Daneel Olivaw) to solve a series of crimes. Asimov’s Robot Novels successfully combine science fiction and mystery and team a human detective (Elijah Bailey) and robot partner (R. The Robot Series spans numerous short stories and novels, and it is in this fiction where Asimov coined the term “robotics” and came up with the Three Laws of Robotics. Daneel Olivaw, the Bicentennial Man, Robbie, and the rest of Asimov’s robots. In celebration of Isaac Asimov and the more than 500 books he contributed, here are 12 essential Asimov reads.īefore there was HAL, C-3PO, or Data, there was R. Just one example is Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, who recently revealed how he was inspired to pursue economics after reading Asimov’s Foundation Series.Īs a child, Asimov was of one of my favorite authors, and I still smile when I recall the day when I first read The Foundation Trilogy (it was only a trilogy then) and realized I was just like Gaal Dornick: “a country boy who had never seen Trantor before.” Even today, some 25 years after his passing, his influence on science fiction, technology, and culture is deep and far reaching.
Whether you’ve read any of his books or not, you’re probably familiar with the name Isaac Asimov.
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