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 Isaac Asimov
Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series, which he later combined with two of his other series, the Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire SeriesGalactic Empire Series and Isaac Asimov's Robot SeriesRobot series.
Asimov once explained that his reluctance to write about aliens came from an incident early in his career when ''Astounding'''s editor John Campbell rejected one of his early science fiction stories because the alien characters were portrayed as superior to the humans.
Asimov was born around January 2, 1920 (his date of birth for official purposes—the precise date is not certain) in Petrovichi, near Smolensk, Russia, to Anna Rachel and Judah Asimov, a Jewish family.
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 The SF Site Featured Review: Encyclopedia Galactica
Perhaps Isaac Asimov's most famous creation is his Foundation series of novels, which, towards the end of Asimov's life, came to include his robot novels and short stories as well as his three Galactic Empire novels.
Asimov created the Foundation in theory to produce the Encyclopedia Galactica, meant to categorize and maintain as much knowledge of human existence as possible.
Having just passed the sixth anniversary of Isaac Asimov's death, one would have to think that Asimov would be honored by the time and resources Mike Carlin has expended.
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 physics - Science fiction
One could make an argument, for example, classifying Isaac Asimov's Foundation series as part of the "soft" subgenre, since the series focuses on the vast sociological movements of the dying Galactic Empire.
On the other hand, one of the most frequent comments made about Asimov's work is that his stories lack description, and that there are few sharply memorable characters scattered throughout the whole Foundation epic; this would seem to go against the grain of the argument that Soft SF necessarily has deeper characterization.
For example, Isaac Asimov's The Gods Themselves revolves around the strong nuclear force but does not include descriptions of gluons or quarks, essential components of the modern understanding of nuclear physics.
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 Amazon.ca: Books: Foundation and Chaos: The Second Foundation Trilogy
The Foundation series of the late Isaac Asimov and its continuation by Brin and Bear is a work of Creative Geniuses, the modern analogue of the classic Shakespeare.
Bear writes with a style uncannily similar to Foundation creator Isaac Asimov's, and he even manages to incorporate some of Asimov's own writing in the novel.
Asimov would have been proud to see his Foundation series added to with this wild tale.
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 ASIMOVIANS.COM - In Memory of Isaac Asimov
Galactic Empire Homepage is unofficial Asimov Foundation Universe database.
The Galactic Empire Series, The Robot Series and The Foundation Series.
BeyondAsimov.cjb.net - Fan fiction, movies, games and more based upon Isaac Asimov's sci-fi.
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 The Foundation Series
Asimov's novels covered only 500 of the expected 1,000 years it would take for the Foundation to become a galactic empire.
George Lucas used elements of the Foundation series to construct the universe in which ''Star Wars'' is set, including propulsion by hyperdrive and the Galactic Empire (although Lucas' Empire was by definition evil, while Seldon openly says that in principle the First Empire is not evil).
There are novels by various authors (Isaac Asimov's Robot CityAsimov's Robot City series, Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens series, and Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time series/) loosely connected to the Robot Series, but they contain many inconsistencies with Asimov's books, and are not generally considered part of the Foundation Series.
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 Encyclopedia: Foundation Series
Asimov's novels covered only 500 of the expected 1,000 years it would take for the Foundation to become a galactic empire.
As for Nemesis, it was written after Prelude to Foundation, but in the author's note Asimov explicitly states that the book is not part of the Foundation series, but that some day he might tie it to the others.
Furthermore, Asimov himself did not mention The End of Eternity in the series listing from Prelude to Foundation.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Foundation-Series   (2409 words)

  
 Foundation by Isaac Asimov
During his legendary career, Asimov penned pver 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series.
Isaac Asimov began his Foundation Series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction.
To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations.
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 Asimov, Isaac on Encyclopedia.com
1970), The Caves of Steel (1954), and his most famous novel, The Foundation Trilogy (1951-53), which chronicled the fall of the Galactic Empire.
