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Robots and Empire

Name: Robots and Empire
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Isaac Asimov

Auteur: Isaac Asimov

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: HarperCollins Publishers

Auteur: Isaac Asimov

Engels
Paperback
9780586062005
28 augustus 1986
512 pagina's

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Isaac Asimov

"Isaac Asimov (/ˈæzɪmɒv/;[b][c] c. January 2, 1920[a] – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards.[d] His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.

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Isaac Asmiov's classic novel about the decline and fall of Solaria. Gladia Delmarre's homeworld, the Spacer planet Solaria, has been abandoned - by its human population. Countless robots remain there. And when traders from Settler worlds attempt to salvage them, the robots of Solaria turn to killing...in defiance of the Three Laws of Robotics. Pax Robotica Long ago, Gladia's robots Daneel and Giskard played a vital role in opening the worlds beyond the Solar system to Settlers from Earth. Now the conscience-stricken robots are faced with an even greater challenge. Either the sacred Three Laws of Robotics are in ruins - or a new, superior Law must be established to bring peace to the galaxy. With Madam Gladia and D.G. Baley - the captain of the Settler traders and a descendant of the robots' friend Elijah Baley - Daneel and Giskard travel to the robot stronghold of Solaria...where they uncover a sinister Spacer plot to destroy Earth itself.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 28 augustus 1986
Aantal pagina's: 512
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Isaac Asimov
Hoofduitgeverij: HarperCollins Publishers

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Editie: Re-issue
Product breedte: 111 mm
Product hoogte: 48 mm
Product lengte: 177 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 111 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 31 mm
Verpakking lengte: 178 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 270 g

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EAN: 9780586062005

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Categorieën: Literatuur & Romans

Fantasy & Sciencefiction

Sciencefiction

Nabije toekomst

Space exploration

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Taal: Engels
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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Type boek: Paperback

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Asimov’s fourth Robot novel
- CJBo
- 30-39 jaar
- Amsterdam
- 22 maart 2014
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‘Robots and Empire’ is the fourth book in Asimov’s The Robot series and the only one in the series that is not an Elijah Baley crime novel. The main storyline is about the Settlers and the Spacers and their struggle for control of the Galaxy. It takes place at about a century-and-a-half after the death of Baley who nevertheless makes several appearances through the many flashbacks featured in the early parts of the book. From all of Asimov’s novels set in the Foundation Universe this is perhaps the one that most clearly demonstrates the shortcomings of the Three Laws of Robotics. Throughout the length of the novel one witnesses how Daneel and Giskard become increasingly aware of these shortcomings, culminating in the formulation of a new and overruling Zeroth Law. What follows is a difficult process of acceptance of this new law as well as an investigation of its consequences, whereby a connection is established with psychohistory, the mental science that is of fundamental importance in Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. It will be very satisfying to discover the profound effects that Elijah Baley has had on the people around him (in particular on Daneel) and the pivotal role that the characters of The Robot series turn out to have played in shaping mankind’s future course in the Galaxy. ‘Robots and Empire’ brilliantly connects The Robot, The Galactic Empire and The Foundation series and in so doing impressively elevates the individual serials to a higher level. ‘Robots and Empire’ is a vital addition to Asimov’s future-history canon and an absolute must-read! Note, however, that if one has the intention of reading Asimov’s Foundation trilogy and its sequels one is heartily advised to do so before reading this novel.

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