Isaac Asimov

The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...

The Pause by Isaac Asimov The white powder was confined within a thin-walled, transparent capsule. The capsule in turn was heat-sealed into a double strip of parafilm. Along that strip of parafilm were other capsules at six-inch intervals. The strip moved. Each capsule in the course of events rested for one minute on a metal jaw immediately beneath a mica window. On another portion of the face of the radiation counter a number clicked out upon an...

Excerpt: "There is nothing new under the sun, says the Bible. Nor is the sun itself new, we might add. As long as life has existed on earth, it has been exposed to radiation from the Sun, SO that life and radiation are Old acquaintances and have learned to live together. We are accustomed to looking upon sunlight as something good, useful, and desirable, and certainly we could not live long without it. The energy of sunlight warms the earth, produces...

Amazing Stories Volume 127 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are four short stories by different authors: "Let's get Together" by Isaac Asimov, "Sequel" by Ben Smith, "Hunt the Hog" by Robert E. Gilbert, and "Phantom Duel" by Ford McCormack.

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,...

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...

Collected here in this massive one hundred story anthology are more than three hundred thousand words of world class science fiction, fantasy, and horror by some of the greatest writers the field has ever known. Hours and hours of reading enjoyment await! Jackie Sees a Star by Marion Zimmer Bradley All Cats are Gray by Andre Norton Song in a Minor Key by C. L. Moore Travel Diary by Alfred Bester Pythias by Frederik Pohl The Good Neighbors by Edgar...

The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt, Milton Lesser, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and many more Complete contents "Zora and...

Isaac Asimov, known primarily for his science fiction stories, was also a scientist. In cooperation with the Senior Scholastic magazine, he composed this wonderful and fascinating work of historical nonfiction. Twenty-six far-reaching discoveries and the twenty-nine scientists who made them-from Archimedes, who boasted he could move the world, to Goddard, who sent the first liquid-fuel rocket toward space. These men of vision and genius set their...

Featuring eight episodes of seven classic radio programs, this compelling collection of nostalgia will entertain listeners of all eras. Featured in this set are a live quiz show- You Bet Your Life, hosted by comic legend Groucho Marx- a thrilling segment of X-Minus One (" The C-Chute" ) written by science fiction icon Isaac Asimov, and the true crime program Gangbusters, hosted by former heavyweight...