11 May 2008 mikal   » (Journeyer)

Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series

I'm getting really into reading second hand science fiction from the 1950s onwards. I read a few (but nowhere near all) of the Foundation series as a child, and I remember liking them a lot. Stolen from Wikipedia, here is a list of the books in The Foundation series in Asimov's suggested reading order:

CYearTitleNotes
1950I, RobotRobot short stories. First collection, which were all included in The Complete Robot, though it also contains binding text (Mind and Iron), no longer in The Complete Robot. Bookbuyer's
11982The Complete RobotRobot short stories. Collection of Asimov stories written between 1940 and 1976.
1986Robot DreamsRobot short stories. Anthologised in a book with the same title.
1990Robot VisionsRobot short stories. Anthologised in a book with the same title.
1992The Positronic ManRobot novel based on Asimov's short story The Bicentennial Man, co-written by Robert Silverberg
21954The Caves of SteelRobot novel. Leigh's Favorite Books
31957The Naked SunRobot novel.
41983The Robots of DawnRobot novel. Leigh's Favorite Books
51985Robots and EmpireRobot novel. Bookbuyer's
1993Isaac Asimov's CalibanCaliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen.
1994Isaac Asimov's InfernoCaliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen.
1996Isaac Asimov's UtopiaCaliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen.
61951The Stars, Like DustGalactic Empire series.
71952The Currents of SpaceGalactic Empire series.
81950Pebble in the SkyGalactic Empire series.
91988Prelude to FoundationFoundation novel.
101993Forward the FoundationFoundation novel.
111951FoundationFoundation trilogy.
121952Foundation and EmpireFoundation trilogy.
131953Second FoundationFoundation trilogy.
1997Foundation's FearSecond Foundation trilogy by Gregory Benford.
1998Foundation and ChaosSecond Foundation trilogy by Greg Bear.
1999Foundation's TriumphSecond Foundation trilogy by David Brin.
141982Foundation's EdgeFinal chronological Foundation books.
151986Foundation and EarthFinal chronological Foundation books.

Next step, read them.

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Syndicated 2008-05-11 11:39:00 (Updated 2008-05-12 02:04:48) from stillhq.com : Mikal, a geek from Canberra living in Silicon Valley

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