Showing posts with label Asimov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asimov. Show all posts

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Isaac Asimov: I, Robot Book Download

I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov. The stories are woven together as if Dr. Susan Calvin is telling them to a reporter (the narrator) in the 21st century.

Several of the stories feature the character of Dr. Susan Calvin, chief robopsychologist at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., the major manufacturer of robots.

The book also contains the short story - "Runaround", in which Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics first appear.

Other characters that appear in these short stories are Powell and Donovan, a field-testing team which locates flaws in USRMM's prototype models, which of course always brings them no end of trouble (From twiddling robot 'fingers' to philosophical robots... There is no end to the whackiness)!!! XD

The film I, Robot, starring Will Smith, was released by Twentieth Century Fox on July 16, 2004 in the United States. Its plot is different from that of Asimov's collection, but it incorporates elements of the stories Little Lost Robot and The Evitable Conflict, and also contains the characters Dr. Susan Calvin and Dr. Alfred Lanning, and some of Asimov's ideas about robots, such as the Three Laws of Robotics.

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Isaac Asimov: I, Robot.rar


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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Issac Asimov: Lucky Starr Books Download

David Starr, Space Ranger: The novel is set in 2100, when humanity has spread among the worlds of the Solar System as well as planets orbiting other stars. The most powerful organization in the Solar System is the Council of Science, which deals with mysterious threats to the System's people.

David Starr is an orphaned biophysicist who has just qualified for membership in the Council of Science. In a restaurant in Earth's capital city, Starr sees another diner die. He learns from his guardians (and fellow Council members) Augustus Henree and Hector Conway that there have been some 200 deaths in the last four months. Although there has been no trace of food poison, all the victims died while eating produce raised on Mars. Conway and Henree fear that the deaths are part of a conspiracy to panic the people of Earth. Starr travels undercover to Mars to try to learn what connection the deaths have to the Martian Farming Syndicates.

Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids: A year has passed since the events in David Starr, Space Ranger. In that time the spaceship TSS Waltham Zachary has been taken and gutted by pirates based in the asteroid belt, and David "Lucky" Starr has come up with a plan to deal with them. The Council of Science has announced a project to thoroughly survey the asteroids, and the Atlas will be the first ship to conduct that survey. The Atlas, however, is a trap: it is unmanned, and as soon as the pirates capture it and bring it to their hidden asteroid base, it will explode. But Starr has a hidden motive for suggesting the Atlas project: twenty-five years earlier, space pirates attacked his father's ship, and both of Starr's parents were killed. Now, the pirates of the asteroids are back, and Starr intends to confront them in person.

Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus: Shortly after returning from the Asteroid Belt, David "Lucky" Starr learns that there is trouble on Venus. His Science Academy roommate Lou Evans had been sent to investigate, but the Council of Science office on Venus has requested that he be recalled and investigated for corruption. So Starr goes there and finds that something is very very wrong with the planet itself...

Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury: t has been a year since the events in Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus, and in that time a government-funded research project, Project Light, has been set up at the astronomical observatory on Mercury's north pole. The object of Project Light is to conduct research into the newly-discovered science of sub-etheric optics with a view to routing solar energy through hyperspace. The head of Project Light is the leading scientist in sub-etheric optics, Scott Mindes. A series of accidents has plagued Project Light, though, and David "Lucky" Starr and John Bigman Jones are sent to investigate...

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter: For six years, Jupiter IX has been the site of a secret project to develop an antigravity, or Agrav, space drive. However, the Council of Science learns that information from the project is being leaked to the Sirians. A month after returning from Mercury, David "Lucky" Starr and John Bigman Jones are sent to Jupiter IX to investigate. Starr brings along a V-frog from Venus to aid in his investigation.

Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn: Six weeks after returning from the Jovian system, David "Lucky" Starr receives an urgent visit from Hector Conway, Chief Councilman of the Council of Science. The Council has been sweeping up the Sirian spy ring uncovered by Starr in the Jovian system, but the head of the ring, Jack Dorrance, has eluded capture and escaped from Earth in his one-man spaceship, The Net of Space. A fleet led by Councilman Ben Wessilewsky is in hot pursuit, but there is only one ship that can catch up with Dorrance, and that is Starr's own Shooting Starr....

Note: I mucked up the book numbering and made "Lucky Starr & the Big Sun of Mercury" as the third book, it's actually the fourth book and "Lucky Starr & the Oceans of Venus" is actually the third book.

Also I don't have the second book... If someone happens to have it please contact me at protik09@gmail.com or leave a note in the comments box.

Download Links:

Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 01 - David Starr - Space Ranger.rar

Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 02 - Pirates of the Asteroids.rar

Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 03 - And the Big Sun of Mercury.rar

Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 04 - Oceans of Venus.rar

Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 05 - And the Moons of Jupiter.rar

Asimov, Isaac - Lucky Starr 06 - And the Rings of Saturn.rar


Issac Asimov: Robots in Time Books Download


Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time is a series of six science fiction novels featuring Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. Written by American author William F. Wu, they were the first series authorized to use Asimov's fictional universe after his death in 1992.

Set on Earth, it tells the story of the Governors, a series of state-of-the-art administrative robots. Each Governor is physically composed of six smaller units and is responsible for single-handedly directing the operations of a human-inhabited city. When the Governor robots begin to fail mysteriously, Mojave Center (MC) Governor acts to protect his own existence by separating into his components and traveling into the remote past to escape disassembly.

MC Governor is not aware, however, that the time travel method used alters its molecular structure, with the result that his components explode via nuclear blasts when they reach the moment in which they were originally altered. A team composed of three humans and one robot embarks on a series of missions to the past to retrieve the robots before they can alter history. Opposing their efforts are a renegade roboticist and his robot companion, who seek to track down the Governors in order to solve the problem of their mysterious failure before their team can.

These series of books are AMAZINGLY cool !! Watch them meet up with famous and infamous personalities through history as they desperately search for the MC Governors while trying their best not to drastically change history !!!! XD

Note: The books are in HTML format (i.e. you can read it in any web browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer)

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Robots In Time 01 - Predator.rar
Robots In Time 02 - Marauder.rar
Robots In Time 03 - Warrior.rar
Robots In Time 04 - Dictator.rar
Robots In Time 05 - Emperor.rar
Robots In Time 06 - Invader.rar

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