Part one contains 15 previously unpublished short science fiction stories; parts two and three contain selected and previously uncollected Asimov essays about the craft of science fiction writing.

From Isaac Asimov, the Hugo Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction, comes five decades of robot visions: thirty-four landmark stories and essays—including three rare tales—gathered together in one volume. Meet all of Asimov's most famous creations including: Robbie, the very first robot that his imagination brought to life; Susan Calvin, the original robot psychologist; Stephen Byerley, the humanoid robot; and the famous human/robot detective...

Robot Dreams spans the body of Asimov's fiction from the 1940s to the mid-80s, and features classic Asimovian themes, from the scientific puzzle to the extraterrestrial thriller, all introduced in an exclusive essay written especially for this collection.

Andrew is a robot with extraordinary talents not planned by the people who created him.

The Foundation, established after the Old Empire gives way to barbarism, fights against a mutant strain called the Mule and tries to get rid of the Second Foundation after learning it will inherit a future Empire.

Examines the many facets and puzzles of our Moon, including its phases and eclipses, its early discoveries and modern exploration, and its possible origins and future prospects.

The relationship between the 'settlers' - descendants of earth men - and the 'spacers' grows tense and Gladia finds to her dismay that responsibility for galactic peace lies with her and her 2 robots.

The story of a Neanderthal child plucked of the prehistoric tundra and transported to the twenty-first century.

Between the Robots novels and the Foundation series is the Empire Trilogy: three classic works by Isaac Asimov tracing the beginnings of human expansion across the Galaxy up to the rise of the Galactic Empire with its capital on Trantor. In Dust of stars, a rancher from an agricultural world and the princess of a sophisticated nebular kingdom must join forces to try to find the rogue world that is the last hope against the tyrannical empire that oppresses...