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Owen Isaac
A Land of Pure Delight: Elijah Morgan and the Saints of Bethel
Resource Publications 2/20/2013. Paperback. New book. Resource Publications paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : W9781620324073 ISBN : 1620324075 9781620324073
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Arten Isaac
A House Divided: Ways Forward for North American Anglicans
Wipf and Stock 8/4/2015. Paperback. New book. Wipf and Stock paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : W9781498224475 ISBN : 1498224474 9781498224475
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Mbabazi Isaac Kahwa
The Significance of Interpersonal Forgiveness in the Gospel of Matthew
Pickwick Publications 10/21/2013. Paperback. New book. Pickwick Publications paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : W9781625641779 ISBN : 162564177x 9781625641779
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Hall Isaac H.
American Greek Testaments. A Critical Bibliography of the Greek New Testament as Published in America
Wipf and Stock 5/1/2010. Paperback. New book. Previously published by PIckwich and Co. 1883. Wipf and Stock paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : W9781608996094 ISBN : 1608996093 9781608996094
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Stevens Isaac
Reports of Explorations and Surveys for the Pacific Railroad Survey. Chromo-lithographic view from Vol. XII pt. 1 1860
Overall VG-G. Occ. foxing. Central image clean & frameable. Illus. by John Stanley color plates lithographs Thomas A. Ford pub. Washington D.C. 1860 9 x 6 Arrangement of views follows the course of the survey from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Here Plate #66: Bitter Root River near Ft. Owen. Thomas A. Ford, pub. unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : MAIN011494I
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Stevens Isaac
Reports of Explorations and Surveys for the Pacific Railroad Survey. Chromo-lithographic view from Vol. XII pt. 1 1860
Overall VG-G. Occ. foxing. Central image clean & frameable. Illustration by G. Sohon color plates lithographs Thomas A. Ford pub. Washington D.C. 1860 9 x 6 Arrangement of views follows the course of the survey from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Here Plate #63:Rocky Mountains Looking Westward. Two points are identified in the distance: a Lewis & Clark's Pass b Heart Mountain. Illustration by Gustavus Sohon. Thomas A. Ford, pub. unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : MAIN011493I
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Stevens Isaac
Reports of Explorations and Surveys for the Pacific Railroad Survey. Chromo-lithographic view from Vol. XII pt. 1 1860
Overall VG-G. Occ. foxing. Central image clean & frameable. Illustration by Stanley color plates lithographs Thomas A. Ford pub. Washington D.C. 1860 9 x 6 Arrangement of views follows the course of the survey from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Here Plate #69: Mt. Rainier Viewed from Near Steilacoom. Nice view from the 1860's. Thomas A. Ford, pub. unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : MAIN011496I
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Asimov Isaac
The End of Eternity
New York: SFBC. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st SFBC Edition. Hardcover. 0739435574 . International orders may require additional postage. ; SFBC Catalog ID: 56486. Dust jacket artwork by Donato Giancola. Volume #7 in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection ; SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.90 inches; 185 pages . SFBC hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 24523 ISBN : 0739435574 9780739435571
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Isaac Asimov Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh
Young Witches & Warlocks
Harper & Row 1987. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good dustjacket. Price-clipped. Harper & Row unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 003536
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Isaac Asimov
The Foundation Trilogy Foundation Second Foundation and Foundation and Empire
Pirate edition. No date. circa 1965. Substantial foxing to pages. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 001487
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ASIMOV Isaac
Opus 100
Houghton Mifflin 1969. First Edition. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Stated first edition. Owner signature. Houghton Mifflin unknown
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 013735
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Isaac Asimov
Foundation
Collins Mar 1994. New impression. Paperback. Foundation" marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it. In particular the administrative planet honeycombed and tunneled with offices and staff is vulnerable to attack or breakdown. The only person willing to confront this imminent catastrophe is Hari Seldon a psychohistorian and mathematician. Seldon can scientifically predict the future and it doesn't look pretty: a new Dark Age is scheduled to send humanity into barbarism in 500 years. He concocts a scheme to save the knowledge of the race in an Encyclopedia Galactica. But this project will take generations to complete and who will take up the torch after him The first Foundation trilogy "Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation" won a Hugo Award in 1965 for "Best All-Time Series". It's science fiction on the grand scale; one of the classics of the field. -- "Brooks Peck Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 732 ISBN : 0586010807 9780586010808
