An Asimov Companion - Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries

A prolific author, Isaac Asimov is most admired for his science fiction, including his collection of short stories I, Robot and his Robot, Empire and Foundation series novels. While each of these narratives takes place in a different fictional universe, Asimov asserted at the end of his career that he had, with his last Robot and Foundation novels, unified them into one coherent metaseries.
This reference work identifies and describes all of the characters, locales, artifacts, concepts and institutions in Asimov's metaseries. Mimicking the style of The Encyclopedia Galactica, the fictional compendium of all human knowledge that features prominently in the Foundation series, this encyclopedia is an invaluable companion to Asimov's science fiction oeuvre.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Introduction: Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation

Metaseries and Chaos Theory

The Encyclopedia

Index

About the author

Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University. He lives in Greenville, North Carolina.Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University. He lives in Greenville, North Carolina.C.W. Sullivan III is Distinguished Professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and a full member of the Welsh Academy. He is the author of numerous books and the on-line journal Celtic Cultural Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Donald E. Palumbo, Palumbo Donald E.
• Assisted by: Donald E. Palumbo (Editor), Palumbo Donald E. (Editor), III C. W. Sullivan (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9780786498239
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-9823-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 277 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form