This story addresses the moment when the Machines take the reins of the world and mankind is rendered redundant. Within the lifetime of Gl...

We get to the real meat of the issue here: what’s the difference between a man and robot? It’s one of the foundational questions of SF th...

In this story we see the return of Donovan and Powell, reflecting the core cast of characters that Asimov has built up over the stories s...

This is another one that feels like a bit of a cheat. Similarly to Runaround, where the Third Law had been tweaked up to help survive the...

Susan Calvin is a bold move for Asimov. The genial, avuncular Powell and Donovan were perfectly serviceable vehicles for the fictional ...

What makes these stories such brilliant science fiction is not so much the speculative elements, but the way the protagonists approach th...

This is the kind of story that made me fall in love with SF the first time around. It’s focused on a knotty a philosophical dilemma that’...