Inferno
10 best books like Inferno (Roger MacBride Allen): The Robot Novels: The Caves of Steel / The Naked Sun / The Robots of Dawn, Norby: Robot For Hire, Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus, Odyssey, Suspicion, Mirage, Refuge, Perihelion, Prodigy, The Avatar
Author | Isaac Asimov |
ISBN | 0345331192 |
In The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov first introduced Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw, who would later become his favorite protagonists. The book's central crime is a murder, which takes place before the novel opens. Roj Nemmenuh Sarton, a Spacer Ambassador, lives in Spacetown, the Spacer outpost...
Three cheers for Norby!
Norby's the bravest, most outrageous, most lovable robot ever to save the day. Along with his ever-faithful human companion Jeff, and a mischievious All-Purpose-Pet named Oola, the three blast off for interstellar adventure.
First the trio search for a...
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus
Author | Paul French |
ISBN | 1421049260 |
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (Lucky Starr #3), Isaac Asimov
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus is the third novel in the Lucky Starr series, six juvenile science fiction novels by Isaac Asimov that originally appeared under the pseudonym Paul French. The novel was first published by Doubleday...
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 | 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 | Mark W. Tiedemann |
ISBN | 0671039105 |
From a new and exciting talent, Mark W. Tiedemann, comes a fantastic new robot mystery set in the world of the late SF Grand Master and beloved author, Isaac Asimov. The First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to come to harm.
At a...
Author | Rob Chilson |
ISBN | 0743487168 |
A man without memory, in a city of robots gone wild. At his side, a mysterious woman whose own identity he has reconstructed, and whose memories of him may be true or false. The young man calls himself Derec. In the shattering climax to his quest he discovers the shocking secret of his true identity. Tormented...
Author | William F. Wu |
ISBN | 0441373887 |
A man without memory, in a city of robots gone wild. At his side, a mysterious woman whose own identity he has reconstructed, and whose memories of him may be true or false. The young man calls himself Derec. In the shattering climax to his quest he discovers the shocking secret of his true identity. Tormented...
Author | Arthur Byron Cover |
ISBN | 0743479254 |
I blazed through this in about an hour and a half and I have to say I was a little underwhelmed. And confused. I was confused about who had actually written the story and it took a bit to figure out that it's actually the fourth book in a series. It would have helped if I had read the previous books, but with just...
Author | Poul Anderson |
ISBN | 0722111312 |
In the immeasurable past a mysterious alien race known as The Others left mankind a challenging legacy, a 'gate' to the unexplored reaches of the stars. Humanity has utilized the gate to painstakingly colonize the Phoebus star system but has left the rest of the galaxy unexplored. In the midst of turbulent...
Author | Robert Adams |
ISBN | 0451141288 |
"Be reconciled, or be destroyed!" For some time, trouble had been brewing between clans Linsee and Skaht. Many men and women had been killed in raids, and the feud between them threatened to spill over and engulf all the Kindred clans. Finally, the Council of Chiefs passed judgment: Linsee and Skaht...
Author | James P. Hogan |
ISBN | 0671578669 |
"THAT PLANET HAS NO RIGHT TO BE THERE!"
Among the Saturnian moons, farsighted individuals, working without help or permission from any government, have established a colony. They call themselves the Kronians, after the Greek name for Saturn. Operating without the hidebound restrictions...
Author | Gregory Benford |
ISBN | 3453213483 |
Impending personal tragedy is dimming the brilliant light of Dr. Benjamin Knowlton's world. On the threshold of their greatest achievement, the renowned astrophysicist's beloved wife and partner — ex-astronaut-turned astronomer — is dying.But something looms alarningly on the far edge...