The Measure of a Man? Asimov's Bicentennial Man, Star Trek's Data, and being human.
They were supplemented by two additional novels, Foundation's Edge (1982) and Robots and Empire (1985).
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 Articles - Galactic empire
Some of these empires are clearly based on the Roman Empire; the Galactic Empire of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series (which inspired empires of later writers and film-makers) being an obvious example.
Galactic empires are a fairly common theme in science fiction.
The capitol of a galactic empire is frequently a core world.
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 The Empire Series - Kaedrin's Guide to Isaac Asimov
The Empire Series - Kaedrin's Guide to Isaac Asimov
The least important of the three series, the Empire novels are enjoyable stories that take place before or during the establishment of the Galactic Empire.
Pebble in the Sky: The most important of the Empire novels is a story about a present day man who, by a poorly explained freak accident, is transported a few thousand years into the future.
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 4Literature Isaac Asimov's Robot-Empire-Foundation Series
Isaac Asimov's Robot-Empire-Foundation series (so called because it's the union of what was originally three separate storylines into a single fictional universe) is the story of the rise of man from the present day onward.
Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens (Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens, Bks.
The rigid and bureaucratic empire undergoes a decline reminiscent of the decline and fall of the Roman empire.
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 Galactic Empire (Asimov)
In Isaac Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation series of novels, the Galactic Empire is an empire consisting of planets settled by humans across the whole galaxy.
The greatest conqueror the Galaxy has ever seen, The Mule, defeater of the First Foundation, later conquers the pathetic remains of the Galactic Empire as well.
George Lucas used elements from Asimov's books to construct the universe in which Star Wars is set, including the Galactic Empire.
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 Empire Series - SciFi/Fantasy Wiki
The Galactic Empire Series is three novels by Isaac Asimov:
Their only common point is Asimov's idea of a future Galactic Empire, and this is barely mentioned in Pebble in the Sky.
In reality, this was due to the magazine editor Asimov worked with at the time (John W. Campbell) disliking robots in science fiction, and discouraging (forbidding?) Asimov from including them.
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 Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy
When the Galactic Empire began to die, when the ends of the Galaxy reverted to barbarism and dropped away, Hari Seldon and his band of Encyclopedists planted a colony -- the Foundation-- to incubate art, science, and technology, and form the nucleus of the Second Empire.
In Foundation, Isaac Asimov draws a compelling portrait of the Foundation's embryonic development and rise the peripheral power -- domination of kingdoms on the outskirts of the Galaxy.
Foundation and Empire tells the story of the period of disruption, after the Foundation has attained peripheral power -- of struggles between petty kingdoms and the Foundation's emergence as a state strong enough finally to defeat the decrepit First Empire.
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 Asimov Novel Series
The Galactic Empire series - The Robot series- The Foundation Series
A website dedicated to Isaac Asimov novel series.
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 X. Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
series, three novels from the 1940s and 1950s, about a Galactic Empire preceded
Another commentator more recently reminded us that Isaac Asimov's Foundation
George Lucas's vision by several decades -- and probably helped form his vision
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 Encyclopedia: Isaac Asimov's Utopia
The Galactic Empire Series contains Isaac Asimovs three earliest novels and one short story: The Stars, Like Dust (1951) The Currents of Space (1952) Pebble in the Sky (1950), his first novel Blind Alley (1945), short story reprinted in The Early Asimov They are only loosely connected.
Isaac Asimov's Utopia (1996) is a science fiction novel by Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimov's Robots/Empire/Foundation universe.
Isaac Asimovs Inferno (1994) is a science fiction novel by Roger MacBride Allen, set in Isaac Asimovs Robots/Empire/Foundation universe.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Isaac-Asimov%27s-Utopia   (368 words)

  
 Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Galactic Empire Series contains Isaac Asimov 's three earliest novels and one short story:
Asimov later integrated them into his all-engulfing Foundation series.
