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| Appreciation of Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. |
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| The Ether |
Mr. M
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0 | October 26, 2007 |
| Videos thread. |
Mr. M
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0 | August 5, 2007 |
| Wikipedia does Isaac Asimov |
Mr. M
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1 | February 11, 2007 |
| Isaac Asimov Home Page |
Mr. M
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0 | February 11, 2007 |
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The lonely robot in a man-made universe.
The lonely man in a universe of machines; Ralph McQuarrie's vision of 'Strikebreaker'.
Back in the 1980's, I was one of those completists who wanted all the Byron Preiss publications. Those I knew about, that is; 'The Ultimate Dracula', 'The Ultimate Frankenstein' and 'The Ultimate Werewolf' were collections that featured top-notch writers and original fiction. Then, for me at least, he mysteriously disappeared.
Now, some 20 years later, his work from the 1980's has been resurrected.
Surprisingly, the movie his work is being tied-in to is not the CDE (Cheesy Digital Effects) fest titled 'Van Helsing', which gathers together all the above-mentioned monsters in one big cash-grab. Instead, Byron Preiss is being brought back into the limelight as with the impending release of the movie 'I, Robot'. Who needs the movie when you've got a collection of 20 stories by the man who essentially created robots for the English-speaking world?
Of course, Karl Capek was probably the first to coin the term in his play 'Rossum's Universal Robots', in 1921. But it was those first paperback versions of Asimov's 'I, Robot' that touched generations.
That said, the movie is directed by the talented Alex Proyas and David J. Schow has been on hand to chronicle the making of the film, surely a good sign. But I digress -- again.
Preiss was the man who brought together 'Robot Dreams', a short story collection of the twenty best robot short stories by Isaac Asimov. That's kind of like saying the twenty best diamonds by DeBeers; Asimov had and has a lock on the robot story that won’t be unhinged until time itself comes to a halt.
Preiss always brought a visual flair to his work, and the illustrations for this collection by Ralph McQuarrie are no exception. From the full-color cover to the many evocative pencil sketches, Preiss and McQuarrie illuminate the deep-thinking soul behind Asimov's fiction.
From 'Little Lost Robot' to 'Strikebreaker', there are sure to be moments of recognition and moments of discovery here for every science fiction reader.
It's a trade paperback at $14.00 that will take you back to the time when you were 14 years old and first probably read one of these stories. Can you really put a price on that feeling?
more photos in A S I M O V
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