Name: Robot City, Odyssey: A Byron Preiss Robot Mystery (in English)
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Author: Isaac Asimov
ISBN: 9781596879645

portada Robot City, Odyssey: A Byron Preiss Robot Mystery (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Introduction by

Isaac Asimov

Publisher

iBooks

Language

English

Pages

216

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781596879645

Synopsis "Robot City, Odyssey: A Byron Preiss Robot Mystery (in English)"

BEYOND AURORA AWAITS A BRAVE NEW WORLD....OF ROBOTS A man without a memory is stranded in a world-enveloping city filled with robots gone wild. At his side is a mysterious young woman who claims to know who he is but refuses to tell him. According to The Three Laws of Robotics,"A robot may not injure a human being," which narrows the suspects dramatically when the robots find a dead human body. The man calls himself Derec; the woman is know as Katherine. Their real identities, along with that of the murder victim and the murderer, are just a few of the life-and-death mysteries the unlikely pair are forced to solve to survive on the fantastic streets of Robot City. Michael P. Kube-McDowell was raised in Camden, New Jersey. He attended Michigan State University as a National Merit Scholar, holds a master's degree in science education, and was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985 White House Commission on Presidential scholars. Kube-McDowell's stories have appeared in such magazines as Analog, Asimov's, Amazing, and Fantasy and Science Fiction, as well as in various anthologies published in the U. S. and Europe. Three of his stories were adapted as episodes for the TV series Tales from the Darkside. He is the author of a highly praised future-history trilogy consisting of the novels Emprise, Enigma, and Empery.

Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov es uno de los grandes maestros de la ciencia ficción del siglo XX. Autor de trayectoria legendaria, publicó más de quinientas obras, entre ellas la Trilogía Fundación -galardonada con los premios Hugo y Nebula-, Los propios dioses y El hombre bicentenario. Nacido en 1920 en Petróvichi, Rusia, siendo muy pequeño se trasladó con su familia a Estados Unidos y creció en la ciudad de Nueva York. Estudió en la Universidad de Columbia, donde se doctoró en Bioquímica. Mientras completaba sus estudios, sirvió como investigador en la Marina estadounidense durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Más tarde fue profesor de Bioquímica y publicó trabajos académicos, como El cerebro humano. En 1987 fue galardonado con el Premio Gran Maestro Nebula, y en 1997 fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama de la Ciencia Ficción. Asimov murió en 1992 en Nueva York a los setenta y dos años.

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