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Isaac Asimov (Born 1920/Died 1992) was one of the big three science fiction writers to come into prominence from the 1940's onward, the others being [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Robert Heinlein]]. He was born in Soviet Russia and upon learning of this he quickly emigrated to America, where he earned a degree in biochemistry. His works centered around [[Robot|robots]], and chiefly among that the Three Laws of Robotics already listed on [[Robot|this]] page. However, many of his works often dealt not only with the robots themselves but rather around the societies that created them and the effects of total robot dependence, chiefly stagnation. Other spectrums of his works branch out to deal with issues such as nuclear power, feminism, and [[Exterminatus|population control]]. | Isaac Asimov (Born 1920/Died 1992) was one of the big three science fiction writers to come into prominence from the 1940's onward, the others being [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Robert Heinlein]]. He was born in Soviet Russia and upon learning of this he quickly emigrated to America, where he earned a degree in biochemistry. His works centered around [[Robot|robots]], and chiefly among that the Three Laws of Robotics already listed on [[Robot|this]] page. However, many of his works often dealt not only with the robots themselves but rather around the societies that created them and the effects of total robot dependence, chiefly stagnation. Other spectrums of his works branch out to deal with issues such as nuclear power, feminism, and [[Exterminatus|population control]]. He also has a book in every category in the Dewey Decimal System. Think about that. That is a LOT of motherfucking books. | ||
One of Asimov's most famous works is his Foundation series, which involves a large romanesque Galactic [[Empire]] tens of thousands of years in the future ruled from the [[hive|city planet]] of [[terra|Trantor]] which is on a downward spiral due to corruption and bad leadership into a dark age. To reduce that dark age to a manageable level a group of scientists are put on a distant planet to preserve knowledge and build a second galactic empire. They do so through trade, politics and [[Adeptus Mechanicus|creating and spreading a religion which controls the mysteries of technology to non Foundationers]]. | One of Asimov's most famous works is his Foundation series, which involves a large romanesque Galactic [[Empire]] tens of thousands of years in the future ruled from the [[hive|city planet]] of [[terra|Trantor]] which is on a downward spiral due to corruption and bad leadership into a dark age. To reduce that dark age to a manageable level a group of scientists are put on a distant planet to preserve knowledge and build a second galactic empire. They do so through trade, politics and [[Adeptus Mechanicus|creating and spreading a religion which controls the mysteries of technology to non Foundationers]]. | ||
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Isaac Asimov (Born 1920/Died 1992) was one of the big three science fiction writers to come into prominence from the 1940's onward, the others being Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein. He was born in Soviet Russia and upon learning of this he quickly emigrated to America, where he earned a degree in biochemistry. His works centered around robots, and chiefly among that the Three Laws of Robotics already listed on this page. However, many of his works often dealt not only with the robots themselves but rather around the societies that created them and the effects of total robot dependence, chiefly stagnation. Other spectrums of his works branch out to deal with issues such as nuclear power, feminism, and population control. He also has a book in every category in the Dewey Decimal System. Think about that. That is a LOT of motherfucking books.
One of Asimov's most famous works is his Foundation series, which involves a large romanesque Galactic Empire tens of thousands of years in the future ruled from the city planet of Trantor which is on a downward spiral due to corruption and bad leadership into a dark age. To reduce that dark age to a manageable level a group of scientists are put on a distant planet to preserve knowledge and build a second galactic empire. They do so through trade, politics and creating and spreading a religion which controls the mysteries of technology to non Foundationers.