艾萨克·阿西莫夫因为《神们自己》获得了1972年星云奖及1973年雨果奖。《神们自己（TheGodsThemselves）》，这个标题出自席勒描写圣女贞德的剧作中的一句话：面对愚昧，即使神们自己都束手无策
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth--but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.

In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the solar system to create its own renegade utopia around an unknown red star two light-years from Earth: a star named Nemesis. Now a fifteen-year-old Rotorian girl has learned of the dire threat that nemesis poses to Earth's people--but she is prevented from warning them. Soon she will realize that Nemesis endangers Rotor as well. And so it will be up to her alone to save both Earth and Rotor as--drawn inexorably by Nemesis, the death star--they hurtle toward certain disaster.

電影〔變人〕〔機械公敵〕原著作者
1966年擊敗了「魔戒」系列，奪得世界科幻大會雨果獎「永遠最佳系列小說」延續已達一萬二千年，統領疆域廣達數百萬星球的古老銀河帝國，正在緩慢的步上無可挽回的衰亡之路。哈里．謝頓 (Hari Seldon) --未來史學的創造者，計算出在銀河帝國滅亡後隨之而來的將是長達三萬年充滿戰爭及文明崩壞的黑暗時代。為了減短人類將受到的痛苦，一場改變歷史巨輪運行方向的奮鬥就在哈里．謝頓的帶領下展開了......。
加爾．多尼克(Gaal Dornick)，應聘前往帝國首都傳特星(Trantor) ，一個擁有四兆人口，全星球表面及地底深處皆為人工建築所覆蓋的帝國行政中心，加入謝頓計劃的研究。在他抵達的同時，帝國公安局( Comission of Public Safety) 早已因為謝頓的研究指出了帝國的覆亡，而一直視謝頓為擾亂杜會、破壞民心的大敵；藉著扣押多尼克之便，帝國公安局對謝頓計劃舉行了一場秘密的聽證會，然而這場聽證會的舉行正是謝頓為了完成計劃所運用未來史學的第一步......。
謝頓計劃利用編篡百科全書書的方式來收集人穎的科技知識，經由這樣的方式來縮短黑暗時代。在經過謝頓的雄辯後，帝國公安局決定稍作讓步，做出名為幫助，實為流放的決定，限期謝頓在六個月之內把編篡百科全書的基地搬遷到銀河旋臂的邊緣，帝國疆域的邊界--端點星(Terminus)。原本六個月的時間是不夠這麼大規模的遷移行動的，但端點星原本就是謝頓計劃的目的地，他們很快地就完成了遷移，將端點星稱為「基地」。謝頓在基地留下了一個時光庫（會隨著危機的到來而開啟），並且留下了「在銀河系的另一個端點，建立一個第二基地」的話語，隨後哈里．謝頓也跟著與世長辭。
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電影【變人】原著小說
艾西莫夫著名的「機器人系列」中最經典、也最令人動容的一本小說。馬丁一家人意外發現他們的機器管家「安德魯」具有藝術天份，開始協助他從事創作的工作，馬丁一家人把安德魯當作朋友，但安德魯的程式也一直驅使它遵守「機器人學三大法則」。 在安德魯經歷過馬丁先生的過世後，自我意識開始覺醒，它想要更像人類。安德魯努力自修，成為生理生化學家，發明人造器官；它也透過各種管道，迫使人類修改法律......安德魯是否能如願呢？

《正子人》堪稱是小木偶的科幻版本，對於主人翁安德魯的心理、個性都有非常細微的刻劃，深刻觸動人心，讓讀者在機器人身上看到最崇高的人性。

故事背景设定在未来，那时的人们被一个叫做“永恒”（Eternity）的组织所统治，“永恒”的成员可以操控时间，他们能通过时间旅行改变历史、阻止灾难的发生，抑或是抹去不想要的东西。其中有一个时间警察违反了“永恒”重要规定，爱上了来自另一个时间的女人，故事也就由此展开。

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future -- to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire -- both scientists and scholars -- and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun -- or fight them and be destroyed.

The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all references to which have been erased from galactic libraries. The societies encountered along the way become arguing points in a book-long colloquy about man's fate, conducted by Trevize and traveling companion Bliss, who is part of the first world/mind, Gaia.

High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Not only do the Florinians no longer have a concept of freedom, any disruption of the vital kyrt trade would cause other planets to rise in protest, ultimately destabilizing trade and resulting in a galactic war. So the Trantorian Empire, whose grand plan is to unite all humanity in peace, prosperity, and freedom, has stood aside and allowed the oppression to continue. Living among the workers of Florinia, Rik is a man without a memory or a past. He has been abducted and brainwashed. Barely able to speak or care for himself when he was found, Rik is widely regarded as a simpleton by the worker community where he lives. But as his memories begin to return, Rik finds himself driven by a cryptic message he is determined to deliver: Everyone on Florinia is doomed . . . the Currents of Space are bringing destruction. But if the planet is evacuated, the power of Sark will end--so some would finish the job and would kill the messenger. The fate of the Galaxy hangs in the balance.

