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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction -- it...more

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Gadgetry will continue to relieve mankind of tedious jobs. Kitchen units will be devised that will prepare ‘automeals,’ heating water and converting i...more

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Goodbye, Hari, my love. Remember always--all you did for me.”            -I did nothing for you.”            -You loved me and your love made me--huma...more

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In the empty expanses of space, the wandering traders need men like myself to care for the spiritual side of a life so given over to commerce, and wor...more

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Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?

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It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.

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I tell you it's deadly when you start thinking your wife might be right.

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And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasio...more

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And Elvex said, "I was the man." - In "Robot dreams" (Short story)

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She's qualified all right. She understands robots like a sister—comes from hating human beings so much, I think.

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...Changelessness is decay.""A paradox. There is no decay without a change for the worse.""Changelessness is a change for the worse...

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Good,” said the First Speaker. “And tell me, what do you think of all this. A finished work of art, is it not?”“Definitely!”“Wrong! It is not.” This, ...more

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In all the known history of Mankind, advances have been made primarily in physical technology; in the capacity of handling the inanimate world about M...more

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All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end.

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Some readers may realize that this story, first published in 1956, has been overtaken by events. In 1965, astronomers discovered that Mercury does not...more