Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov was a prolific Russian-American writer and biochemistry professor known for his science fiction and popular science works.
He authored over 500 books across various genres, including the Foundation Trilogy and Robot series.
Asimov was considered one of the "big three" science fiction writers alongside Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke.
His short story "Nightfall" was voted the best of all time in 1964.
Asimov's writing style often included historical context, technical explanations, and etymologies.
He served as vice president of Mensa International and president of the American Humanist Association.
His legacy is honored through various namesakes, including an asteroid, magazine, and awards.

Libri di Isaac Asimov

Fondazione

di Isaac Asimov • 1951

Predicting the Empire's fall, a mathematician exiles a colony to shorten the dark age.

4.17

600.000+

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Space Opera

Fondazione

Predicting the Empire's fall, a mathematician exiles a colony to shorten the dark age.

di Isaac Asimov 1951 244 pagine

4.17

600.000+ valutazioni

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Space Opera

Io, Robot

di Isaac Asimov • 1950

Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.

4.21

300.000+

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Racconti

Io, Robot

Robots built to protect humanity keep finding fatal logic gaps: a robopsychologist's casebook.

di Isaac Asimov 1950 224 pagine

4.21

300.000+ valutazioni

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Racconti

Fondazione e Impero

di Isaac Asimov • 1952

A predictive science guides the Foundation's fate, but a psychic mutant could unravel it all.

4.22

200.000+

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Space Opera

Fondazione e Impero

A predictive science guides the Foundation's fate, but a psychic mutant could unravel it all.

di Isaac Asimov 1952 256 pagine

4.22

200.000+ valutazioni

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Space Opera

Seconda Fondazione

di Isaac Asimov • 1953

A mutant emperor hunts the galaxy's hidden mental scientists; a teenager's clue could expose them.

4.28

200.000+

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Narrativa Speculativa

Seconda Fondazione

A mutant emperor hunts the galaxy's hidden mental scientists; a teenager's clue could expose them.

di Isaac Asimov 1953 256 pagine

4.28

200.000+ valutazioni

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Narrativa Speculativa

The Caves of Steel

di Isaac Asimov • 1953

A city cop must solve a Spacer's murder with a robot partner his world despises.

4.19

100.000+

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Giallo

Classici

The Caves of Steel

A city cop must solve a Spacer's murder with a robot partner his world despises.

di Isaac Asimov 1953 206 pagine

4.19

100.000+ valutazioni

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Giallo

Classici

The Foundation Trilogy

di Isaac Asimov • 1953

The galactic empire is dying. One mathematician plants two foundations to shorten the dark age.

4.42

100.000+

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Space Opera

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The Foundation Trilogy

The galactic empire is dying. One mathematician plants two foundations to shorten the dark age.

di Isaac Asimov 1953 679 pagine

4.42

100.000+ valutazioni

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Space Opera

Classici

The Naked Sun

di Isaac Asimov • 1958

On a world where meeting face-to-face is taboo, an Earth detective must solve a locked room murder.

4.20

64.000+

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Giallo

Classici

The Naked Sun

On a world where meeting face-to-face is taboo, an Earth detective must solve a locked room murder.

di Isaac Asimov 1958 204 pagine

4.20

64.000+ valutazioni

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Giallo

Classici

Pebble in the Sky

di Isaac Asimov • 1950

A 1949 tailor hurled into the far future gains telepathy and must stop a galactic genocide.

3.90

27.000+

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Classici

Space Opera

Pebble in the Sky

A 1949 tailor hurled into the far future gains telepathy and must stop a galactic genocide.

di Isaac Asimov 1950 308 pagine

3.90

27.000+ valutazioni

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Classici

Space Opera

The Stars, Like Dust

di Isaac Asimov • 1951

A student and a heiress seek a rebellion and a hidden document to topple a star empire.

3.74

26.000+

Fantascienza

Space Opera

Classici

The Stars, Like Dust

A student and a heiress seek a rebellion and a hidden document to topple a star empire.

di Isaac Asimov 1951 293 pagine

3.74

26.000+ valutazioni

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Space Opera

Classici

The Currents of Space

di Isaac Asimov • 1952

An amnesiac holds the secret to a world's destruction that the galaxy's powers will kill for.

3.85

22.000+

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Space Opera

Classici

The Currents of Space

An amnesiac holds the secret to a world's destruction that the galaxy's powers will kill for.

di Isaac Asimov 1952 304 pagine

3.85

22.000+ valutazioni

Fantascienza

Space Opera

Classici

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