A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history:the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together.Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions.But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer.The relationship between Life and his Spacer superiors, who distrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start.Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner:R. Daneel Olivaw.Worst of all was that the "R" stood for robot--and his positronic partner was made in the image and likeness of the murder victim!

The three laws of Robotics:
1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
2) A robot must obey orders givein to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
With this, Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world--all told with the dramatic blend of science fact & science fiction that became Asmiov's trademark.

Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. As unsurpassed blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women dedicated to preserving humanity's light in a galaxy plunged into a nightmare of ignorance and violence thirty thousand years long.
After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But it is rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule failed to find it the first time—but now he is certain he knows where it lies.
The fate of the Foundation rests on young Arcadia Darell, only fourteen years old and burdened with a terrible secret. As its scientists gird for a final showdown with the Mule, the survivors of the First Foundation begin their desperate search. They too want the Second Foundation destroyed…before it destroys them.

High above planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters.
Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Not only do the Florinians no longer have a concept of freedom, any disruption of the vital kyrt trade would cause other planets to rise in protest, resulting in a galactic war. So the Trantorian Empire, whose grand plan is to unite all humanity in peace, prosperity, and freedom, has allowed the oppression to continue.
Living among the workers of Florinia, Rik is a man without a memory or a past. He has been abducted and brainwashed. Barely able to speak or care for himself when he was found, Rik is widely regarded as a simpleton by the worker community where he lives. As his memories begin to return, however, Rik finds himself driven by a cryptic message he is determined to deliver: Everyone on Florinia is doomed…the Currents of Space are bringing destruction. But if the planet is evacuated, the power of Sark will end-so there are those who would kill the messenger. The fate of the Galaxy hangs in the balance.

The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may affect the lives of as many as fifty billion people -- and a million or more of them may be so drastically affected as to be considered new individulas. Above all, therefore, a Technician must be dispassionate. An emotional make-up is a distinct handicap. Then Harlan meets Noys and falls victim to a phenomenon older than Time itself -- love. Years of self-discipline are cast aside as Harlan uses the awesome techniques of the Eternals to twist Time so that he and Noys might survive! together.

THE COMPLETE ROBOT is the definitive anthology of Asimov's stunning visions of a robotic future... In these stories, Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age: when Earth is ruled by master-machines and when robots are more human than mankind. As well as TN-3 (Tony), AL-76 and other robots, the stories feature the staff of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc., and in particular the chief robot-psychologist, the steely Dr Susan Calvin who is in many ways more robot-like than her subjects. THE COMPLETE ROBOT is the ultimate collection of timeless, amazing and amusing robot stories from the greatest science fiction writer of all time, offering golden insights into robot thought processes. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics were programmed into real computers thirty years ago at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - with surprising results. Readers of today still have many surprises in store... THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law

The three laws of Robotics:
1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
2) A robot must obey orders givein to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot , Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world--all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asmiov's trademark.
From the Hardcover edition.

Four men and a woman are reduced to a microscopic fraction of their original size, sent in a miniaturized atomic sub through a dying man's carotid artery to destroy a blood clot in his brain. If they fail, the entire world will be doomed.

銀河帝國至今已有一萬二千年悠久歷史，然而過去數百年間，帝國的根基已悄悄土崩瓦解。第一個發現這個大秘密的人，正是「心理史學」的創建者──哈里．謝頓。
透過心理史學的靈視，謝頓預見人類悲慘的未來──整個銀河回歸蠻荒，一切文明盡歸塵土，無情的戰禍與悲慘的生活將整整持續三萬年。
為了保存人類的文化遺產，為了拯救後代子子孫孫，謝頓乃窮畢生精力，網羅帝國中最優秀的精英，率領他們在銀河邊緣建立「基地」，作為後世唯一的希望燈塔。
隨著帝國勢力逐漸衰微，駐守銀河外圍的總督紛紛獨立稱王，新興的基地很快成為強鄰覬覦的目標。這個人類文明的最後堡壘，遂面臨進退維谷的兩難抉擇──向野蠻的勢力俯首稱臣，或是不顧一切犧牲、勇敢奮戰到底……
本書特色
1. 一九六六年在美國克里夫蘭舉行的世界科幻大會雨果獎（Hugo Award）--科幻界至高無上的獎項中，「基地三部曲」擊敗了「魔戒之王」（The Lord Of The Rings）系列，奪得了「永遠的最佳系列小說」（ The Best Series Of All Times ）的美名。
2.強調科幻大師以撒．艾西莫夫超經典作品〈基地系列〉吸引讀者及科幻迷們。
3.全新封面、全新紀念版書衣珍藏。

Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. His accessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science to humor to history earned him the nickname "the Great Explainer." I. Asimov is his personal story--vivid, open, and honest--as only Asimov himself could tell it.
Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the great minds of our century.
Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyed observations on everything from religion to politics, love and divorce, friendship and Hollywood, fame and mortality. Here, too, is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities--Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Clarke, del Rey, Silverberg, and others--who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction.
As unique and irrepressible as the man himself, I. Asimov is the candid memoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half a century and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividly envisioned.