Isaac Asimov

3 LAWS OF ROBOTICS

Caves of Steel
Essentially a detective story, and illustrates an idea Asimov advocated, that science fiction is a flavor that can be applied to any literary genre.

June
1954

Foundation
Foundation tells the story of a group of scientists who seek to preserve knowledge as the civilizations around them begin to regress.

Feb
1951

Foundation And Empire
It is the second book published in the Foundation Series, It takes place in two halves, originally published as separate novellas.

July
1952

I, Robot
Nine science fiction short stories are woven together as Dr. Susan Calvin tells them to a reporter (The narrator) in the 21st century.

Dec
1950

Nightfall
Darkness is coming to a planet ordinarily illuminated at all times on all sides. Saro University begins to make a series of related discoveries.

Jan
1990

The Gods Themselves
A project by aliens who inhabit a parallel universe (the para-Universe) with different physical laws from this one.

Aug
1972

The Bicentenial Man
An unknown operation is requested. the robot refuses, as the operation is harmful and violates the First Law of Robotics.

Feb
1976

Nemesis
The novel is set in an era in which interstellar travel known as
"hyper-assistance" is in the process of being discovered and perfected.

Oct
1989

The Naked Sun
Delmarre's neighbor and fellow roboticist Jothan Leebig was working on a way of subverting the robots' inability to kill humans.

Jan
1957

The End Of Eternity
The Eternity of the title is an organization and a place which exists outside time. It is staffed by male humans called Eternals.

Nov
1955

Foundation's Edge
a former officer now a member of Council, believes the Second Foundation still exists and is controlling events.

June
1982

Second Foundation
it is rumored
that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy.

April
1953