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These are finally in my possession (and my sister is visiting for the season, hehe)

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Foundation Trilogy and Robot Dreams by Asimov

All this talk lately about building datacenters in space, makes me think of Asimov's short story, The Last Question. I first read this as a kid, and it was my introduction to entropy. It left quite an impression on my 11-yo noodle.

https://www.unsoft.com/shortstory/lastquestionasimov.pdf

#AI #Datacenters #Space #Literature #Entropy #IsaacAsimov

GISKARD (1984)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”

What makes someone human? Can a robot be murdered? What is the future of human relationships and what is the ultimate destiny for the human race? 1/5

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A robot stands with one hip slightly cocked and hands clasped over its forehead as if shielding its eyes. Sunlight reflects off its metallic body. Behind and slightly below him, A thick-trunked alien tree spreads its canopy wide and flat, mirroring the form of the robot's arms, elbows pointed out. From the top down, the sky is a lime to lemon gradient that bleeds to orange and purple haze at the horizon. The mound of dirt in the foreground is sparsely covered with leaves and berries, framing a human face.

¿Cuál es la primera ley de la robótica de Asimov? ¡A ver esos fans de "Fundación" y "Yo, Robot"! #IsaacAsimov #Robotica #SciFiLit

“The issues of the future are more about motivational will and heart than of #technology.

“If humans can’t learn to value each other and work together, then #society will be destroyed.”

- #IsaacAsimov, The Futurists

Just found out there is an officially licensed "Foundation" mobile strategy game.

KINDA hard to square this shit with #Asimov's feelings about adaptations that he wrote in the forward of Harlan Elison's "I Robot" screen play.

Kind of silly of me, to have this nostalgia for Asimov's books; thinking the wheel of capitalism wouldn't ever come to grind it up.

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SciFi-Serie FOUNDATION bekommt vierte Staffel

Die Science Fiction-Serie FOUNDATION, basierend auf den Büchern von SF-Urgestein Isaac Asimov, scheint auf Apple TV gut zu laufen, denn die haben soeben gemeldet, dass eine vierte Staffel des Epos produziert werden wird.

https://phantanews.de/wp/2025/11/scifi-serie-foundation-bekommt-vierte-staffel/

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#VerantwortungsEthik #Klima #Klima #KlimaPolitik #UmweltSchutz #KlimaSchutz #KlimaPolitik #EnergieWende
#TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #VermögensSteuer #VermögensSteuerJetzt #ErbschaftsSteuer #GrundEinkommen #KapitalismusKritik #FixCapitalism #KapitalismusReform #IsaacAsimov

"Es gibt keine Nationen! Nur die Menschheit! Und je eher die Menschheit das begreift, desto besser. Ansonsten gibt es keine Nationen mehr, weil es keine Menschheit mehr gibt!"

Isaac Asimov -
US-amerikanischer Autor (1920-1992)

A quotation from Isaac Asimov

Science doesn’t purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism. It’s a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It’s a system for testing your thoughts against the universe and seeing whether they match. And this works, not just for the ordinary aspects of science, but for all of life. I should think people would want to know that what they know is truly what the universe is like, or at least as close as they can get to it.

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-American author, polymath, biochemist
Interview (1988) by Bill Moyers, A World of Ideas, PBS TV (1988-10-22)

More info about this quote: wist.info/asimov-isaac/34218/

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How Legendary Sci-Fi Writer Isaac Asimov Felt About Star Trek – Looper

How Legendary Sci-Fi Writer Isaac Asimov Felt About Star Trek

By Jaron Pak Nov. 7, 2025 11:50 am EST

Captain Kirk flanked by Spock, McCoy, and the rest of the bridge crew on Star Trek
Paramount.

It’s always interesting to hear what creators think about others in their genres, especially when we’re talking about the biggest names in classic science fiction. One example is when the legendary sci-fi author Isaac Asimov was interviewed in footage from the New York City “Star Trek” convention in 1973. Asimov, who wrote the Laws of Robotics (and the Zeroth Law) in context of both “I, Robot” and “Foundation,” offered his thoughts on the fellow sci-fi icon. This was after the original series had ended in 1969, and more than a decade before “Star Trek: The Next Generation” began, meaning he was talking about foundational “Star Trek” concepts.

Asmiov talked about the show’s famous tagline, “To boldly go where no man has ever gone before.” He pointed out that, while the implication is territorial, the show tackled, in his words, “problems that man has not faced.” He praised the way “Star Trek” wasn’t afraid to deviate from adventure to tackle real social problems.

He also complimented how the show handled their Prime Directive, saying, “It mattered not what form the intelligence took, or what kind of universe the intelligence built for it. If it was intelligent, if it was intelligent enough to build a culture, then it had the right to live in that culture. It had the right to exist and be. And no other culture had a right to interfere with it, as long as it was not endangering cultures beyond itself.” That’s all a lot more favorable than what Asimov later thought about “Battlestar Galactica.”
Star Trek’s character development and the rational man

Spock and Kirk on Star Trek
Paramount

Asimov also had a lot to say about how “Star Trek” handled its characters. He pointed out that the show gave them sanity and meaning in the midst of adventure into the unknown. “It had fully realized characters,” he said in ’73, adding, “Naturally, Spock springs to mind. The rational, sane man. And there’s something very comforting about sanity, especially in a world like ours.”

Complimenting the characters of “Star Trek” is interesting, considering that character development is one of Asimov’s weaker points. His “Robot” novels have few recurring characters. Even when you do meet someone again, they are often presented and re-presented with minimal backstory. Dr. Susan Calvin is one of these, only popping up in short stories when needed. Elijah Baley is probably the most important recurring character in the “Robot” novels, and he is a flatly troped detective, all things considered.

In the “Foundation” novels, characters see relentless turnover. Some, like the plot-central Golan Trevize, are again predictably written. It’s ironic that, in Apple’s “Foundation” series, the most compelling characters are individuals like Lou Llobell’s Gaal Dornick and Lee Pace’s Emperor Cleon, both of whom have a scant presence in Asimov’s stories. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) isn’t even a steady focus, though, like the Apple series, his presence lasts even when his body is dead.

Asimov was a world-builder and a concept creator. Character development simply wasn’t his strong suit, but he knew to love it when “Star Trek” did it well.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: How Legendary Sci-Fi Writer Isaac Asimov Felt About Star Trek

Tags: Attitudes towards Star Trek, Character Development, Isaac Asimov, Jaron Pak, Looper, Rational Man, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Writer

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Коли дурість вважають ...
Айзек Азімов

When stupidity is considered...
Isaac Asimov
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread..., nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
-- Isaac Asimov

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