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  1. Did Asimov ever explain how his robots are programmed/trained?

    Jan 7, 2026 · Asimov's robots could be given tasks and are able to carry them out with skill. Asimov's plot device of the "positronic brain" helps to explain away how this is possible - a …

  2. How many books did Isaac Asimov write? - Science Fiction

    Jul 14, 2021 · All bibliographies I've seen of Isaac Asimov count anthologies as books, even ones that overlap with previous anthologies, with the result being that Asimov has a much higher …

  3. In Asimov's Robot stories, were later robots designed by robots …

    Jan 7, 2026 · In my brain, from reading various Asimov Robot anthologies, was that early robots were designed by humans, but at some point, the robots became so complicated that robots …

  4. What order should Asimov's Foundation series be read in?

    Mar 10, 2011 · The author himself, Isaac Asimov, wrote in the Author's Note of the Prelude to Foundation that he is providing a guide for those readers that might appreciate it since the …

  5. What is the chronological order of the novels in Asimov's …

    Jan 12, 2011 · I read the in the Foundation series in the chronological order and I would for 2 reason. As it's said it's better to read the Robot Series of Asimov because there is of them in …

  6. A short tale of a robot male house servant which the lady owner …

    Feb 14, 2022 · It was, most likely, an Asimov short tale. The lady houseowner acquired a servant male robot that would perform house jobs for her in a perfect manner, cook, clean, etc.

  7. suggested order - Asimov - Start with Foundation or Robots

    Dec 17, 2019 · I want to start and (this time) finish the two Asimov series I have: the Foundation books (trilogy in fact) and the Robots cycle. Is there a particular order between those two …

  8. What is the correct order for reading material of Isaac Asimov?

    5 Apart from the Foundation and Robot series, Asimov's works aren't interrelated very strongly. So apart from the Robots quadrilogy (Caves of Steel, Naked Sun, Robots of Dawn and Robots …

  9. short stories - Let There Be Light Story Identification - Science ...

    Feb 9, 2014 · Many people asked Asimov the same question while he was alive: "It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to …

  10. isaac asimov - How did robots overcome the three rules? - Science ...

    Sep 12, 2023 · 15 I have read Asimov's books and there are the three laws. How did robots overcome this set of rules, seeing Foundation where Demerzel is able to kill.