isaac asimov

I am re-reading the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov (the first 3 books) for the first time in about 15 years. I've noticed a few minor coincidences with the Star Wars universe and wonder if George Lucas didn't borrow some tidbits from Foundation. There is a Wikipedia article that discusses...

At the end of the story, when Araman reveals the real reason why the government has been trying to stop Foster from publishing chronoscope design (it would mean the end of privacy), Foster is shocked and offers to recall his letters, but it is already too late. The secret is out. When I read...

All this talk about Israel and anti-semitism reminds me of something Isaac Asimov wrote in his autobiography. ... ...

I was just thinking of how to violate the 3 laws of robotics. This was probably already thought of as I have had minimal exposure to Isaac Asimov's works, unfortunately. Here they are.... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics Now I want to say there are 2 codes humans go...

Here's a theory I hadn't come across before - the Al Qaida network may have been inspired by Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels, the first of which was allegedly translated into arabic under the title 'Al Qaida'. LA City Beat - I Bin Laden More in-depth article from The Guardian Book Review No...

Seeing Roboramma's sig in a recent thread, "... when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger...

Isaac Asimov is one of my favorite authors, but not his Sci-Fi books. I consider his Non-fiction writing to be better than his Fiction. However, I did run accross a "Murder Mystery" book he wrote which contains a very interesting passage. This was written in 1976, so that makes it 30 years...

Isaac Asimov was wrong, we will have small, fast, light and strong robots. Read here: http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT10/Abstracts/Wright2/index.html Now imagine billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billlions of those motors working together, each one like a muscle cell, together...

In Asimov's story a thinly-disguised Randi boasts about being an exposeur. So when did Randi stop being a poseur? Ain't I a stinker

Have a look at the comic strip starting here and running for the next 13 days. Very funny. Spoiler below: The specific cartoon I wish to comment on is this one, 11 days into the story, featuring the ghosts of Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan. Asimov is willing to change his mind about the...

I am two thirds the way through this book and I am really liking it. He really makes telepathy sound like a possibility, rather than a woo-woo dream. I haven't had much time to read before, but now that I am disabled I am lucky to have a shelf full of paperback science fiction novels. I had...