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Isaac Asimov
The Early Asimov: v. 2
Grafton Feb 1974. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 590 ISBN : 0586039368 9780586039366
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Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Earth
Grafton Oct 1986. Hardcover. Written after the original trilogy and foundation's edge but before "prelude" and "forward the foundation" this novel gives us the conclusion to the foundation series. In foundation's edge the ever mystic foundation and second foundation were reduced to triviality by newcomers on the planet Gaia who have had a superior grip on things all along. For me this somewhat spoils the mystique of the first three books however in "foundation and earth" this storyline is used quite effectively to strengthen the link with the robot series as the search for earth continues. n Readers of the original series may be disappointed in the lack of twist and turns in the plot as this book only really concerns itself with one storyline which plods rather lethargically to its conclusion. You almost get the feeling someone is behind asimov with a cattle prod trying to get as many words out him as possible for what is essentially a short story forced out into a novel. Nevertheless it is asimov and as such there is no predictability and while no two characters are really that different from one another there's a great intellectual weight behind the dialogue and narrative. Grafton hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 733 ISBN : 0246130474 9780246130471
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Isaac Asimov
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Panther Feb 1981. n.i. Paperback. Panther paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 306 ISBN : 0586043985 9780586043981
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Isaac Asimov
The Currents of Space
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Jun 1971. New Impression. Paperback. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 468 ISBN : 0586008241 9780586008249
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Isaac Asimov
X Stands for Unknown
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Apr 1986. New Ed. Paperback. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2199 ISBN : 0586058427 9780586058428
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Isaac Asimov
Banquets of the Black Widowers
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Aug 1986. New Ed. Paperback. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 150 ISBN : 0586065881 9780586065884
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Isaac Asimov
The Early Asimov Volume 3: Or Eleven Years of Trying
Grafton May 1974. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 588 ISBN : 0586039376 9780586039373
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Isaac Asimov
The Alternate Asimovs: The original unpublished versions of Pebble in the Sky The End of Eternity and Belief
Grafton Jun 1987. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 75 ISBN : 0586071628 9780586071625
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Isaac Asimov
The Naked Sun
Collins Oct 1993. Re-issue. Paperback. While this is basically a second science fiction/mystery featuring the team of Earth NYC police detective Elijah Bailey and android R. Daneel Olivaw the future history thread is taken further as Bailey's determination to spur interest on Earth in colonization on other worlds steadily increases. As he works to deal with his agoraphobia having never been outside Earth's "caves of steel" previously this determination becomes ever more obsessive.nThe mystery itself borrows from the classic "locked room" mystery genre. This murder could not have happened because the Solarians can't stand being in each other's presence long enough to murder another. However it did happen and since husbands and wives do need to be in each other's presence for purposes of procreation the victim's wife is the obvious suspect. nBailey is hampered in his investigation by three factors: his agoraphobia the Solarians' aversion to be in another's presence presence of an Earthman being even worse than the presence of another Solarian since Earthmen are considered disease carriers and R. Daneel Olivaw's over-protectiveness due to his adherence to the three laws of robots. nAll in all this is indeed a well-crafted mystery as well as science fiction novel and an excellent early novel in Asimov's future history. Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1388 ISBN : 0586010165 9780586010167
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Isaac Asimov
Robots and Empire
