Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov

The laws were first introduced in the 1942 story Runaround and developed and explored over the course of the robot stories.įirst Law: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. The Three Laws of Robotics are rules invented by Asimov that serve as the guiding principles of all the robots in his robot series novels and short stories (collected in I, Robot, The Rest of the Robots and the later collection, The Complete Robot). Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (1958) Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1957) Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1956) Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1954) Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1953) Lucky Starr Juveniles (Writing as Paul French)

Prequels: (occur before original novels, but best read afterwards)īicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976) Sequence (in internal chronological order) His SF books are highly recommended, if you like strightforward prose, clear explanations, and 'hard' SF.ġ963 – Special Hugo Award - essays in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionġ964 – Nightfall (1941) voted all-time best science fiction short story by SFWAġ966 – Hugo Award for Best All-time Novel Series ( Foundation trilogy)ġ972 – Hugo & Nebula Awards for Best Novel for The Gods Themselvesġ977 – Hugo & Nebula Awards for Best Novelette for The Bicentennial Manġ981 – An asteroid, 5020 Asimov, named in his honorġ983 – Hugo Award for Best Novel for Foundation's Edgeġ992 – Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Goldġ995 – Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book for I. The 'good doctor' (a PhD biochemistry academic at Boston University from 1949-1957) was an extremely prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books, mostly non-fiction. Born Janu(possibly - the exact date is unknown), died April 6, 1992, Isaac Asimov was (and still is) one of my favourite SF writers.

Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov