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Nightfall
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1999 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20092001-05-15
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These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own — a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the stubborn denial of scientists. Only a handful of people on the planet Lagash are prepared to face the truth — that their six suns are setting all at once for the first time in 2,000 years, signaling the end of civilization!
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I, Asimov: a Memoir
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1995 Страниц: 592 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20091996-06-23
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Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov alsopossessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. Hisaccessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science tohumor to history earned him the nickname the Great Explainer. I.Asimov is his personal story — vivid, open, and honest — as only Asimovhimself could tell it. Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the starsyet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galacticcivilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the greatminds of our century. Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyedobservations on everything from religion to politics, love and divorce, friendship and Hollywood, fame and mortality. Here, too, is a rivetingbehind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities — Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Clarke, del Rey, Silverberg, and others — who along with Asimov helpedshape science fiction. As unique and irrepressible as the man himself, I. Asimov is the candidmemoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half acentury and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividlyenvisioned.
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Foundation
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 1995 Страниц: 234 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20091997-05-26
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This is the first novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, a three-part masterwork that was later expanded to a seven-part series. It won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series — a special award created to recognize this central work of science fiction. The book describes a far future in which humanity numbers in the quadrillions, spread across millions of worlds, governed by the vast and presumably eternal Empire. But mathematician Hari Seldon, who has developed the study of psychohistory, or the dynamics of very large numbers of humans, has predicted the Empire's certain downfall. In order to forestall the chaos that would follow, he proposes a Foundation of all human knowledge at the edge of the galaxy.
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Robots and Empire
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1994 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 13 февраля 20091999-08-14
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Isaac Asmiov's classic novel about the decline and fall of Solaria. Gladia Delmarre's homeworld, the Spacer planet Solaria, has been abandoned — by its human population. Countless robots remain there. And when traders from Settler worlds attempt to salvage them, the robots of Solaria turn to killing... in defiance of the Three Laws of Robotics. Pax Robotica Long ago, Gladia's robots Daneel and Giskard played a vital role in opening the worlds beyond the Solar system to Settlers from Earth. Now the conscience-stricken robots are faced with an even greater challenge. Either the sacred Three Laws of Robotics are in ruins — or a new, superior Law must be established to bring peace to the galaxy. With Madam Gladia and D.G. Baley — the captain of the Settler traders and a descendant of the robots' friend Elijah Baley — Daneel and Giskard travel to the robot stronghold of Solaria...where they uncover a sinister Spacer plot to destroy Earth itself.
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Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1997 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 13 февраля 20091998-06-18
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A final collection of original short fantasy stories assembles previously uncollected tales, stories about the two-centimeter demon Azael, several fairy tales, and a humorous adventure about Batman's old age from the grandmaster of science fiction. Isaac Asimov and science fiction are one and the same to millions of readers. He was the field's transcendent genius, its reigning prophet, its genial patriarch, and its most prolific author. But Asimov also wrote fantasy, and invariably of an enduring quality. Magic is his final original collection, containing all of his uncollected fantasy stories that have never before appeared in book form. Wry and witty, they carry his unique, personal stamp of rationalism and logic. These stories are fascinating musings of a wide-ranging intelligence, discussing everything from Tolkien to Spielberg, from unicorns to King Arthur. Magic is the last word on fantasy by the renowned science fiction author. Though Isaac Asimov had fun writing all his works, these are the stories he wrote for fun. They are an essential part of his irreplaceable legacy.
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The Stars, Like Dust
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 235 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20112012-04-12
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Biron Farrell was young and naive, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin. He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father, the highly respected Rancher of Widemos, has been murdered. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father's death, and becomes entangled in an intricate saga of rebellion, political intrigue, and espionage. The mystery takes him deep into space where he finds himself in a relentless struggle with the power-mad despots of Tyrann. Now it is not just a case of life or death for Biron, but a question of freedom for the galaxy.
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Foundation And Empire
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1991 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20091992-12-07
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Led by its founding father, the great psycho-historian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empire — still the mightiest force in the Galaxy, even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined to restore the Empire's glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon. But not even Hari Seldon could have predicted the birth of the extraordinary creature called the Mule — a mutant intelligence with a power greater than a dozen battle fleets... a power that could turn the strongest-willed human into an obedient slave.
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Foundation's Edge
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1991 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20091992-12-07
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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 retum to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all — and that its still — defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation — a renegade Councilman and the 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 sees 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!
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Prelude to Foundation
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1991 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 07 апреля 20091992-12-20
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For the first time Asimov chronicles the life of Hari Seldon, the man who laid the framework for the universe that came to be known as the Foundation. The long-awaited overture to the greatest science fiction series of all time.
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The Robots Of Dawn
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1994 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20091999-08-21
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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 partner¬ship 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 sim¬ple justice. This time Baley's career, his life, and Earth's right to pioneer the Galaxy lie in the delicate balance.
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Second Foundation
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1991 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20091992-12-30
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So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The Mule has yet to find it, but he was getting closer all the time. The men of the Foundation sought it, too, to escape from Mule's mind control. Only Arkady, a 14 year-old girl seemed to have the answer, or did she...?
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I, Robot: Pre-Intermediate Level
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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Isaac Asimov's classic collection of stories about a society where humans and robots live and work together on earth and in outer-space, is both disturbing and prophetic.
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I, Robot (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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Isaac Asimov's classic collection of stories about a society where humans and robots live and work together on earth and in outer-space, is both disturbing and prophetic.
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Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Астрономия Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1993 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 11 июля 20091995-10-20
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A wide-ranging exploration of our universe — from «what makes the wind blow?» to «how was the moon formed?» — in questions-and-answer format, written in vintage Asimov style.
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The Gods Thamselves
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Научная фантастика Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1990 Страниц: 293 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20091992-10-27
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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.
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Foundation
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Сказочная фантастика (фэнтези) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1991 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20091992-12-07
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For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future — to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire — both scientists and scholars — and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun — or fight them and be destroyed.
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The Caves of Steel
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Научная фантастика Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1993 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 11 июля 20091995-10-20
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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!
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Forward the Foundation
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Научная фантастика Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1994 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20091999-08-11
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A stunning testament to his creative genius. «Forward The Foundation» is a the saga's dramatic climax — the story Asimov fans have been waiting for.
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The End of Eternity
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1971 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 27 октрября 20091973-10-31
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The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may affect the lives of as many as fifty billion people — and a million or more of them may be so drastically affected as to be considered new individulas. Above all, therefore, a Technician must be dispassionate. An emotional make-up is a distinct handicap. Then Harlan meets Noys and falls victim to a phenomenon older than Time itself — love. Years of self-discipline are cast aside as Harlan uses the awesome techniques of the Eternals to twist Time so that he and Noys might survive! together.
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I, Robot — Short Stories
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: Oxford University Press Издательство: Oxford University Press Год: 2007 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20092009-07-23
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A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient — and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest science-fiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future.
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