Collins Jan 1994. Re-issue. Mass Market Paperback. This book is one of Asimov's most enjoyable and I am currently re-reading it for the second time in 9 years. nParticularly the ruminations between Giskard and Daneel. Daneel maybe the humanform but it is Giskard that is the more powerful robot and between the two of them they surmise quite amazing insights on the human mind and how that plays off their own robotic laws.nTheir eventual discussions lead them to the development of a three laws of humanics and the possibility of predicting human behaviour on a mass scale and tying this in to Hari Seldon's psychohistory from the foundation series.nBuy this book and really get into the positronic heads of the two robots it won't disappoint and it is a perfect precursor to the later foundation series. I read Foundation first and then this and the related robot stories and I think this works best as the robot books do unleash a lot of hidden information that is only alluded to in the Foundation series. Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1712 ISBN : 0586062009 9780586062005
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Isaac Asimov
The Sun Shines Bright
Grafton Nov 1984. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1912 ISBN : 0586058419 9780586058411
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Isaac Asimov
The End of Eternity
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Aug 1971. Re-issue. Paperback. This was the Good Doctor's response to Heinlein's seminal 'By His Bootstraps': a time travel novel that adds more to the mix than just man-goes-back-to-meet-his-grandfather. nAsimov envisions a society that has tasked itself with improving the lot of mankind by introducing carefully calculated changes in the time flow a society of 'Eternals' that live outside of the normal time stream in their own environment constructed with full living habitats in each century all powered by a thin line to the far future when our sun goes nova. It is a caste society with each individual rigidly relegated to the status and job they are deemed best suited for from Maintenance to Computer to Technician. The individuals are recruited from the normal time flow as the Eternals by their own rules are forbidden to have children. nAndrew Harlan is one such recruit who is quickly tabbed as having the emotional makeup and intellectual skills to be a Technician one of those who actually implement changes in 'normal' time. Somewhat naive a little bit of an aesthetic who is somewhat bothered by hedonistic societies that he is sometimes required to observe or change he finds himself in a quandary when he falls in love with a lady from such a society. Determined to have her he decides on actions that he knows might bring about the end of Eternity for he has determined a great secret just how Eternity was started in the first place. nAsimov unravels the mysteries and paradoxes of this situation in his usual inimitable style carefully laying down the parameters of the problem leaving clues lying about here and there which Harlan obsessed as he is blithely ignores all leading to a grand climax that gives new perspective to the traditional time paradox problem. The idea of time 'inertia' where the effect of changes that are introduced to the time line slowly die out is an interesting one and is carefully folded into the plot line. Though other books envisioned a corps of people who manage time the society shown here is better fleshed out than just about all previous attempts not to be surpassed until Fritz Leiber's The Big Time. And possibly there would not be another better worked out 'solution' to the basic riddle of the time paradox until Heinlein's 'All You Zombies.' appeared. As an intellectual exercise then this book is excellent. nBut as is also typical for Asimov his characterization is somewhat weak although he does a better job here than in some of his other works. Harlan is too one-dimensional too driven a little too arrogant about his own abilities to be totally believable. Noys his ladylove is almost a nonentity although she will become one of the lynch-pins of the final resolution. And Computer administrator Twissell is very close to a stereotype. Still the characters are adequate to move the plot and as this is an idea driven novel not one of character this failing is not fatal to the enjoyment of the book. nThis is one of the very few Asimov novels that is not part of his Foundation or Robot sets. Read it if for no other reason to see just what he could do outside of those confines.n--- Reviewed by Patrick Shepherd hyperpat HarperCollins Publishers Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 623 ISBN : 0586024409 9780586024409
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Isaac Asimov
Before the Golden Age Volume 1: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's
