Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov es considerado por muchos como el mejor escritor de ciencia ficción del siglo XX y nos dejó más de 500 publicaciones, tanto de ficción como técnicas, muchas de las cuales son geniales y creativos cuentos. Este libro electrónico, al igual que en los otros volúmenes de la "Colección Mejores Cuentos", es una cuidadosa selección de los mejores cuentos de Isaac Asimov, lo que lo convierte definitivamente en una lectura imperdible,...

The old battle between East and West is heating up again, after a hundred years of uneasy peace, and robots may hold the key to victory. Only the other side is ten years ahead in research...

MDP Publishing has compiled a second collection of Novels, novelettes, novellas and short stories from prolific Science Fiction icon Isaac Asimov. These stories were originally published by Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in the late 1950's. Stories include the 3-part full-length novel Caves of Steel, as well as Lastborn, Galley Slave and Ideas Die Hard. With over 250+ electronic pages and all of the originally artwork from each issue of Galaxy,...

Isaac Asimov was an American writer, considered one of the most important science fiction writers of the 20th century. Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. At the age of three, he moved with his family to the United States, where he was raised in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York. In 1950, Isaac Asimov published the book "I, Robot," which became a science fiction classic. In a series of nine stories, the author narrates the...

The Story of Nuclear Energy: Worlds Within Worlds covers the entire story of nuclear energy from a basic explanation of atomic weights, energy and electricity to nuclear fission, fusion - beyond. First coming to public consciousness as The Bomb that ended World War II, it is now the forefront of our attention as a source of peacetime energy, whether from nuclear power plants or from the sun.

A must-read for any science fiction fan, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two (published in two volumes, A & B) is a compilation of twenty-two of the best novellas published between 1895 and 1962. The two volumes were originally published in 1973 (Two-A) and 1974 (Two-B) after the stories were selected by a vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA, now known as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America). Volume...

This eighth volume of the complete children's sci-fi series features a history-obsessed admiral and trouble at a dragon's birthday party. Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure The illustrious Adm. Boris Yobo wants to travel through time to discover the origins of a treasured family heirloom. And since Norby is the only way to time travel, he and Jeff become Admiral Yobo's companions on a supposedly innocent weekend trip that turns into a dangerous adventure....

This tenth volume of the complete children's sci-fi series features a time-travelling space odyssey and a spring break vacation gone terribly wrong. Norby and the Court Jester On spring break from the Space Academy, Jeff Wells and his robot, Norby, head to the planet Izz for a toy and game fair. They look forward to seeing Princess Rinda and her little robot, Pera. But when Norby receives a telepathic message from Pera-part of which is "help!"-Norby...

In the sixth volume of the complete children's sci-fi series, Jeff and Norby reunite with an adventurous princess and uncover the mystery of Norby's maker. Norby Finds a Villain Jeff and his mixed-up robot, Norby, are joined by red-headed Rinda, Crown Princess of the planet Izz, and Rinda's small robot, Pera. Their time-travelling adventures take them from the Pleistocene period to five hundred years into a false future. Along the way, they must...