As a person the author might be an interesting object to discuss per se, as he - being a professor for physics and bio-chemistry (iirc) - usually detailed technologies from the future in a way that they seem quite possible for us. I remember having read something where he himself outlined how technologies mentioned in his short-stories had become reality after some decades (sorry, but no source for this at hand). I think his robot-laws from his robot-series (he had quite some stories around this topic) made it to a broader discussion about possible ethics for thinking machines. Anyway, it's impressive how he published science and science-fiction books besides each others (I know he also wrote scientifically about black holes and the like).
I think the Foundation trilogy might be worth a consideration. While his "I, Robot" might be known more broadly due to the according movie, I consider the trilogy to be his true masterpiece. Especially his theory about pyscho-analytics as a mathematical discipline (in short: capability to calculate probabilities for future actions of masses - in terms of billions of people) is quite an appealing idea. But also the contained theories about might-distribution, ruling, conspiracies, raise and fall of political structures (empires) leave a whole lot to discuss.
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As a person the author might be an interesting object to discuss per se, as he - being a professor for physics and bio-chemistry (iirc) - usually detailed technologies from the future in a way that they seem quite possible for us. I remember having read something where he himself outlined how technologies mentioned in his short-stories had become reality after some decades (sorry, but no source for this at hand). I think his robot-laws from his robot-series (he had quite some stories around this topic) made it to a broader discussion about possible ethics for thinking machines. Anyway, it's impressive how he published science and science-fiction books besides each others (I know he also wrote scientifically about black holes and the like).
I think the Foundation trilogy might be worth a consideration. While his "I, Robot" might be known more broadly due to the according movie, I consider the trilogy to be his true masterpiece. Especially his theory about pyscho-analytics as a mathematical discipline (in short: capability to calculate probabilities for future actions of masses - in terms of billions of people) is quite an appealing idea. But also the contained theories about might-distribution, ruling, conspiracies, raise and fall of political structures (empires) leave a whole lot to discuss.
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