Futura Orbit Oct 1975. New Ed. Paperback. From a despised literary sub-genre science-fiction has grown to be one of the dominant creative forces in the 21st century world. Serious literary critics may still disregard it but its touch pervades film tv advertising product design popular music and of course the world of the internet.nSo where did science-fiction come from Isaac Asimov gives us the answer in this substantial collection of early SF magazine stories from the 1930s. It is part anthology part autobiography and as such tells us not only what the stories were but what they meant to Asimov and the other future writers who would together create the 'Golden Age'.nSome of these stories are very naive - as science as literature or both. But together they map out the lines that SF has pursued ever since - hard core stories based on the latest scientific research speculative fantasies based entirely in the mind of the writer reinterpretations of history what-if stories which change just one thing in our daily experience and of course pure testosterone man-against-the-universe stories.nAnd it's a hugely enjoyable read - as long as you take it for what it is. Futura Orbit paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 168 ISBN : 0860078035 9780860078036
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Isaac Asimov
Before the Golden Age Volume 3: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's
Futura Orbit Sep 1975. New Ed. Paperback. From a despised literary sub-genre science-fiction has grown to be one of the dominant creative forces in the 21st century world. Serious literary critics may still disregard it but its touch pervades film tv advertising product design popular music and of course the world of the internet.nSo where did science-fiction come from Isaac Asimov gives us the answer in this substantial collection of early SF magazine stories from the 1930s. It is part anthology part autobiography and as such tells us not only what the stories were but what they meant to Asimov and the other future writers who would together create the 'Golden Age'.nSome of these stories are very naive - as science as literature or both. But together they map out the lines that SF has pursued ever since - hard core stories based on the latest scientific research speculative fantasies based entirely in the mind of the writer reinterpretations of history what-if stories which change just one thing in our daily experience and of course pure testosterone man-against-the-universe stories.nAnd it's a hugely enjoyable read - as long as you take it for what it is. Futura Orbit paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 170 ISBN : 0860078620 9780860078623
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Isaac Asimov
Nightfall Two: Science Fiction Stories
Grafton Apr 1986. Hardcover. Grafton hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1437 ISBN : 0586036571 9780586036570
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Isaac Asimov
Second Foundation
Collins Mar 1994. New impression. Paperback. Whilst it is best to read second foundation after 'foundation' and 'foundation and empire' it is not essential as the prologue fills you in on the basics of the previous two novels.nThe book goes a long way to explain the purpose of the mysterious second foundation but the main focus is on its location and the search for it by both the mule and the first foundation.nThe first half puts order into the chaotic situation left by the events in 'foundation and empire' and follows many twists and schemes that make it entirely engrossing without giving the slightest hint of the dramatic ending.nThe second half provides the real substance of the book a rebellion of the first foundation against the ideals of the second foundation. This leads the reader to question the entire idea of psychohistory as the first foundation does not like to think of itself as being 'controlled' by the second even though it knows that the interference of the second foundation will result in a bright peaceful future for mankind.nThe book is laid out with a new twist to the plot in every chapter making it almost impossible to put down especially towards the end. nThe most interesting parts are meetings of the second foundation members which explain the inner workings of the seldon plan along with how the arrival of the mule affected it.nThe characters are well presented and are developed only as much as is necessary to keep the fast pace of the novel going but are entirely believable and link in with the characters in the previous books.nSome people like to read the last page of a book first doing this with second foundation and indeed with the entire foundation series will ruin the book utterly. Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1769 ISBN : 0586017135 9780586017135
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Isaac Asimov
The Robots of Dawn
Voyager Jan 1994. Re-issue. Paperback. This was written much later than the original two robot novels the three Empire novels and the Foundation trilogy. It and the following book ROBOTS AND EMPIRE link the first two robot books with the Empire series and leads up to Foundation.nThere are a couple of points easy to miss here. First psychohistory is first suggested by Dr. Fastolfe and then advanced by the two robots. Secondly while there is a mystery involved here the emphasis is on the future of space exploration and who is going to be in it. The original pioneers into space have become spoiled by their reliance on their robots and no longer have the spirit of adventure necessary to continue further exploration and yet they are fearful of the idea of generally despised Earth people colonizing planets. nSo much indeed is at stake here. For full enjoyment I suggest reading first the Susan Calvin stories and also "The Bicentennial Man" which are in Asimov's THE COMPLETE ROBOT and then THE CAVES OF STEEL and THE NAKED SUN the first two Elijah Bailey & R. Daneel Olivaw novels. And be prepared for this book to be more centered on mankind's future venturing into space than in the mystery element. Voyager paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1713 ISBN : 0586061991 9780586061992
