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Isaac Asimov's Robots And Aliens
Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens is a series of novels written by various authors and loosely connected to Isaac Asimov's Robot series (Asimov), ''Robot'' series. Each volume is complete in itself, but they form a continuing series. The series follows the action of the novels of the ''Isaac Asimov's Robot City'' series, with the same protagonists Derec and Ariel, and many other characters. The plot deals with the Three Laws of Robotics, Three Laws and encounters between robots and different varieties of Extraterrestrial life, alien life. :# ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens: Changeling, Changeling'' by Stephen Leigh (1989) :# ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens: Renegade, Renegade'' by Cordell Scotten (1989) :# ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens: Intruder, Intruder'' by Robert Thurston (1990) :# ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens: Alliance, Alliance'' by Jerry Oltion (1990) :# ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens: Maverick, Maverick'' by Bruce Bethke (1990) :# ''Isaac Asimov's Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intruder
Intruder may refer to: Film and television Film * ''The Intruder'' (1914 film), directed by Wallace Reid * ''The Intruder'' (1933 film), an American film by Albert Ray * ''The Intruder'' (1939 film), ''La intrusa'', an Argentine film by Julio Saraceni * ''The Intruder'' (1944 film), a 1944 Mexican film starring Carlos Orellana * ''The Intruder'' (1953 film), a British post-war drama by Guy Hamilton * ''The Intruder'' (1956 film), an Italian melodrama by Raffaello Matarazzo * ''The Intruder'' (1962 film), an American racial segregation drama by Roger Corman * ''The Intruder'' (1975 film), an American horror film * ''The Intruder'' (1986 film), ''Pembalasan Rambu'', an Indonesian action film by Jopi Burnama * ''Intruder'' (1989 film), an American horror film by Scott Spiegel * ''Intruder'' (1993 film), ''Intruso'', a Spanish psychological thriller by Vicente Aranda * ''The Intruder'' (1994 film), an Australian psychological drama by Richard Wolstencroft * ''Intruder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark W
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humanity
Humanity most commonly refers to: * Human, also humankind * Humanity (virtue) Humanity may also refer to: Literature * ''Humanity'' (journal), an academic journal that focuses on human rights * ''Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century'', a 1999 book by Jonathan Glover * ''Humanity'', a 1990 science fiction novel by Jerry Oltion in the ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens'' series Music Albums * ''Humanity'' (The Mad Capsule Markets album) (1990) * '' Humanity...'', a 2001 album by Shinji Orito * '' Humanity: Hour I'', a 2007 album by Scorpions ** Humanity World Tour * ''Humanity'' (EP), a 2003 EP by Shy Child * ''Humanity'' (Lincoln Thompson album) (1974) * ''Humanity (album series)'', collection of seven albums by Thomas Bergersen (2020) Songs * "Humanity" (ATB song) (2005) * "Humanity" (Scorpions song) (2007) Other uses * ''Humanity'' (film), a 1916 American silent film by Broncho Billy Anderson * Kingdom of Humanity, a micronation in the Spratly Islands from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Bethke
Bruce Bethke (born 1955) is an American author best known for his 1983 short story ''Cyberpunk'' which led to the widespread use of the term, including for the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. His novel, ''Headcrash'', won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1995 for SF original paperback published in the US. Bethke's collected thoughts on the cyberpunk subculture are available on his website, in an essay entitled "The Etymology of Cyberpunk". Bethke served as a judge on the Philip K. Dick Award in 2013. Life Bethke lives in Minnesota where he works as a developer of supercomputer software. Bibliography * ''Maverick'': Written from an outline by Isaac Asimov in 1990, this novel was one of a series of novels set in Asimov's ''Robot'' universe. * ''Headcrash'': Bethke's first published novel, published in 1995. ''Headcrash'' is the story of Jack Burroughs, a computer nerd in his mid twenties, who lives with his overbearing mother, and works a dead-end job at a software firm. Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maverick
Maverick, Maveric or Maverik may refer to: History * Maverick (animal), an unbranded range animal, derived from U.S. cattleman Samuel Maverick Aviation * AEA Maverick, an Australian single-seat sportsplane design * General Aviation Design Bureau T-32 Maverick, a Ukrainian ultralight trike design * I-Fly Maverick, a US powered-parachute flying vehicle under development by the Indigenous People's Technology and Education Center * Murphy Maverick, a Canadian light aircraft design * AGM-65 Maverick, a US guided air-to-surface missile * Airbus MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls), a European sub-scale blended wing body prototype Computing * Maverick Framework, a model-view-controller framework for Java * Maverick Meerkat, the version 10.10 of Ubuntu * OS X Mavericks, the tenth major release of Apple's OS X operating system Film and television * ''The Maverick'', a 1952 Western film starring Wild Bill Elliott * ''Maverick'' (TV se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Oltion
