![]() ![]() There are his ‘Galactic Empire’ novels including classics like ‘The Martian Way’, his non-sci-fi detective stories of ‘The Black Widowers’ and – arguably his rival to the Robot stories in terms of fame and adulation – the Foundation books. And as we have reached the cusp of AI genuinely becoming sentient and talks of legal rights for such robots are now being held seriously by both technology companies and governments, Asimov’s ‘Three Laws of Robotics’ are very likely to be the ground on which ethical AI will be built in decades to come.īut Asimov didn’t just write Robot stories. ![]() So brilliant were his Robot stories that the ‘Rules of Robotics’ have ceased to have any ‘copyright’ value and are more or less considered obligatory to follow for anyone writing fiction involving robots (assuming Terminator-style killer robots are left out of the picture). ![]() The length of reading long outlasted the boyfriend, I have to say (which was not a bad thing).Īsimov is, without doubt, in the very top pantheon of influential sci-fi writers. A discussion with my daughter’s boyfriend a couple of years ago who was a big sci-fi fan (and Asimov in particular) drove me to dig out the books and read again, this time in chronological order of the story-telling. My Foundation books have sat on my shelves since I was young, read long ago, but awaiting a re-read along with many other classics. ![]()
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