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An astronomer visits an industrialist, and they discuss the possibility of interstellar trade. Meanwhile, their two sons have found “strange animals” that they want to turn into a circus act. Going outside, the two men discover a crashed spacecraft and the two “animals” that the youths have locked up in a barn. After having repaired their spacecraft, the aliens depart for their planet, called earth.

Conçue par le psychohistorien Hari Seldon pour restreindre l'ère de chaos résultant de la décadence de l'Empire galactique, la Fondation est désormais aux mains du Mulet, un mutant imprévisible capable de manipuler les esprits et d'imposer sa volonté à quiconque. Avec ses pouvoirs et les immenses ressources que lui procurent la Fondation, il s'est donné pour objectif d'étendre sa domination aux ultimes vestiges de l'Empire défunt.

"L'univers uni, c'est fini. L'Empire galactique se désagrège. Trente mille ans de chaos sont au programme. Et moi, j'en ai trop fait et je suis las. Oui, je m'appelle Hari Seldon et je vois que ce nom vous dit quelque chose. Tout ce que j'ai fait, c'est de poser les équations et d'agir. Les équations ne mentent pas. D'ailleurs vous le savez. Je ne voudrais pas jouer les prophètes, mais quand j'allume mon Premier Radiant, je lis l'avenir de l'humanité. Le chaos prévu sera réduit à un petit millier d'années."

A research spaceship from Earth lands on Saybrook's Planet to investigate a report by an earlier colony ship. The colony ship's captain, Saybrook, had reported that the planet's abundant plant and animal life was all part of a single organism with a unified consciousness. That organism was able to induce pregnancy in all the colony ship's female animals, and all the offspring born had green patches of fur instead of eyes, a sign that they were part of the planetary organism.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

First published fifteen years ago, shortly after his death, inside this collection are some of the finest short stories of science fiction writing from one of the genre’s greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, and one of the world's most prolific authors of fiction and non-fiction. The Good Doctor's short fiction has been enjoyed by millions for more than half a century. Now the definitive Asimov collection is underway with Volume One of The Complete Stories.

When the technology for twisting to other probability patterns was developed, a grateful Earth solved its overcrowding by sending people to live on Earths where plants and animals never got started. Each family could have its own planet, because there was an infinite number of such alt-Earths available, and the computers never assigned the same one twice. Trouble was - someone else had the same idea!

Harry Seldon venait d'inventer la psychohistoire et il n'y voyait qu'une pure spéculation, sans applications pratiques. Mais dès qu'il prit la parole à ce colloque, tout le monde comprit. La psychohistoire ne pouvait pas prédire l'avenir ? Les politiques s'en moquaient ! Ce qui comptait pour eux, c'est que les gens allaient y croire. Ensuite, les équations diraient ce qu'on leur ferait dire. Et si Seldon n'était pas d'accord tant pis pour lui ! Alors, le jeune chercheur s'enfuit en compagnie d'une belle historienne, Dors Venabili.

Première Loi : Un robot ne peut porter atteinte à un être humain ni, restant passif, laisser cet être humain exposé au danger. Deuxième Loi : Un robot doit obéir aux ordres donnés par les êtres humains, sauf si de tels ordres entrent en contradiction avec la Première Loi. Troisième Loi : Un robot doit protéger son existence dans la mesure où cette protection n’entre pas en contradiction avec la Première ou la Deuxième Loi.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

In 1966, Isaac Asimov and Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote The Genetic Effects of Radiation as a public information resource for the US Atomic Energy Commission. In Asimov's typically incisive and easy-to-understand style, the pair presents an overview of genetics, and how inherited traits can be influenced by external factors, including radiation, both environmental and man-made.

Norby è un robottino davvero unico. E non solo perché ha l'aspetto di un barilotto. I meccanismi che lo compongono provengono da una misteriosa astronave aliena e questo dettaglio gli permette di sottrarsi alle tre leggi della robotica. Può quindi rifiutarsi di obbedire agli ordini; essere un fifone sempre preoccupato di farsi male; e addirittura lottare contro i cattivi. Questo lo rende imprevedibile, buffo e... incredibilmente umano. Insieme al suo amico e proprietario, il cadetto spaziale Jeff Wells, dovrà affrontare l'odioso Ing l'Ingrato, deciso a diventare Imperatore della Terra.

Four co-workers raise some very interesting questions over lunch regarding Creationism and Evolution. This short Asimmov short story may leave you wondering.

Three disparate and suspenseful looks at ourselves in three very different worlds. These engaging short stories by three of the masters of American science fiction literature, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Philip K. Dick, open windows into our psyches, our souls, and our surroundings that presage the world we find ourselves in today. Like episodes of The Twilight Zone, cinematic in their language and characters, the stories connect with our times in surprising ways.

"It all began with my month's layoff between galactic service assignments. I reached Marsport for the ususla three-day stopover. Before landing, I received a spacegram from my wife, Hilda, saying she would stay and wait for me on Earth. So I called Flora and set a date. As I stepped out of the Video Booth, the first whiff of catastrophe nudged itself up to me. Rog Crinton said, 'Red Emergency Alert - come with me. Jack Hawk is dead. The galactic drug menace and his killer is on his way here.'"

Der dritte Teil von Isaac Asimovs Science-Fiction-Meisterwerk, der "Foundation"-Trilogie. Die Foundation liegt in Trümmern – zerstört von einem mutierten Wesen, das auf die Vernichtung der Menschheit abzielt. Doch es kursieren Gerüchte, dass irgendwo am anderen Ende der Galaxis eine zweite Foundation existiert. Einst von Hari Seldon als Rückversicherung gegründet, um das Wissen der Menschheit zu bewahren.

Sur la planète Florina, des travailleurs besognent sans relâche afin de produire le précieux kyrt, une variété de coton aux propriétés extraordinaires qui permet à leurs maîtres, les Sarkites, de vivre dans une abondance et un confort inouïs. Toute rébellion semble pourtant impensable : non seulement les Floriniens ont depuis longtemps oublié le concept de liberté, mais toute perturbation dans le commerce du kyrt, désormais vital, pourrait causer un soulèvement sur les autres planètes et résulter en une guerre galactique.

It's bad enough to learn that your historical enemy has developed robots so human-like that it takes an X-ray to detect them. But to learn that a group of the robots is already in the US and planning to detonate a bomb that can annihilate a major piece of a state - that's real motivation! For the man charged with neutralizing them - it's crunch time!

This short story was written for a syndicated newspaper page for children; but Mr. Asimov, like every good writer of children's stories, is talking not only to the children but to all of us. His characters here are young, but the idea hehind the story is as timeless as it is acute.

Some creatures hunt for food, and some hunt for sport, but what happens when the hunter becomes so effective he kills all of the prey and still lusts for the sport?