Robots and Empire

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Author(s):

Isaac Asimov

First Pub:

1985

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

1993

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 24

Part I - Aurora

1 - The Descendant

2 - The Ancestor?

3 - The Crisis

4 - Another Descendant

Part II - Solaria

5 - The Abandoned World

6 - The Crew

7 - The Overseer

Part II - Baleyworld

8 - The Settler World

9 - The Speech

10 - After the Speech

Part IV - Aurora

11 - The Old Leader

12 - The Plan and the Daughter

13 - The Telepathic Robot

14 - The Duel

Part V - Earth

15 - The Holy World

16 - The City

17 - The Assassin

18 - The Zeroth Law

19 - Alone

Internal ID:

131

Series:

<- The Robots of Dawn

Robot*

#5 of 5

Robot*

A series of science fiction books written by Isaac Asimov. These books gave us the well-known Three Laws of Robotics. They also tie in with the Foundation series.

View this series in the book list

1) I, Robot
2) The Caves of Steel
3) The Naked Sun
4) The Robots of Dawn
5) Robots and Empire

Copyright:

Dedication:

TO ROBYN AND MICHAEL

AND TO THE YEARS OF HAPPINESS
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY
AS THEY WALK TO ROAD OF LIFE TOGETHER.

First Sentence:

Gladia felt the lawn-lounge to make sure it wasn't too damp and then sat down.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

He was alone - and with a Galaxy to care for.

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 04-Mar-2023

Publications

01-Nov-1986

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Nov-1986

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$4.50

Pages*:

468

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

652

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-32894-9

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-32894-6

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Whelan - Cover Artist

OLIVAW'S TWIST

Two hundred years after his humiliating defeat at the hands of the Earthman Elijah Baley, Kelden Amadiro still dreamed of revenge. Now, finally, he set into motion a plot that would totally destroy the planet Earth.

But Amadiro had not counted on the power Baley still exerted long after his death. For Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, and the extraordinarily gifted robot Giskard - and they were the only ones who could save Earth.

Fortunately for Amadiro, Daneel and Giskard were restrained by the dictates of the Three Laws of Robotics. Or were they?

FIRST PAPERBACK PUBLICATION

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First International Edition: July 1986
First U.S. Edition: November 1986

Bought this at B Dalton's in the mall. Didn't know the Foundation and Robot universes had been merged until I saw this on the shelf.

Author(s)

Isaac Asimov
Birth: 02 Jan 1920 Petrovichi, Russia
Death: 06 Apr 1992 New York, USA

Notes:

Contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion during a triple bypass heart surgery.

Awards

1986

Locus Magazine

Best SF Novel

Nominee

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