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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...
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 …
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 …
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…
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, …
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…
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!<br> So the young researcher fled. Hunted, he crisscrossed the underground mazes of the planet Trantor, …
Four's story before meeting Tris During the choice ceremony, a young altruist stands against his family and his faction: he joins the bold. He chooses a new destiny, and becomes Four. But what he discovers endangers his future, and that of society as a whole. Will he have to stand up against his new faction?
In a world where you can only belong to one faction out of 5, a young girl brings chaos. In a post-apocalyptic Chicago, society is divided into 5 factions: the Selfless, the Bold, the Sincere, the Erudite and the Fraternal. Each is dedicated to the worship of a virtue in the hope of creating a perfect civilization. Children grow up in the faction where they were born. At 16 they must choose what theirs will be, f…
Abandoning a city of fire and blood, Tris is on the run. Thanks to her Divergent abilities, she managed to escape the Erudite program which manipulated and launched the Dauntless soldiers to attack the Altruists. In three days, Tris lost her faction, her friends, her parents. However, she does not have the right to give up. Only she can stand against the Scholars. With her brother Caleb and her boyfriend Tobia…
What if a revelation, like a choice, could change everything? What if love and loyalty forced you to do things you never would have done? The faction-based society that Tris Prior believed in is now destroyed, fractured by violence and battles for power, marked by loss and betrayal. So when Tris is offered the chance to explore the world beyond the boundaries she's always known, she's ready. Perhaps Tris and Tobias …
At the dawn of the fiftieth Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Atonement Games, the number of tributes taken from their families to participate in these cruel games will be doubled! In District 12, Haymitch Abernathy tries not to think too much about the terrible draw. He is focused on surviving himself and the one he loves. So, when destiny designates him as tribute, h…
At 18, Coriolanus Snow hopes to extricate himself from his family's loss of fortune in the aftermath of the Dark Days. To receive a scholarship allowing him to enter the University, he volunteers to become the mentor of a tribute on the occasion of the tenth edition of the Hunger Games and do everything so that the latter wins. To make matters worse, he is assigned Lucy Gray Baird, the girl from the twelfth district…
A compulsory game, 24 candidates, the winner will survive! The Hunger Games have begun. The winner will become rich and famous. The others will die... In a dark future, on the ruins of the United States, a game show is created to control the people through terror Twelve boys and twelve girls chosen at random take part in this sinister reality show, which everyone is forced to watch live. Only one rule in th…
After the success of the last Hunger Games, the people of Panem are eager to reunite with Katniss and Peeta for Victory Tour. But for Katniss, it is above all a last chance tour. The one who dared to challenge the Capitol has become the symbol of a rebellion that could well set Panem ablaze. If it fails to restore calm to the districts, President Snow will not hesitate to drown the fire of revolt in blood. At dawn, …
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...
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…
Katniss miraculously survived her second Hunger Games. Saved by a commando from District 13, she learns to live again in the underground of this mythical district. There she finds her mother, her little sister Prim and even Gale, Haymitch, Plutarch and some of the tributes, as bad as she is. Once back on her feet, however, Katniss agrees to return to the front of the stage. She will be the Mockingjay, the face of th…
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.
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…
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 …
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, …
The kingdom of the Seven Kingdoms is torn apart as several claimants claim the Iron Throne. Beyond the Wall, an ancient threat awakens. This complete collection brings together the French volumes The Battle of the Kings, The Evil Shadow and The Invincible Fortress.
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.
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.