Asimov published two books named Nightfall 1 and Nightfall 2 which are collections of short stories. I have both of these books in a single volume named “Nightfall’, which is not to be confused with the novel of the same name by Asimov and Silverberg. I was getting quite confused about which robot short stories…
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The Rest of the Robots
This is an Asimov short story collection about robots, where the stories are entirely contained in The Complete Robot, although in a different order. These stories are similar in vein to those in I, Robot, although it is odd that not all of the hyperspace development stories are present (perhaps some weren’t written yet?). This…
Stainless Steel Visions
A collection of Harry Harrison short stories that I read on the flight back from Australia to the US. Includes a Stainless Steel Rat story, as well as a story using the Deathworld characters (I haven’t read any of the Deathworld books yet). Excellent read. [isbn: 0099925605]
Books read in July 2008
Utopia The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted The Stainless Steel Rat Sings The Blues The Stars, Like Dust The Currents of Space Pebble in the Sky The Stainless Steel Rat Prelude to Foundation The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World
I thought this was quite weak — certainly the weakest Stainless Steel Rat book. It was ok, but I wouldn’t recommend it to someone who hasn’t read any of the others first. Frankly the time travel premise is hard to believe, and the resolution at the end of the story is a total non-resolution. [isbn:…
The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge
I’m frantically trying to reduce the size of the mound of books I need to take back to the US at the end of our annual trip back to Australia. As part of this I read the Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge last night and on a flight to Sydney this morning. That’s not in any…
Prelude To Foundation
Written well after the original Foundation novels, Prelude to Foundation is one of two prequels. The book ties in nicely with Robots and Empire, as well as the other robot novels. Its a good book too, with its 460ish pages only taking a few days to read (I think I knocked it over in about…
The Stainless Steel Rat
I’ll keep this post short and sweet, like the book which took me three hours to read. This is the first Stainless Steel Rat book, and I think the best that I have read so far. Love it. [isbn: 1857984986]
Pebble in the Sky
This is Asimov’s first book, and not his best. Its set on an Earth which is radioactive (possibly because of a global nuclear war as supposed in the book, or perhaps because of events described in Robots and Empire). There is a galactic empire at this point, and overall humans have forgotten that they originated…
The Currents of Space
“The Currents of Space is a 1952 novel by the American science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is the second of three books labelled the Galactic Empire series. Each occurs after humans have settled many worlds in the galaxy after the second wave of colonisation that went beyond the Spacer worlds and before the era…