Isaac Asimov: 93 books

Now, 498 years after its founding, the Foundation seemed to be following the Seldon Plan perfectly. Too perfectly. Now an impossible planet -- with impossible powers -- threatens to upset the Seldon Plan for good unless two men, sworn enemies, can work together to save it!

“A totally new and original work that stretches his talents to their fullest . . . welcome back, champ!”—The Detroit News In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from...

It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?

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.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne’s masterpiece. “Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable...

Two young boys find some very unusual new pets in this short story from a Grand Master of Science Fiction. Tagging along while his astronomer father visits an industrialist at his vast estate, young Slim is lucky enough to make fast friends with the industrialist’s son, Red, who has recently...

It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?

Hari Seldon venait d'inventer la psychohistoire et il n'y voyait qu'une pure spéculation, sans application pratique. La psychohistoire ne pouvait pas prédire l'avenir ? Les politiques s'en moquaient ! Les gens allaient y croire. Ensuite, les équations diraient ce qu'on leur ferait dire. Et si Seldon...

Bis ans Ende der Zeit Die Ewigkeit ist eine Organisation, die mittels Zeitreisen dazu in der Lage ist, kleinste Veränderungen in der Vergangenheit vorzunehmen, um einer zukünftigen Menschheit größeres Leid zu ersparen. Ganz vorsichtig, um keine Paradoxa hervorzurufen, verändern sie Schritt...

L'univers uni, c'est fini. L'Empire galactique se désagrège. Trente mille ans de chaos sont au programme. Et moi, j'en ai trop fait et je suis las. Oui, je m'appelle Hari Seldon et je vois que ce nom vous dit quelque chose. Tout ce que j'ai fait, c'est de poser les équations et d'agir. Je continue...

Mientras Hari Seldon se esfuerza por perfeccionar su revolucionaria teoría de la psicohistoria, el gran Imperio Galáctico está al borde de un colapso apocalíptico. Seldon y aquellos a los que más quiere se convierten en peones en la lucha por el poder: quien lo controle a él controlará la psicohistoria,...

Preludio a la Fundación es el primer libro del «Ciclo de la Fundación», tercer bloque de la célebre «Saga de la Fundación», la serie que catapultó al autor en lo más alto de la ciencia ficción. Corre el año 12.020 de la Era Galáctica y el emperador Cleón se siente incómodo en...

Mucho tiempo después de que la Tierra pasara al olvido, la galaxia se unificó alrededor de un Imperio pacífico gobernado desde la majestuosa ciudad de Trántor. El sistema funcionó y prosperó durante incontables generaciones. Todo el mundo creía que duraría eternamente... Todos menos Hari Seldon,...