In reality, this is because Asimov wrote the original Robot and Foundation short stories as separate series, so that he could continue writing one if he (or his readers) tired of the other.
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 Timeline of Asimov's Foundation Series: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
12,020 GE Hari Seldon[follow this hyperlink for a summary of this topic] arrives on Trantor (Trantor is a fictional planet in isaac asimovs foundation series and isaac asimovs galactic empire...)
Circa 195 FE General Bel Riose (In isaac asimovs foundation series, the fictional character bel riose was the last strong general of...)
(Events of Foundation and Earth (Foundation and earth (1986) is a science fiction novel by isaac asimov, the fifth novel of the foundation...)
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 Galactic empires, galactic empire, starport galactic empire
Starport galactic empire Asimov empire galactic Galactic empire Empire galactic gillingham Isaac asimovs galactic empire series Battlefront empire galactic star war Galactic empire star war
Galactic Empires represent a promiscuous liaison between Astronomy and Glamour, with Glamour generally in the ascendant.
Galactic Empires and Space Operas: New and Used Books Category Search...
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 Galactic empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some of these empires are clearly based on the Roman Empire; the Galactic Empire of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series (which inspired empires of later writers and film-makers) being an obvious example.
Galactic empires are a fairly common theme in science fiction.
There was also a turn based strategy game called "Galactic Empire" for the Commodore C64, which had nothing to do with any of the science fiction themes mentioned above.
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 Isaac asimov s galactic empire series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Isaac Asimov Home Page
The Encyclopedia Galactica is the ultimate reference work for the universe detailed in Isaac Asimov's robot, Galactic Empire, and Foundation stories.
A chronology of Asimov's Susan Calvin stories, robot novels, galactic empire novels and Foundation series.
By March 18, 1941, Isaac Asimov had written thirty-one stories, sold seventeen, and fourteen had been published.
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 Isaac Asimov
Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series, which he later combined with two of his other series, the Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire SeriesGalactic Empire Series and Isaac Asimov's Robot SeriesRobot series.
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As a kid, he watched the original series of ''Star Trek" and ''Battlestar Galactica" on TV and perused the futuristic novels of Isaac Asimov and Larry Niven.
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 Isaac Asimov
Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series, which he later combined with two of his other series, the Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire SeriesGalactic Empire Series and Isaac Asimov's Robot SeriesRobot series.
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As a kid, he watched the original series of ''Star Trek" and ''Battlestar Galactica" on TV and perused the futuristic novels of Isaac Asimov and Larry Niven.
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 wiki/Foundation Series Definition / wiki/Foundation Series Research
Bel RioseIn Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, the fictional character Bel Riose was the last strong General of the Galactic Empire, Commander of the legendary Twentieth Fleet, who eventually came to be known as "the Last of the Imperials", and earned this title well.
Asimov's novels covered only 500 of the expected 1,000 years it would take for the Foundation to become a galactic empire.
He became Emperor following the death of his father, Stanel VI, who was fortunate enough to escape the roughly one-in-two chances of assassination faced by the last century of Galactic Emperors....
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 The Foundation Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The premise of the series is that mathematician Hari Seldon has spent his life developing a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory, a concept devised by Asimov and his editor John W. Campbell.
George Lucas used elements of the Foundation series to construct the universe in which Star Wars is set, including propulsion by hyper-drive, lightsabers (evolved from force field penknives), and the Galactic Empire (although Lucas' Empire was by definition evil, while Seldon openly says that in principle the First Empire is not evil).
The Foundation Series is an epic science fiction series written over a span of forty-nine years by Isaac Asimov.
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 Robots and Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robots and Empire is a 1985 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov.
The main scope of this book is to reconcile two of Asimov's main series, the Robot series and the Empire series (continued later in the Foundation series).
That is, to understand the transition from a mixed humanity-robot universe, dominated by the increasingly robotic societies of the Spacer Worlds, to a human-only Galactic Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robots_and_Empire   (295 words)

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