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Robbie y otros relatos
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- GenresScience Fiction
144 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2013
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About the author
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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October 4, 2021
Un libro compuesto de cuatro relatos, donde la constante, al menos en tres de ellos, son máquinas y robots que adquieren una conciencia que les permite comportarse de forma diferente para la que fueron creados, en algunos de manera bastante inocente como “Robbie” y en otros de una forma bastante inquietante y perturbadora como “Sally”.
Todos son muy buenos, sin embargo, mi favorito fue por lejos “Todos los problemas del mundo”, tanto por su planteamiento (en un comienzo me recordó el relato de Philip K. Dick, “El informe de la minoría”), como por el giro que toma el final, de gran emotividad.
A pesar de que en los relatos de Asimov siempre podemos notar sus toques misóginos, la selección es muy recomendable.
Todos son muy buenos, sin embargo, mi favorito fue por lejos “Todos los problemas del mundo”, tanto por su planteamiento (en un comienzo me recordó el relato de Philip K. Dick, “El informe de la minoría”), como por el giro que toma el final, de gran emotividad.
A pesar de que en los relatos de Asimov siempre podemos notar sus toques misóginos, la selección es muy recomendable.
January 27, 2012
I have read virtually every robot story written by Asimov. I started when I was on my teens; and only stopped when I was done with them all. When he died in 1992; I was one of the thousands of unknown mourners that felt as if we had lost a golden opportunity in our lives: I would never ever see him in person. That was my dream when I was a child: that some day I would see Asimov in person. Well; things didn't work out that way. Anyway; I have conversations with him through his tales; writings and books. I love these chats because they are entertaining and happen on demand. In short; I love him and will always do.
January 1, 2020
Really nice book, if you like these stories, for sure will enjoy the Robots saga and I really loved the Robots saga.
August 8, 2021
Emmmmm, la ciencia ficción no es lo mío; no me ha gustado nada. Sorry not sorry.
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