Isaac Asimov
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Asimov: Dawn of Foundation
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The united universe is over. The Galactic Empire is falling apart. Thirty thousand years of chaos are on the agenda. And I've done too much and I'm tired. Yes, my name is Hari Seldon and I see that name means something to you. All I did was pose the equations and take action. I continue to come here to my office. I sometimes think I hear voices there, those of my parents, my students, my colleagues... but the corrid…
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Asimov: Prelude to Foundation
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Hari Seldon had just invented psychohistory and he saw it as pure speculation, with no practical application. Psychohistory couldn't predict the future? The politicians didn't care! People were going to believe it. Then the equations would say whatever we made them say. And if Seldon didn't agree, too bad for him! So the young researcher fled. Hunted, he crisscrossed the underground mazes of the planet Trantor, capi…
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Asimov, Volume 1: Foundation
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Using the psychohistory he invented, Hari Seldon predicts the collapse of the Galactic Empire, followed by a thirty thousand year era of darkness. The only solution to reduce this period to a thousand years: the Foundation. But it has many powerful enemies...
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Asimov, Volume 2: Foundation and Empire
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At the start of the thirteenth millennium, the Empire has never been so powerful, so extended throughout the galaxy. It was in its capital, Trantor, that the eminent scholar Hari Seldon invented psychohistory, a new science making it possible to predict the future. Thanks to her, Seldon predicts the collapse of the Empire within three centuries, followed by an era of darkness lasting thirty thousand years. Reducing …
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Asimov, Volume 3: Second Foundation
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Designed by psychohistorian Hari Seldon to curb the era of chaos resulting from the decline of the Galactic Empire, the Foundation is now in the hands of the Mule, an unpredictable mutant capable of manipulating minds and imposing his will on anyone. With his powers and the immense resources provided by the Foundation, he has set himself the objective of extending his domination to the last vestiges of the deceased …
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Asimov, Volume 4: Foundation struck by lightning
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Knowing the Galactic Empire was on the verge of collapse, psycho-historian Hari Seldon created two Foundations, one official, the other secret, which manipulate the evolution of Humanity. In 498, after their establishment, lightning suddenly threatened. Someone is distorting the cards of the game. Is it the Second Foundation, which the First believed to have eliminated, is it a third force, which works in the shadow…
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Asimov, Volume 5: Earth and Foundation
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Superhuman mission for Golan Trevize: choose the best future for humanity. A future that will not repeat the errors of the Galactic Empire, between the materialism of the First Foundation and the mentalism of the Second. A future whose model is Gaia, the thinking planet, and whose name is Galaxia. Trevize has chosen, but he would like to know why. And the answer to his questions lies on Earth. But where to find it, …
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The Robot Cycle, Volume 1: Robots
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First Law: A robot cannot harm a human being nor, remaining passive, leave this human being exposed to danger. Second Law: A robot must obey orders given by human beings, unless such orders conflict with the First Law. Third Law: A robot must protect its existence to the extent that this protection does not contradict the First or Second Law.
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The Cycle of Robots, Volume 2: A parade of robots
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How is a robot programmed for a lunar environment likely to react if it finds itself lost on Earth? Can a robot lie in a trial to protect the interests of its user? Doctor Susan Calvin, robopsychologist, dialogues with the androids to shed light on these strange affairs. And discovers more programming faults in man than in his faithful creations...
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The Robot Cycle, Volume 3: The Caves of Steel
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The assassination of Doctor Sarton in Spacetown throws the community into disarray. Who would have an interest in eliminating the very person who campaigns for rapprochement between Earthlings and Spacers? Medievalists, who do not view the proliferation of robots very favorably? The Spacers themselves, ready to do anything to maintain their privileges? Detective Baley's problem, however, is not only finding a murder…
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- Mystery
The Cycle of Robots, Volume 4: Facing the Fires of the Sun
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It is now on the distant planet Solaria that Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw will exercise their investigative talents. In this world, men no longer agree to meet physically but “view” each other through television projections. However, a murder has been committed, a murder apparently impossible since no Solarian would have enough courage to approach one of his compatriots. What's more, everything seems to indicat…
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The Robot Cycle, Volume 5: The Robots of Dawn
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Upon arriving on Aurora, Elijah Baley knows that he is facing his most perilous mission. He must find out who killed Jander Panell, the most sophisticated positronic robot ever created, a creature reaching an unprecedented level of “humanity”. However, the only being capable of committing such a crime is none other than its own designer, Dr. Fastolfe. Fortunately for Baley, R. Daneel Olivaw, now the only humaniform …
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The Robot Cycle, Volume 6: Robots and the Empire
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Several decades have passed since the events recounted in “The Robots of Dawn”. Doctor Amadiro has an unquenchable hatred for Glardia Gremionis for having foiled his plans to dominate the galaxy. With the help of Mandamus, a young and brilliant scientist, he once again hatches a plan to eradicate humanity. To counter it, Gladia is always assisted by Daneel, the humaniform robot, and Giskard, the telepathic android, …
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The Robot Cycle, Volume 7: The robot who dreamed
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In this collection, Isaac Asimov explores the relationships between humans, robots and artificial intelligence. The new title features LVX-1, a robot who claims to dream and forces robopsychologist Susan Calvin to question what a mechanical consciousness could become.
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The Robot Cycle, Volume 8: We the robots
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This vast anthology brings together Isaac Asimov's new robotics, from the first automatons to the machines closest to human beings. Through the Three Laws of Robotics, it depicts the logical, moral and social dilemmas caused by their coexistence with humanity.
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