Asimov, Isaac 1920-1992

Foundation by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
295 editions published between 1951 and 2010 in 22 languages and held by 4,395 libraries worldwide
Continues the Foundation trilogy. Golan Trevise, former councliman of the First Foundation, is entrusted with formidable task--to determine the future of Galactic development.

I, robot by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
225 editions published between 1933 and 2009 in 24 languages and held by 3,635 libraries worldwide
In this collection, one of the great classics of science fiction, Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction.

Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
124 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in 16 languages and held by 3,521 libraries worldwide
Interplanetary intrigue, hyperspace pursuit, and future technology combine with a desperate search for the planet Earth.

Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology : the lives and achievements of 1510 great scientists from ancient times to the present chronologically arranged by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
50 editions published between 1964 and 1988 in 6 languages and held by 3,246 libraries worldwide
Each numbered entry gives short to lengthy biographical information. Chronological arrangement. Most biographies from previous editions have been expanded as new information became available to author. Subject and name index.

The robots of dawn by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
79 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in 14 languages and held by 3,047 libraries worldwide
Detective Elijah Baley--from The Naked Sun and Caves of Steel--is sent to Aurora to solve the murder of a humaniform robot.

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
79 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 3,005 libraries worldwide
"A Foundation Book." When young Hari Seldon arrives on Trantor, he is unaware of the perilous politics that are brewing. After he presents his paper on psychohistory, he becomes the most wanted man in the Empire.

Foundation and empire by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
141 editions published between 1952 and 2009 in 15 languages and held by 2,730 libraries worldwide
The Galactic Empire declines, and a period of disruption ensues, followed by the emergence of the Foundation, creation of psychohistorian Hari Seldon, as a state strong enough to finally defeat the decrepit First Empire.

Nemesis by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
69 editions published between 1989 and 2005 in 15 languages and held by 2,726 libraries worldwide
A space colony arrives at a planet only to find it is slated for destruction.

Second foundation by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
154 editions published between 1953 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 2,676 libraries worldwide
"This series narrates the fall of a great galactic empire and the efforts of the Foundations to combat the barbarism that follows."

Fantastic voyage; a novel by Isaac Asimov ( Book )
59 editions published between 1966 and 2003 in 12 languages and held by 2,655 libraries worldwide
Four men and a woman are reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size, sent in a miniaturized atomic sub through a dying man's carotid artery to destroy a blood clot in his brain. If they fail, the entire world will be doomed.