#isaac asimov

[crisisofinfinitemultiverses]

Ralph McQuarrie illustration for "Robot Visions" by Isaac Asimov, 1990

[humanoidhistory]

Ralph McQuarrie's cover art for Robot Visions by Isaac Asimov, 1990.

[cosmonautroger]

Ralph McQuarrie, Robot Visions, Isaac Asimov, 1990

[travelingcryptologist]

Ralph McQuarrie cover art for Isaac Asimov’s "Robot Visions" and "Robot Dreams". Both homages to Maxfield Parrish’s "Morning" , and Frederic Leighton’s "Flaming June" respectively.

[retroscifiart]

Art by Philippe ‘Manchu’ Bouchet for the late-1990s French reissue of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series.

Second Foundation / Foundation / Foundation and Earth / Foundation And Empire / Foundation‘s Edge

[aster-ish]

Just learned that the word "robot" is derived from the Czech word "robota" which means "forced labor," coined in 1920 for use in the Czech play Rossum's Universal Robots (which! Yes! ROZZUM from The Wild Robot appears to be a reference to)

I'm usually p unwell about robots in literature as it is, but just thinking about it....... their very existence.... inextricably linked to the concept of humanity's greed, arrogance, and cruelty: those themes aren't just a byproduct of what the subject naturally entails, they're implanted deep into the heart of the word itself.........

...and yet, no matter how much we as story writers like to subvert tropes.... no matter how much we as society change, and our stories change with us.... we still can't help but to humanize them. In part because of our pack bonding tendencies, but also because we've seen all too well that a person doesn't need to be artificial to be treated as inhuman. After all, the ones made to do robota were originally humans... Ough.

[psybrepunk]

So I started reading The Robots of Dawn and...

[socialjusticeinamerica]

[republicansaretheproblem]

[cadmuslabs777]

ISAAC ASIMOV AND GENE RODDENBERRY EXCHANGED LETTERS ABOUT STAR TREK?????!?!?! And Asimov told him to make Kirk and Spock even CLOSER??? Gene started to see Kirk and Spock as One AFTER TALKING TO HIM???? You mean, the guy who wrote about the one sided unrequited homosexual love in strong male friendships in Shakespeare's plays??!! And wrote that into his own duo bc he likes the concept so much?! This explains EVERYTHING.

[noosphe-re]

[icantspellthings]

[humanoidhistory]

Michael Whelan's cover art for Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov, 1983.

[theasimovzineproject]

(Cover art by @twigoffir)

🪐🤖 Ephemeridia Galactica Zine RELEASE 🤖🪐

Ephemeridia Galactica is a free digital zine, dedicated to the works of Isaac Asimov, from the standalone short stories and novels, to the Foundation and Robot Series, and all in between!

The fanzine is now available for download, and includes:

A high resolution PDF

50+ pages of art and writing, from 19 contributors

Digital merch (icons and stickers)

➡️ Download the zine here! ⬅️

We’re so excited to finally share this with you! We hope you enjoy the works from our wonderful contributors 💫

Please reblog, and share this zine with your fellow fans! Thank you to our contributors and supporters - for keeping the fandom, and the love for Asimov's works alive 🌟

[lettherebecrows]

This was a really good use of my time.

[retroscifiart]

Tim White - Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov, 1988)