Tag Archives: Isaac Asimov

Robot Dreams

Posted on November 11, 2008 by smellincoffee

Robot DreamsIsaac Asimov © 1986Berkely Publishing, NY349 pages When I first started reading Asimov’s fiction, I started with short story collections — and this week I returned to that type of literature. Robot Dreams is a collection of short stories … Continue reading →

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Puzzles of the Black Widowers

Posted on November 5, 2008 by smellincoffee

I’ve been reading Puzzles of the Black Widowers on and off for a couple of months now. Rather than reading it straight through, I’d read a puzzle or two whenever I ran out of my weekly reading. This morning, I … Continue reading →

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Nemesis

Posted on November 2, 2008 by smellincoffee

Nemesis© Isaac Asimov 1989Doubleday, New York364 pages Having completed Asimov’s Foundation series, I decided to return to a volume of short stories, Robot Dreams. I had some difficulty in finding a copy, and so in the meantime I read Nemesis. … Continue reading →

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Nightfall

Posted on October 20, 2008 by smellincoffee

NightfallIsaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, © 1990Bantam Books, New York339 pages. If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God! … Continue reading →

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Forward the Foundation

Posted on October 13, 2008 by smellincoffee

Prelude to FoundationIsaac Asimov © 1993Doubleday Publishing, New York341 pages For nearly fifty years, Isaac Asimov thrilled millions of readers with his internationally bestselling Foundation Series, a spell-binding tale of the future that spans hundreds of years and dozens of … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (7/10)

Posted on October 8, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update Tilting the Balance, Harry Turtledove Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer I continued in the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove, which sees an alien invasion of Earth in 1942 — thus interrupting the second … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (1/10)

Posted on October 1, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: In the Balance, Harry Turtledove Foundation and Earth, Isaac Asimov I had an extraordinarily busy weekend when it came to schoolwork, but I was able to read In the Balance between writing sessions. In the Balance is … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (24/9)

Posted on September 24, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Rules of Civility, George Washington Foundation’s Edge, Isaac Asimov Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, Al Franken I began this week with … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (17/9)

Posted on September 17, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin’, Bill Zehme Banquets of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov Sinatra: the Artist and the Man, John Lahr Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani I … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (3/9)

Posted on September 3, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut The Ascent of Science, Brian Silver Foundation and Empire, Isaac Asimov It’s Been a Good Life, Isaac Asimov For the Love of Life, Erich Fromm I began this week by reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Jailbird, … Continue reading →

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