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Isaac Asimov
Where Do We Go from Here: Pt. 2
Sphere Sep 1974. New Ed. Paperback. Sphere paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2140 ISBN : 0722112467 9780722112465
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Isaac Asimov
Earth Is Room Enough
Grafton Oct 1967. New Ed. Hardcover. This is a wonderfull thought provoking collection of short stories by a great writer Assimov. My favourite story was "The dead past" it was about the possibilities of time viewing or "cronoscopy". All over a great read. Grafton hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 595 ISBN : 0586010424 9780586010426
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Isaac Asimov
The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
Grafton Oct 1988. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 194 ISBN : 0586074996 9780586074992
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Isaac Asimov
The Complete Robot
Voyager Dec 1983. New Ed. Mass Market Paperback. Note that this book does not contain all robot stories written by Asimov. It does not contain for instance "The Caves of Steel". It's a collection of short stories. It's not clear to me whether it contains all Asimov's short stories about robots though the introduction does mention that it contains some stories available elsewhere. Voyager paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 404 ISBN : 0586057242 9780586057247
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Isaac Asimov
The Tragedy of the Moon
Coronet Books Dec 1975. New edition. Paperback. Coronet Books paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2016 ISBN : 0340198796 9780340198797
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Isaac Asimov
The Gods Themselves
Grafton Dec 1973. New Ed. Paperback. For 14 years of a career stretching from 1939 to his death in 1992 Isaac Asimov wrote little SF and instead produced popular non-fiction in enormous quantities. "The Gods Themselves" 1972 was his "comeback" SF novel welcomed by both Hugo and Nebula awards.nIt opens in the world of Big Science that Asimov knew well full of in-fighting and the race to publish first. The Inter-Universe Electron Pump sucks unlimited energy from nothing making all power stations obsolete and bringing a new golden age. No one--especially not the scientist who got the credit--wants to listen to the doomsayer Lamont who calculates that the pump's side effects may detonate the Sun. Worse there's no kudos for him: "And no one on Earth will live to know I was right".nPart two moves to the dying parallel universe whose hyper-intelligent aliens actually invented the pump and don't care what happens to our Sun. Asimov cleverly focuses on three immature aliens whose intelligence is less daunting and who slowly learn--with very different personal reactions--about their race's weird analogue of sex about the pump's moral implications and eventually about the unexpected meaning of maturity. These are the most original engaging aliens Asimov ever created.nPart three is set in a carefully worked-out Moon colony and grapples with the "para-physics" of inter-universe loopholes. Can a politically acceptable replacement for the pump be developed Solid workmanlike SF with far more talk than action: one of Asimov's rare standalone novels. --"David Langford" Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 795 ISBN : 0586037721 9780586037720
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Isaac Asimov
In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis
New English Library Ltd Nov 1982. New edition. Paperback. New English Library Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 982 ISBN : 0450055078 9780450055072
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Isaac Asimov
Asimov's Mysteries
Grafton Oct 1969. New Ed. Paperback. Whilst the science behind the stories is now a little dated the joy is that the mysteries themselves still work. What is particularly interesting is that the science became outdated even as Asimov presented these tales and he himself recognises the fact - for example the twist in The Dying Light depends on the then current knowledge of Mercury which was that it was a planet that did not spin - in an edit for the collection written in 1965 Asimov notes that this is now incorrect and there's a certain charm about that but the testament to his skill is that even when you know this it doesn't detract from enjoying the story.rnrnSome of the stories feature a character called Dr Urth an extraterrologist who refuses to travel on any space device and is confined to leaving his home only by foot. He reminds me a great deal of Nero Wolfe who similarly will not leave his house and like Nero Wolfe he has great deductive powers. Stories such as The Singing Bell and The Key make great use of his deductive reasoning in a way that makes him human albeit a slightly pompous odd-bird of a human but will also have you slapping your forehead as you wonder how come you didn't come to that conclusion.rnrnMy favourite story in this particular collection is the last - The Billiard Ball is a murder mystery that combines billiards arrogance one-upmanship and murder in an ingenious and utterly delightful way that will make you pleased to see the criminal get away with it. rnrnWhilst some of the science is a little complicated you never feel overwhelmed and Asimov's careful explanations are not partonising but instead enlightening and even more enjoyable. These stories work both as science fiction and as mysteries and as such will stand the test of time. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 125 ISBN : 058602929x 9780586029299
