Foundation and Chaos
10 best books like Foundation and Chaos (Greg Bear): Forward the Foundation, The Norby Chronicles, Neutron Star, The Past Through Tomorrow, Foundation's Triumph, Utopia, Foundation's Fear, Foundation's Friends, Cyborg, Odyssey
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0553565079 |
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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...
| Author | Janet Asimov |
| ISBN | 0441586341 |
It was just a dusty, old tin-can of a robot-- with no guarantee. But Jeff only needed it to teach him Martian Colony Swahili before he got expelled from the Space Academy.
Jeff Wells didn't really know what he had purchased.
He didn't realize that the robot had been constructed by a genius...
| Author | Larry Niven |
| ISBN | 0345336941 |
Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and a host of other wonderfully created characters.
Visit Lookitthat, Down, and Jinx -- indeed, an entire galaxy of planets found only in these stories that trace man's expansion and colonization...
| Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
| ISBN | 0441653049 |
Here in one monumental volume are all 21 of the stories, novellas and novels making up Heinlein's famous Future History—the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work.
Contents:
* Introduction - Damon Knight
* Life-Line
*...
| Author | David Brin |
| ISBN | 0061056391 |
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the highwater marks of science fiction.The monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline and a secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the coming Dark Age with tools of Psychohistory, Foundation pioneered many themes of modern science fiction.Now,...
| Author | Roger MacBride Allen |
| ISBN | 0441002455 |
Intended Audience: Adult
Sexual content: Mild
Ace/Genderqueer characters: Yes (robots)
Rating: PG
Writing style: 2/5
Likable characters: 3/5
Plot/Concepts: 4/5
Despite terra-forming efforts by Spacers, Settlers, and robots of all kinds, the future of the...
| Author | Gregory Benford |
| ISBN | 0061056383 |
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction. It is the monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline, and the secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the inevitable Dark Age with the science of psychohistory. Now, with the permission -- and blessing...
| Author | Martin H. Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0812567706 |
Robots request that Dr. Asimov remove the Three Laws of Robotics
A delegation of robots
WE WANT TO SEE DR. ASIMOV, “ THE BLUISH-SILVER ROBOT said.
“Dr. Asimov is in conference,” Susan said. “You’ll have to make an appointment.” She turned to the computer and called...
| Author | William F. Wu |
| ISBN | 0743479181 |
This third book of the Robot City series wasn't nearly as good as the first two. In fact, I was pretty disappointed with it. The writer just didn't seem to have it together. Maybe he's a new author. I don't know. The language was stilted and forced. Transitions were left out. It was just bad.
In this...
| Author | Michael P. Kube-McDowell |
| ISBN | 0743479246 |
3.5 estrellas
Me es complicado reseñar este libro, ya que ADORO la ficción, pero tengo un pequeño problema con algunos de sus géneros: Denme un libro con 10 razas de dragones y seré capaz de describir con gran detalle cada tipo, denme 2 tipos de robot y seré incapaz de distinguirlos.
Odisea...
| Author | Frederik Pohl |
| ISBN | 0586212752 |
Wan-To was the oldest and must powerful intelligence in the universe, a being who played with star systems as a child plays with marbles. Matter occupied so tiny a part of his vast awareness that humans were utterly beneath his notice.The colonists of Newmanhome first suffered the effects of Wan-To's...
| Author | Mike McQuay |
| ISBN | 0743479114 |
A man without memory, stranded in a city of robots gone wild. At his side, a woman who claims to know who he is, but who refuses to tell him. On a planet whose other inhabitants are entirely robotic, these unwilling allies are the only logical suspects in a case of murder. The young man calls himself Derec;...
| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
| ISBN | 1857230213 |
In the year 2130 a mysterious spaceship, Rama, arrived in the solar system. It was huge - big enough to contain a city and a sea - and empty, apparently abandoned. By the time Rama departed for its next, unknown, destination many wonders had been uncovered, but few mysteries solved. Only one thing was clear:...
| Author | Andre Norton |
| ISBN | 0743471806 |
This is a compilation of two earlier books, Judgement on Janus and Victory on Janus. A dedication on the back cover (?by the editors? David Weber and Eric Flint, anyway) reads:
"To Andre Norton--Andre, you proved long ago that being a giant has nothing to do with physical stature. You've been...
