Maxima Library

An anthology of stories edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh In this collection, one of the great classics of science fiction, Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction.

Anche pubblicato come “Cilindro di comando”.

The anthology contains fourteen stories, selected by Frederik Pohl as the cream from the earlier six volumes of “Star Science Fiction Stories”. There is a three page introduction by the editor, Frederik Pohl, and a brief introduction to each story.  These are all good stories, well worth reading, even if some of them are a little dated, though that’s hardly surprising given it’s around sixty years since they first appeared.

Henry Kuttner: A Neglected Master ’75 essay by Ray Bradbury

Mimsy Were the Borogoves ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

Two-Handed Engine ’55 novelette by C. L. Moore & Kuttner

The Proud Robot [Gallegher] ’43 novelette by Kuttner

The Misguided Halo ’39 story by Kuttner

The Voice of the Lobster ’50 novelette by Kuttner

Exit the Professor ’47 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

The Twonky ’42 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

A Gnome There Was ’41 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

The Big Night ’47 novelette by Kuttner

Nothing but Gingerbread Left ’43 story by Kuttner

The Iron Standard ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

Cold War [Hogben] ’49 novelette by Kuttner

Or Else ’53 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

Endowment Policy ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

Housing Problem ’44 story by Kuttner

What You Need ’45 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore

Absalom ’46 story by Kuttner

A Cthulhu Cycle series book.

Like a great, lethal snake, plague creeps through the galaxies. No conscious entity can halt its progress, and life is slowly draining from planet after planet.

Only one super-intelligence is capable of preventing cataclysm. To do it, he must penetrate far beyond infinity—to the formless, deathless creature out to kill the universe.

When a slightly mad robot drunk on AC, wants you to join an experiment in optimum ecology—don't do it! After all, who wants to argue like Disraeli or live like Ivan the Terrible?

This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction May 1952.

A story of the shocking revelation that came to the twenty-first Baron Kralitz.

This etext was produced from Weird Tales October 1936.

The life of an anthropologist is no doubt filled much of the time with the monotonous routine of carefully assembling powdery relics of ancient races and civilizations. But White's lone Peruvian odyssey was most unusual. A story pseudonymously 

C. H. Liddell

penned by one of the greats in the genre.

This etext was produced from Fantastic Universe May 1954.