Robot Series
by Isaac Asimov · first published 1994
75% recommend25% neutral
Why HN recommends it
Accessible science fiction suited to newcomers to the genre or anyone wanting quick, engaging reads. It is a good place to start with Asimov, and its stories are easy to finish in a sitting.
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…in a Strange Land (Heinlein) Starship Troopers (Heinlein) A Scanner Darkly (Dick) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Dick) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Adams) Childhood's End (Clarke) Robot series (Asimov) Bicentennial Man (Asimov) Brave New World (Huxley)
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?” ↗…something but as a reference if you want to verify something as the old Encyclopedias we used to use. To just fill the hours, I would suggest some nice book, even better good series, like Foundation and Robot Series by Isaac Asimov, A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) by George R.R. Martin etc.. With those I think those 5 weeks will fly..
on “Ask HN: What should I save for offline reading during 5 weeks without Internet?” ↗Most of Asimov's books, specially: * Foundation Series / Robot Series / Empire Series * The Gods Themselves
on “What are your favourite sci-fi books?” ↗Isaac Asimov is a must read for people who love Sci-Fi. Some of his books I loved: The Robot Series (The Caves of Steel, The Robots of Dawn etc.), The Foundation Series, Nemesis, the list goes on ...
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗given your interest in tech and not being used to fiction maybe try some science fiction short stories? I'd recommend Issac Asimov's short stories. The robot series for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_series. You can read a few of those in a sitting.
on “Good Books for a Lousy Year” ↗Read Asimov's Robot Series. You'll love it.
on “Jeff Bezos' Vision: Trillion Humans in the Solar System” ↗…reading many of the books found in Asimov's Foundation Universe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series#List_of_books...). Right now I am reading "The Robots of Dawn", the third book in Asimov's Robot Series. I have gone in a kind of a strange order, first reading The Complete Robot, then the Foundation Series, the Empire Series, and now the Robot Series. I have enjoyed them all, I like Asimov's style.…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading right now?” ↗I wouldn't have gotten nearly as much enjoyment out of the series (including the 2 sequels after the trilogy) if I hadn't read Asimov's Robot Series. I know that the whole "you don't get it because you haven't read these other books" thing is kind of cliché, but I really do think that the majority of the joy I got from Foundation was because of how…
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?” ↗