Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much non-fiction.
Books by Isaac Asimov
15 books available
1986
Robot Dreams
by Isaac Asimov
4.2(9,843)
Asimov's collection tracks the intertwined futures of people and machines over forty years of science fiction, from early AI to humanity's future in space.
Foundation and Earth
by Isaac Asimov
4.1(55,499)
Golan Trevize, driven by a need to confirm his choice for humanity's future, begins a dangerous, galaxy-wide search for Earth, the mythical origin of mankind, whose existence has been erased from memory.
1953
The Caves of Steel
by Isaac Asimov
4.2(79,236)
In a future where humanity is split between an overcrowded Earth and advanced Spacer colonies, a xenophobic detective must overcome his prejudice to partner with a humanoid robot—who uncannily resembles the murder victim—to solve a crime that threatens to ignite an interstellar war.
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
4.3(144,567)
As the formidable Mule closes in, the galaxy's fate depends on finding the Second Foundation, a quest that throws a sharp 14-year-old girl into a dangerous game of minds and empires.
1950
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov
3.9(19,030)
A 1949 tailor, accidentally sent 20,000 years into the future, must navigate a radioactive, ageist Earth in a vast Galactic Empire that despises its origins, all while trying to avoid a mandatory death sentence for being two years too old.
The Foundation Trilogy
by Isaac Asimov
4.4(88,690)
A secret society of scientists uses psychohistory to guide humanity through a millennium of collapse and rebirth, battling warlords, empires, and psychic mutants to ensure a new, enlightened empire.
