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Antes de la Edad de Oro 2
De la mano de Isaac Asimov, que a sus cualidades de narrador y ensayista suma la de excelente antólogo, el lector encontrará en este extenso volumen los mejores relatos que dieron lugar al explosivo crecimiento y popularidad de la ciencia ficción, desde sus mismísimos orígenes como género.
La aventura espacial en su forma primitiva e impetuosa, según la configuraron nombres gloriosos del momento como Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson, Murray Leinster, Stanley G. Weinbaum y John W. Campbell, entre otros. Relatos procedentes del período 1934-1938, los años previos a la entrada en el género de John W. Campbell, como responsable de la mítica Astounding Science Fiction, y que supusieron el comenzar de la Edad de Oro de la ciencia ficción.
El tipo de planteamientos en los que se inspiraron filmes como La guerra de las galaxias, con toda la frescura de su ingenuidad.
La aventura espacial en su forma primitiva e impetuosa, según la configuraron nombres gloriosos del momento como Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson, Murray Leinster, Stanley G. Weinbaum y John W. Campbell, entre otros. Relatos procedentes del período 1934-1938, los años previos a la entrada en el género de John W. Campbell, como responsable de la mítica Astounding Science Fiction, y que supusieron el comenzar de la Edad de Oro de la ciencia ficción.
El tipo de planteamientos en los que se inspiraron filmes como La guerra de las galaxias, con toda la frescura de su ingenuidad.
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First published January 1, 1974
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Isaac Asimov
4,338 books27.7k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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February 14, 2021
Vivimos una nueva edad dorada literaria de la ciencia ficción, con el añadido de decentes adaptaciones en forma de serie o pelicula (estoy deseando ver el nuevo Dune). Pero mucho antes, previo al comienzo de la era atómica propiamente dicha, comenzó una primera edad de oro de la ciencia ficción, de la que Asimov formó parte a través de su más que prolifica obra y el asombroso número de recopilaciones que se encargó de seleccionar y prologar, como este "Antes de la edad de oro 2", editado por Martínez Roca.
Asimov reune relatos que coinciden en comenzar a incluir una mayor preocupación por ser científicamente correctos, ajustándose a los límites y conocimientos de la ciencia del momento. Cierto es que, en lo referente a la descripción de planetas como Júpiter o Venus, dado que hablamos de relatos de la segunda mitad de la decada de 1930 anteriores a la exploracion espacial, muchos de ellos han quedado anticuados e inexactos. Otros sin embargo, siguen manteniendo su validez y plantean interesante cuestiones filosóficas sobre la vida y el universo.
Asimov reune relatos que coinciden en comenzar a incluir una mayor preocupación por ser científicamente correctos, ajustándose a los límites y conocimientos de la ciencia del momento. Cierto es que, en lo referente a la descripción de planetas como Júpiter o Venus, dado que hablamos de relatos de la segunda mitad de la decada de 1930 anteriores a la exploracion espacial, muchos de ellos han quedado anticuados e inexactos. Otros sin embargo, siguen manteniendo su validez y plantean interesante cuestiones filosóficas sobre la vida y el universo.
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