An Asimov companion : characters, places and terms in the robot/empire/foundation metaseries

An Asimov companion : characters, places and terms in the robot/empire/foundation metaseries / Donald E. Palumbo.

"Palumbo and Sullivan's major new reference work book contains 1,000 selected excerpts from the Encyclopedia, identifying and describing all of the characters, locales, artifacts, concepts and institutions in Asimov's metaseries. The authors argue that Asimov successfully integrates t...

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Main Author: Palumbo, Donald, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Series:Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 51.
Subjects:
Asimov, Isaac, > 1920-1992 > Encyclopedias.
Asimov, Isaac, > 1920-1992
Science fiction, American > Encyclopedias.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Science fiction, American
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
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Summary:"Palumbo and Sullivan's major new reference work book contains 1,000 selected excerpts from the Encyclopedia, identifying and describing all of the characters, locales, artifacts, concepts and institutions in Asimov's metaseries. The authors argue that Asimov successfully integrates the three series through the retroactive use of chaos theory, the underlying principle behind both psychohistory and Three Laws of Robotics"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781476623948
1476623945
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 5, 2016).

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