Jerry Oltion (born 1957) is a science fiction author from Eugene, Oregon, known for numerous novels and short stories, including books in the '' Star Trek'' series. He is a member of the Wordos writers' group and also writes under the pen name "Ryan Hughes." Writing career His novels include '' Frame of Reference'' (1987), '' Abandon in Place'' (2000), '' The Getaway Special'' (2001), '' Paradise Passed'' (2004), and '' Anywhere but Here'' (2005). His work has been compiled in the collections, ''Love Songs of a Mad Scientist: The Collected Stories of Jerry Oltion Volume One'' (1993), ''Singing in the Rain, The Collected Stories of Jerry Oltion Volume Two'' (1998), and ''Twenty Questions'' (2003). He contributed to ''Isaac Asimov's Robot City'' series with the books ''Alliance'' and ''Humanity'' (both in 1990). His work can also be found in numerous anthologies, such as '' Quest to Riverworld'' (1993) and '' Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina'' (1995). As of November 2011, Olti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies. Alliances form in many settings, including political alliances, military alliances, and business alliances. When the term is used in the context of war or armed struggle, such associations may also be called allied powers, especially when discussing World War I or World War II. A formal military alliance is not required for being perceived as an ally—co-belligerence, fighting alongside someone, is enough. According to this usage, allies become so not when concluding an alliance treaty but when struck by war. When spelled with a capital "A", "Allies" usually denotes the countries who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I (the Allies of World War I), or those who fought against the Axis Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Thurston
Robert Thurston (28 October 1936 – 20 October 2021) was a science fiction author well known for his works in popular shared world settings. Career Thurston attended the Clarion Workshop at Clarion State College, Pennsylvania in 1968, instructed by several major sci-fi writers (Kate Wilhelm, Damon Knight, Fritz Leiber, and Harlan Ellison, among others). He did graduate studies in English literature at the University of Buffalo and a was a veteran of the United States Army. He was awarded first prize for his short story "Set of Wheels," which was included, with two other short stories ("Anaconda" and "The Last Desperate Hour") in the anthology ''Clarion'', edited by the workshop's founder, Robin Scott Wilson, in 1971. FASA signed an agreement with Roc Publishing in 1991 that lasted for 10 years and started a long line of publication with Robert Thurston's ''Legend of the Jade Phoenix'' series for ''Battletech'' (1991). Thurston is best known for his Clan Jade Falcon novels o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordell Scotten
"Cordell" as a surname * Alexander Cordell, pen name of George Graber, Sri Lankan-Welsh novelist * LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, American retired judge of the Supreme Court of California "Cordell" as a given name * Cordell Annesley (d. 1636) English courtier * Cordell Barker (born 1957), Canadian animator * Cordell Crockett (born 1965), American bassist * Cordell Hull (1871–1955), American national politician, Secretary of State, and Nobel laureate * Cordell Jackson (1923–2004), American guitarist and entrepreneur * Cordell Mosson (born 1952), American musician * Cordell Volson (born 1998), American football player Geography * Cordell, Kentucky, a community in the United States * New Cordell, Oklahoma, a community in the United States Films * Matt Cordell, character from the films series Maniac Cop * Cordell Walker, main character in Walker, Texas Ranger * Cordell Doemling, character in Hannibal Music * A song by The Cranberries released as a bonus track on ''To the Faithful D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Asimov
yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (1922–1928)American (1928–1992) , occupation = Writer, professor of biochemistry , years_active = 1939–1992 , genre = Science fiction (hard SF, social SF), mystery, popular science , subject = Popular science, science textbooks, essays, history, literary criticism , education = Columbia University ( BA, MA, PhD) , movement = Golden Age of Science Fiction , module = , signature = Isaac Asimov signature.svg Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegade
Renegade or The Renegade may refer to: Aircraft *Lake Renegade, an American amphibious aircraft design *Murphy Renegade, a Canadian ultralight biplane design *Southern Aeronautical Renegade, an American racing aircraft design Games *'' Command & Conquer: Renegade'', a 2002 first-person shooter video game * ''Renegade'' (video game), a 1986 video game *''Renegade Legion'', a 1990 board game series including the video game '' Renegade: the Battle for Jacob's Star'' *Renegade Software, a games publisher of the 1990s *'' Jak II: Renegade'', the second game in the Jak and Daxter series *Renegade points, a type of scoring/level system in the game series ''Mass Effect'' Literature *''Renegade'', a 1989 novel by Cordell Scotten in the ''Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens'' series * "The Renegade" (short story), a 1957 short story by Albert Camus * "The Renegade" (poem), a poem by David Diop Music *Renegade (band), an American rock band, also referred to throughout Latin America as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