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Isaac Asimov
Counting The Eons
Grafton Jan 1985. paperback / softback. Unknown Binding. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 445 ISBN : 0586058435 9780586058435
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Isaac Asimov
Nightfall One
Grafton May 1971. New Ed. Paperback. This is a collections of shortish stories which were written by Asimov mostly for magazines between 1941 and 1967. Apparently he was sick of people telling him "Nightfall" was the best story he'd ever written & wanted to put it with other stories which were just as good! This book only has 5 stories Nightfall Green Patches Hostess Breeds There a Man. and C-Chute - novelettes rather than short stories. Nightfall TWO has more shorter stories. And he's right - the others are just as good as Nightfall! They are a wide and varied selection - Nightfall itself is a psychological thriller set on another planet far away and Breeds There a Man. is set in the near future of Earth. All of the stories are well written the characterisation is consistently good and sometimes great and the plots are about as believable as sci-fi gets. Both this book and it's sequel are a great introduction to Asimov for someone who hasn't come across him before or a good reminder of his earlier work for those who have. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1436 ISBN : 0586034668 9780586034668
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Isaac Asimov
The Stars Like Dust
Collins Oct 1968. New Impression. Paperback. Indeed there's disagreement as to whether this is the first or second Empire novel chronologically but it's not important since there are no common characters and Earth is peripheral to the events in either novel. nIt is good adventure and there is a fair mystery as to who's responsible for the primary character's death. Of course there's romance complete with complicating misunderstandings and more importantly there's the continual power struggle emphasized in the Empire and Foundation novels. And there's some good old fashioned space opera action as the main characters search for the planet harboring a group of rebels. This is classic science-fiction but don't let that scare you away. There's nothing stodgy about the good Dr. Asimov's story telling. Collins paperback
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The Rest of the Robots
Collins Jan 1994. Re-issue. Mass Market Paperback. This is a collection of Asimov's robot short-stories many of them aimed at testing his three laws of robotics.rnrnThis particular collection includes four Susan Calvin stories of which my favourites were Lenny which gives Calvin a robot child of her own and Galley Slave an ingenious look at a devious academic who is determined to discredit the use of robots. My favourite story in the collection though is Let's Get Together a cold war story about a plot to use of human-like robots to take over the United States - it's truly ingenious and v. tense.rnrnConsidering that these stories were written between the 1940s and 1960s it's not surprising that some of the technology is out of date but the basic integrity of the stories and Asimov's use of mystery still holds the attention. In particular I enjoy Asimov's spare use of prose - there's nothing flashy about his writing and the bare style makes it even easier to believe and Susan Calvin is one of the strongest female characters in science fiction - strong cold and high-minded she runs rings around every male she comes across. Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1696 ISBN : 0586025944 9780586025949
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Isaac Asimov
The Martian Way
Grafton Mar 1974. New Impression. Paperback. Grafton paperback
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Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire
