Easton Press Isaac Asimov books:
The Gods Themselves - Masterpieces of Science Fiction - 1986
Prelude To Foundation - Signed First Edition of Science Fiction - 1988
The Foundation Trilogy - Masterpieces of Science Fiction - 1988
I, Robot : The Illustrated Screenplay - Signed by co-author Harlan Ellison - 1994
Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery - 1994
I, Robot Set - 2004 - including the following four books :
I, Robot
The Caves of Steel
The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn
Foundations Series - 2005 - including the following five books :
Prelude to Foundation
The Foundation Trilogy
Forward the Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth
Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
Prelude to Foundation
It
is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the
Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the
Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of
unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows
there are those who would see him fall those whom he would destroy if
only he could read the future.
Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to
deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of
prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he
has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses
the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire.
The man who holds the key to the future—an apocalyptic power to be known
forever after as the Foundation.
The Foundation Trilogy
Foundation
begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire
crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy,
Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity, the
Foundation dedicated to art, science, and technology-as the beginning of
a new empire.
Foundation and Empire describes the mighty
struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars in which man stands at
the threshold of a new enlightened life which could easily be destroyed
by the old forces of barbarism.
Second Foundation follows the
Seldon Plan after the First Empire's defeat and describes its greatest
threat-a dangerous mutant strain gone wild, which produces a mind
capable of bending men's wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping
their desires, and destroying the universe.
Forward the Foundation
Here,
from a grand master of science fiction, is the long awaited final novel
of the greatest series ever told. Completed just before his death,
Forward The Foundation is the crowning achievement of a great writer's
life, a stirring testament to the creative genius of Isaac Asimov.
As
Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of
psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the great
Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse. Caught in
the maelstrom are Seldon and all he holds dear, pawns in the struggle
for dominance. Whoever can control Seldon will control psychohistory and
with it the future of the Galaxy.
Among those seeking to turn
psychohistory into the greatest weapon known to man are a populist
political demagogue, the weak-willed Emperor Cleon I, and a ruthless
militaristic general. In his last act of service to humankind, Hari
Seldon must somehow save his life's work from their grasp as he searches
for his true heirs a search the begins with his own granddaughter and
the dream of a new Foundation.
Foundation's Edge
At
last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to
an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious;
and now they return to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a
new Empire on the ruins of the old. But rumors persist that the Second
Foundation is not destroyed after all and that its still-defiant
survivors are preparing their revenge. Now two exiled citizens of the
Foundation a renegade Councilman and a doddering historian set out in
search of the mythical planet Earth. . .and proof that the Second
Foundation still exists.
Meanwhile someone or something outside
of both Foundations seems to be orchestrating events to suit its own
ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second
Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called
Gaia and a final shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!
Foundation and Earth
Golan
Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the
future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a
common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop, every
pebble, every being, can speak for all and feel for all. It is a realm
in which privacy is not only undesirable, it is incomprehensible.
But is it the right choice for the destiny of mankind? While Trevize feels it is, that is not enough. He must know.
Trevize
believes the answer lies at the site of humanity's roots: fabled Earth .
. . if it still exists. For no one is sure where the planet of Gaia's
first settlers is to be found in the immense wilderness of the Galaxy.
Nor can anyone explain why no record of Earth has been preserved, no
mention of it made anywhere in Gaia's vast world-memory. It is an enigma
Trevize is determined to resolve, and a quest he is determined to
undertake, at any cost.
I, Robot Series by Isaac Asimov
Isaac
Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a
not-so-distant future where man and machine , struggle to redefinelife,
love, and consciousness and where the stakes are nothing less than
survival. Filled with unforgettable characters, mind-bending
speculation, and nonstop action, I, Robot is a powerful reading
experience from one of the master storytellers of our time.
I, Robot
They
mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must
protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate
rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked
on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic
man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous
possibilities and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the
earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain
programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And
soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and
humanity, aren't either.
As humans and robots struggle to survive
together and sometimes against each other on earth and in space, the
future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots
gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic
intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are
asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?
The Caves of Steel
A
millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of
human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the
positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely
partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who
must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an
over populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had
little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions.
But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances,
Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. The
relationship between Life and his Spacer superiors, who distrusted all
Earthmen, was strained from the start. Then he learned that they had
assigned him a partner: R. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the "R"
stood for robot and his positronic partner was made in the image and
likeness of the murder victim!
The Naked Sun
Like all Earthmen, detective Elijah Baley has a terror of open landscape., of the naked sun.
Reacting
in fear of the technological superiority of the Outer Worlds, the
people of Earth have hidden themselves in vast underground cities,
nursing a hatred for Spacers. The fifty Outer Worlds of the Spacers
together are home to fewer people than planet Earth. And home to many,
many more robots. Earthmen hate Spacer robots, too...
But Baley
doesn't. He once had a robot partner, R. Daneel and when the
authorities of the planet Solaria request terrestrial assistance in
investigating a murder, Baley is once again teamed with Daneel. He is
the first Earthmen in a millennium to travel to the Outer Worlds... and
he must endure the glare of a sun far more deadly than Earth's.
The Robots of Dawn
A
millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of
human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the
positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely
partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who
must learn to work together.
Detective Elijah Baley is called to
the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The prime
suspect is a gifted roboticist who had the means, the motive, and the
opportunity to commit the crime. There's only one catch: Baley and his
positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, must prove the man innocent. For
in a case of political intrigue and love between woman and robot gone
tragically wrong, there's more at stake than simple justice. This time
Baley's career, his life, and Earth's right to pioneer the Galaxy lie in
the delicate balance.
Other books by Isaac Asimov
The Gods Themselves
In
the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a
source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a
parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free
energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead
to the destruction of the Earth's Sun and of Earth itself.
Only a
few know the terrifying truth an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious
alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who
senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth but
who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy but
who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to
the Earth's survival.
Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery
In
a new edition updated through 1993, a renowned science writer records
the fascinating, obscure stories behind the milestones of scientific
discovery and reveals their connection to the revolutions in human
society over the past four million years.
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