Isaac Asimov

Premija "Khjugo" za luchshij roman. Premija "Lokus" za luchshij roman. Finalist premii "Nebjula" za luchshij roman. Premija "Khjugo" za luchshuju seriju vsekh vremen. Nakonets-to razoritelnoe i ozhestochennoe protivostojanie mezhdu dvumja Akademijami podoshla k kontsu. Uchenye Pervoj Akademii oderzhali pobedu, i teper oni vozvraschajutsja k davno razrabotannomu planu Geri Seldona po sozdaniju novoj Imperii na ruinakh staroj. No khodjat slukhi, chto Vtoraja Akademija ne unichtozhena i ee nepokornye priverzhentsy gotovjat svoju mest. Teper dvoe izgnannykh grazhdan Akademii - otstupnik chlen Soveta i istorik - otpravljajutsja na poiski mificheskoj planety Zemlja... i dokazatelstva togo, chto Vtoraja Akademija vse esche suschestvuet. Dissident-telepat iz Vtoroj Akademii tozhe otpravljaetsja na poiski Zemli. Tem vremenem nechto ili nekto izvne Akademij stroit plany v sootvetstvii so svoej sobstvennoj zloveschej tselju. Vskore predstaviteli kak Pervoj, tak i Vtoroj Akademii obnaruzhat, chto ustremljajutsja v samyj konets Vselennoj, chtoby vstretit svoju sudbu.

Ameerika Ulmekirjanduse Assotsiatsiooni (SFWA) 8. suurmeistri (1986) Isaac Asimovi jutukogu "Mõtle nagu marslane" (The Martian Way and Other Stories; 1955) peetakse "Üheksa homse" (OR 4/2016) kõrval kirjaniku tugevaimaks lühiproosakogumikuks. Kogumiku neljas pikemas loos pakub Asimov meile erinevate inimtsivilisatsiooni lähisajandeil tabada võivate probleemide kirjeldusi ja lahendusi, alates energiakriisidest ja teiste elukeskkondade maasarnastamise eetilisusest kuni koloniaalühiskondade iseseisvumise ja uute energiaallikate otsinguteni. "Mõtle nagu marslane" osutus omal ajal nõnda edukaks, et kirjastus Doubleday võttis kohe avaldada Asimovi järgmise novellikogu."Mõtle nagu marslane" on 26. eestikeelne Isaac Asimovi raamat. Orpheuse Raamatukogus on viimati ilmunud tema legendaarne jutukogu "Mina, robot" (OR 3/2021) ja mahukas romaan "Nemesis" (5/2021). Robotilugude-kogumikus ilmunud lühijutt "Küülikut püüdes" pälvis 2022. aastal Eesti ulmelugejate aastaauhinna Stalker.

DISCOVER THE SAGA BEHIND THE APPLE TV+ ORIGINAL SERIES From a grand master of science fiction comes the long awaited final novel of one of the greatest series ever told. Completed just before his death, FORWARD THE FOUNDATION is a crowning achievement and stirring testament to the creative genius of Isaac Asimov.

A nova-bright adventure and the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series by a founding father of science fiction. The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. High above the planet Florina, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of its surface, however, the native Florinians labour ceaselessly for their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. But now both worlds are hurtling toward a cataclysm, and only one man knows the truth; a man without a memory or a past, unaware of the secret locked inside his own brain… Their world is doomed.

Esta excelente novela de ciencia ficci n de Isaac Asimov, maestro del g nero, es el segundo libro de la «Serie de los robots , primer bloque de su famosa «Saga de la Fundaci n . En el Enclave Espacial, a las afueras de la Ciudad de Nueva York, un cient fico de los Mundos Exteriores ha aparecido asesinado. El detective Elijah Baley tiene que ocuparse de este caso en la para l inquietante y odiosa compa a de un robot humanoide: R. Daneel Olivaw. La investigaci n es delicada ya que puede terminar con el equilibrio entre los descendientes de la colonizaci n estelar, en perfecta comuni n con sus robots, y los habitantes de la Tierra, que, refugiados en grandes metr polis subterr neas a las que llaman Ciudades, sobreviven precariamente a la falta de recursos naturales y temen a los robots. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants. To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations. The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection. Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on. Now, Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence

Stiftelsen fikk klassikerstatus allerede 1966 med Hugo-prisen Beste serie gjennom tidene. Handlingen er lagt til et svinnende galaktisk imperium. Det har hatt fremgang i tolv tusen år. Ingen mistenker at dette strålende imperiets hjerte er råttent. Ikke før psykohistorikeren Hari Seldon bruker sin nye vitenskap til å forutse dets forferdelige skjebne.

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S tekh por, kak chelovechestvo vyshlo v kosmos, proshli veka. Teper chelovecheskaja tsivilizatsija okhvatyvaet vsju galaktiku, vse dvesti millionov planet. Vse eti miry obedineny v Galakticheskuju Imperiju. Stolitsa imperii - gigantskij megapolis, pokryvajuschij vsju poverkhnost planety Trantor. Eto administrativnyj i kulturnyj tsentr vsego chelovechestva. Prarodina, planeta Zemlja, pozabyta, ee zhiteli vlachat zhalkoe suschestvovanie posredi radioaktivnykh ruin. Nikto ne ozhidaet, chto imenno tam vozniknet zagovor, ot kotorogo sodrognetsja Imperija.

