmosphere
A closer look at the rings and system of moons
The Cassini mission