Isaac Asimov

         One of the defining stories that got
         our dear friend Isaac to be such an
         icon was the series collected in
         "I, Robot".  Up until that time, the
         robot was just something that cheap
         movie producers (eg, the Movie version
         of Lost in Space) could "throw into
         a movie, to sucker in the Sci Fi
         fans).  However, the good doctor saw
         that Robots (like other machines) would
         be engineered to not kill their creators
         (as per "Rostrum's Universal Robots"
         -- the original Robot story).

         Enjoy!

             I, Robot.
             Asimov's Mysteries (SF mysteries!)
             The Rest of the Robots

             Foundation (possibly the greatest
                     epic of the 20th century)

             and of course his science essays:

             Of Time, Space and Other Things
             A Whiff of Death (SF mystery,
                   with much Chemistry!!)
             Building Blocks of The Universe
                   (more chemistry made fun!)

             Only a Trillion
             View From A Height

             And the superb Sci-Fi / Medical book:

                 Fantastic Voyage
                 The Film: Fantasic Voyage

             Also, don't miss Isaac's younger
             brother's ONLY book:

                    "Yours, Isaac Asimov"

             As Stanley put it:

            "About the time when Isaac had
             written 80 books, someone walked up
             to me and asked me if I had
             written.  My answer was:

            "Isaac and I have averaged about
             40 books each -- 80 for him, and
             none for me.  The answer changed
             only to reflect Isaac's increasing
             number of books.

            "While this book will mean that my
             book count will soar to one, it
             also counts as one for Isaac.
             After all, they are his letters.

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