Iz 1949 goda Dzhozef Shvarts popadaet v mir daljokogo buduschego - perioda rastsveta Galakticheskoj Imperii. V rezultate drevnikh termojadernykh vojn poverkhnost Zemli stala radioaktivnoj i neprigodnoj dlja zhizni. V to zhe vremja ljudi rasselilis po vsej Galaktike i zabyli o svoej kolybeli. Zemlja vsego lish kameshek v nebe. Nyne vsjo chelovechestvo zhivjot pod upravleniem planety Trantor, kontrolirujuschej dvesti millionov zvezd. No na Zemle eschjo zhivy natsionalisticheskie nastroenija, nekotorye zemljane khotjat vernut sebe vlast predkov. Odna iz revanshistskikh gruppirovok gotovit oruzhie, sposobnoe opustoshit vsju Galaktiku. Shvarts po veleniju sudby okazyvaetsja v samom tsentre zagovora...

Oni sozdali "Vechnost", chtoby upravljat vremenem. I stali prakticheski bessmertnymi i bezmerno zhestokimi. No nichto ne dlitsja po-nastojaschemu vechno... Klassicheskij nauchno-fantasticheskij roman o paradoksakh vremeni, bezdushnoj bjurokratii, protivostojanii sisteme, vlasti i svobode.

Uchenyj Geri Seldon, osnovatel novoj nauki - psikhoistorii, v svoikh rabotakh dokazal neizbezhnost krakha Galakticheskoj imperii, obedinjavshej milliony obitaemykh mirov. Chtoby ne dopustit padenija chelovechestva v puchinu nadvigajuschegosja khaosa, Seldon razrabotal detalnyj plan rozhdenija novoj Imperii na oblomkakh staroj. Dlja osuschestvlenija svoego Plana Seldon sozdal v raznykh kontsakh Galaktiki dve Akademii, obedinivshie luchshie umy chelovechestva. Kazalos, nichto ne moglo pomeshat osuschestvleniju velikogo Plana Seldona, no ljudskie ambitsii priveli k konfliktu mezhdu Akademijami, i chelovechestvo vnov okazalos na kraju propasti...

"Nägemused robotitest", originaalpealkirjaga "Robot Visions" on Isaac Asimovi 1990. a ilmunud jutukogu, mis koondab endas väga ligikaudu poolt tema poole sajandi jooksul ilmunud robotiteemalisest loomingust. Osad neist juttudest on eesti lugejaile tuntud (5 neist on ilmunud jutukogus "Kadunud robot", 1965, ja veel kaks on ilmunud hilisemates kogumikes), kuid enamik neist - nagu ka autori robotiteemalised esseed - ilmuvad eesti keeles esmakordselt.Kogumiku jutud: "Kui kahju!", "Robbie", "Valelik", "Nõiaring", "Mõtleja", "Tõendus", "Kadunud robot", "Välditav konflikt", "Naiselik vaist", "Kahesaja-aastane mees", "Ühel päeval", "Mõtle!", "Segregatsionist", "Peegelpilt", "Lenny", "Veergude ori", "Rodney jõulupuhkus"Kogumiku esseed: "Uued õpetajad", "Mida iganes te ka ei sooviks", "Sõbrad, kelle leiame", "Meie arukad tööriistad", "Robootika seadused", "Fantastiline tulevik", "Masinavärk ja robot", "Uus elukutse", "Robot kui vaenlane?", "Koos mõtlemine", "Minu robotid", "Inimsuse seadused", "Küberneetiline organism", "Huumorimeel", "Ühinenud robotid"

Fundaci n e Imperio es el cuarto volumen del «Ciclo de la Fundaci n , pero tambi n la segunda parte de la original «Trilog a de la Fundaci n o «Ciclo de Tr ntor , que puede leerse independientemente y que fue galardonada con el Premio Hugo a la mejor serie de ciencia ficci n de todos los tiempos. Guiada por su fundador, el gran psicohistoriador Hari Seldon, y gracias a su superioridad cient fica y tecnol gica, la Fundaci n ha logrado sobrevivir a la amenaza de barbarie y avaricia de sus planetas vecinos. Pero ahora debe enfrentarse al Imperio, que, pese a su decadencia, sigue siendo la fuerza m s poderosa de la galaxia. Cuando un ambicioso general empe ado en restaurar la gloria del Imperio env a una vasta flota imperial a destruir la Fundaci n, la nica esperanza para el peque o planeta de eruditos y cient ficos se encuentra en las profec as de Hari Seldon. Pero ni siquiera el mismo Hari Seldon podr a haber previsto el nacimiento de una extraordinaria criatura llamada el Mulo, una inteligencia mutante dotada de poderes paranormales capaces de convertir al humano de voluntad m s f rrea en el m s d cil esclavo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The second novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION, NOW STREAMING Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire--the mightiest force in the Galaxy--is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who--or what--is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation? Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, is the story of humanity's perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light--and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.

The original trilogy of Isaac Asimov's bestselling science fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series, in a striking boxed set package THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION - Nominated as one of America's best-loved series by PBS's The Great American Read For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, 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 future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. Collected in this boxed set, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation form the celebrated original trilogy that started it all. One of the most influential in the history of science fiction, the Foundation series is celebrated for its unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. Here, Asimov has written a timely and timeless saga of the best--and worst--that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.