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FICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 1951
FOUNDATION
by Isaac Asimov
"The story of this colony's survival and eventual command of the broken empire sustains the narrative which is- this time-better science than fiction."
First of a three-book series covering the world of remote tomorrows, the effectiveness of this first volume is curtailed by its attempt to cover more than a century in time with its many generations of characters. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 25, 1955
THE END OF ETERNITY
by Isaac Asimov
"Combinations and permutations by the dozen."
Time theories set the story of Technician Harlan's journeys upwhen and down-when until he meets Noys Lambent who cracks his observer's objectivity. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 16, 1963
I, ROBOT
by Isaac Asimov

A new edition of the by now classic collection of affiliated stories which has already established its deserved longevity. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: May 5, 1972
THE GODS THEMSELVES
by Isaac Asimov
"Asimov's following will enjoy the innovative clutter of math, physics, and those oozy para-Universe "Soft Ones," but articulated speculations proceed at a long, slow crawl."
Asimov's first full-length science fiction novel in 15 years features an impossible glut of protons, called "Plutonium-186," starter for a two-way energy-flow project between Earth and a parallel universe. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 1973
Kirkus Star RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA
by Arthur C. Clarke
"A perfect science fiction novel."
Only superlatives will do for Arthur Clarke's dazzlingly polished, wonderfully original exploration of a gigantic alien space ship that passes briefly through the solar system on its way to an unimaginable destination. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 29, 1978
THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE
by Arthur C. Clarke
"Not much of a novel, but the idea is one of Clarke's most captivating."
Characteristic Clarke—and parts of it are excellent. Read full book review >