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5 QUOTES WITH «ASIMOV»
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Asimov.
It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.
I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantasy genre, anything by R.A. Salvatore or David Gemmell. I've read every single book those writers have written.
We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.
I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.
Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASIMOV»
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Asimov in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a sense of humor.
Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 ...
Soon she will realize that Nemesis endangers Rotor as well. And so it will be up to her alone to save both Earth and Rotor as--drawn inexorably by Nemesis, the death star--they hurtle toward certain disaster. From the Paperback edition.
Hurtled through time from 1949 Chicago to an Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire, retired tailor Joseph Schwartz finds himself on a backwater, insignificant planet with much of its land ruined by radioactivity and so poor ...
Not a formal textbook; very readable. Each volume can be read independently.
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Isaac
Asimov's Book of Facts
Collects three thousand astounding, unusual, educational, and entertaining facts that touch upon nearly every major area of human interest
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Isaac
Asimov's Treasury of Humor: A Lifetime Collection of ...
640 jokes, anecdotes, and limericks, complete with notes on how to tell them, from America's leading renaissance man.
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! From the Paperback edition.
Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, 2011
Andrew Harlan, an Eternal, falls in love with Noys Lambert, who lives in real time, but when he tries to make her an Eternal, he is faced with a crucial decision about the destruction of Eternity.
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Foundation: Foundation and Empire ; Second Foundation
Instead, through a series of stories, Asimov tracked the breakdown of a smug,
conspicuously rich and stultified civilization, while also portraying the efforts of a
highly committed group of activists to hasten the birth of a new and more glorious
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASIMOV»
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Smart-shaming and our Pinoy culture of anti-intellectualism
Asimov later explained that this statement was born out of his frustration with the ignorant views some Americans had on science education and ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
Friendly Artificial Intelligence: Parenthood and the Fear of …
Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics are often brought up in discussions about ways to constrain AI. According to these Three Laws, “a robot ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jul 15»
Dune, 50 Years On: How a Science Fiction Novel Changed the World
This setup owes something to the Mars stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Isaac Asimov's Foundation books, as well as the tales written by ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
Today in History
Thought for Today: "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." — Isaac Asimov, American author (1920-1992). «Albany Democrat Herald, Jul 15»
Sioux Falls man donates 'babies' to university library
Lewis' love of science fiction and fantasy began when he was 12 or 13 years old and encountered authors like Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov ... «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
Today In History July 5
Isaac Asimov, American author (1920-1992). CONNECT 1 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Read or Share this story: http://htrne.ws/ ... «Herald Times Reporter, Jul 15»
Your Next Lesson: Santorini Assyrtiko
By ERIC ASIMOV. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. Email; Share; Tweet; Pin; Save; more. Continue reading the main story. «New York Times, Jul 15»
Cava Sparkles on Its Own Merits
By ERIC ASIMOV. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. Email; Share; Tweet; Pin; Save; more. Continue reading the main story. «New York Times, Jul 15»
A robot killed a factory worker in Germany. So who should go on trial?
Those tweets referred to a short story published by science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1942 that described three laws that should restrain ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
The meaning of life, according to Google's chatbot AI
The cover of "Robot Visions" by Isaac Asimov, published in 1990. Roc. Conversations with chatbots are interesting, in a short-lived sort of way. «CNET, Jul 15»