Collins Mar 1994. New impression. Paperback. I totally liked the pattern that Isaac Asimov established in "Foundation" the first volume in what we know refer to as the original Foundation trilogy. Hari Seldon created the revolutionary science of psychohistory and mapped out a future for humanity that would allow thirty thousand years of barbarism between the existing galactic empire and the future one to be reduced to only one thousand years. Through the effort of the psychohistorians the Foundation was established with its encyclopedists. Then we saw the rise of the Mayors the Traders and the Merchant Princes each representing a step on the path laid out with mathematical precision by Hari Seldon over the first two centuries of the millennium he plotted out.nI was looking forward to a continuing series of Seldon Crises as the Foundation played out the rise of human civilization thinking that what we had hear with what Arnold Toynbee had done with his study of ancient civilizations extended into a future that covered an entire galaxy. But Asimov was setting us up for something unexpected in "Foundation and Empire"; the idea was that at this stage the Foundation would be threatened by the final power play of the dying Empire. But the universe is apparently tired of Hari Seldon playing with his mathematically loaded dice and has thrown the entire plan into doubt by creating a mutant nicknamed "The Mule." Now the Foundation the Seldon Plan and the entire galaxy is facing a new and powerful threat. nWhen I first read "Foundation and Empire" I was rather dismayed at the big change in direction. But of course Asimov knew what he was doing. He had already proven the validity of psychohistory at least within the context of his futuristic novel and there really is no reason to put out another four books at two hundred years apiece to complete the plan. Historians might find this interesting but Science Fiction fans were going to want more than that from Asimov. Indeed the Mule proves to be both in terms of the story and the trilogy the link between the Foundation and the Second Foundation. The Foundation trilogy is classic science fiction from the genre's self-proclaimed Golden Age and even if the writing style seems dated or quaint it remains a seminal series. Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 734 ISBN : 0586013555 9780586013557
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Isaac Asimov
The Caves of Steel
Voyager Oct 1993. New impression. Paperback. This book introduces an Earth inhabited by billions of city dwellers frightened to go outside suckling in the warm continual buzz of the enclosed steel cave which is the city they are bornlive and die in. Earth people hate and fear robots who take their jobs. They fear even more the 'Spacers'. Humans who left Earth generations ago to found colonies on 50 other planetary systems. 'Spacers' are tall and noble featured disease free live in the open and are totally dependant on their robots. 'Spacers' have the power and it is 'Spacers' who are forcing robots on Earthmen. When a brilliant 'Spacer' roboticist is murdered on Earth Elijah Bayley the Earth detective called in to investige is forced to team up with a special 'Spacer' robot R. Daneel Olivaw which looks just like a human. Asimov displays his mastery of the growing relationship between the intuitive blundering human and the constantly logical robot as they piece together the elements of the crime and capture the murderer. Togther with its sequels 'the Naked Sun' and 'Robots of Dawn' 'the Caves of Steel' shows Asimov at his best. The reader is drawn inextricably into the world of the future a thrilling detective story is told and a solid base laid as the first three books in Asimovs 14 book 'history of the future'. Voyager paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 337 ISBN : 0586008357 9780586008355
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Isaac Asimov
Tomorrow's Children: Eighteen Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Futura Publications Oct 1974. Paperback. As a child I once heard a radio play about a brilliant little girl who figures out how to time travel. I was so intrigued by it that I tracked the play down at the library - the only place I could find it was as a short story in a collection called Tomorrow's Children.ntnI read my story first loved it then flipped to the beginning of the collection - and was completely sucked in. Each and every one of these stories is seminal in some way. Some are funny; some are ingenious; all are thought-provoking. It was a childhood favorite - I checked it out repeatedly from the library. As an adult - I still love this book! Futura Publications paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2008 ISBN : 0860078213 9780860078210
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Isaac Asimov
Opus: A Selection from the First 200 Books
Grafton Jun 1982. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1498 ISBN : 0586051287 9780586051283
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Isaac Asimov
The Winds of Change
Grafton Jul 1984. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2161 ISBN : 0586057439 9780586057438
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Isaac Asimov
Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future
Grafton Nov 1986. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1439 ISBN : 0586064192 9780586064191
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Isaac Asimov
The Early Asimov: v. 1
Grafton Sep 1973. New Ed. Paperback. Grafton paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 589 ISBN : 058603806x 9780586038062
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Isaac Asimov
Foundation's Edge
Collins Aug 1994. New edition. Paperback. Collins paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 735 ISBN : 0586058397 9780586058398
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