How Did We Find Out About Computers
Asimov chronicles the evolution of computing from counting fingers to silicon chips, framing machines as logical extensions of the human desire to calculate accurately.
Norby's Other Secret
Robot Norby and cadet Jeff travel through time to discover Norby's hidden biological secret, proving he is a hybrid soul rather than just mechanical equipment.
Asimov Discussions
Young Mutants
Twelve stories examine children with mutations, depicting their psychological isolation and the logical, often tragic, evolutionary progression of human potential through unique new mental powers.
Murder on the Menu
Asimov treats murder as applied science, showing how logic and chemistry turn civil dining into lethal traps within the fragile trust of our daily lives.
Witches
Captain Pausert rescues three sisters, using the Sheewash Drive to challenge imperial science, ultimately proving the vast universe will always exceed our limited human understanding.
Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 11
This 1949 anthology, edited by Isaac Asimov, offers a "little time machine" featuring classic stories by genre greats that explore many vital and visionary themes.
X Stands for Unknown
This collection features seventeen essays on physics, chemistry, astronomy, and mathematics, celebrating the logical process of uncovering the many pleasurable mysteries of the vast unknown.
Machines That Think
The journey follows Artificial Intelligence from basic Logic to complex Ethics, framing machines as mirrors reflecting our human responsibility regarding the collective future of thinking.
Intergalactic Empires
This collection chronicles human ambition scaling from mythic dreams to tragic decline, exploring how order struggles against cosmic scale and inevitable mathematical and historical collapse.
Computer Crimes and Capers
Masters explore how computers are abused by human ingenuity to commit crimes proving that automation merely transforms our oldest misdeeds into new sophisticated digital vulnerabilities.
Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines
This anthology explores humanitys relationship with Artificial Intelligence via Thought Experiments concerning Logic and Ethics, presenting electronic machines as tools mirroring human intentions, limitations, responsibility.