{"product_id":"robot-dreams-book-isaac-asimov-9780575040212","title":"Robot Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Isaac Asimov--the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI, Robot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFoundation\u003c\/i\u003e--comes a collection of 20 of his best science fiction stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e His name is synonymous with all that is best in science fiction.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a career spanning nearly fifty years, Isaac Asimov--science writer, historian, and futurist--accurately predicted how technological breakthroughs would be developed and utilized, years before they became reality. His foresight envisioned calculators, computerized cars, and advances in the field of robotics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobot Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e spans the body of his fiction from the 1940s to the mid-1980s, featuring all of the classic Asimovian themes--from the scientific puzzle and the extraterrestrial thriller to the psychological discourse--presented by the author in an introductory essay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to the title story (a \u003ci\u003eLocus \u003c\/i\u003epoll winner, and Hugo and Nebula Award finalist), this collection features several of Asimov's robot tales. A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in Little Robot Lost; a woman's talent for Light Verse overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; and The Last Question presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50277749588241,"sku":"GOR003101996","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50472310964497,"sku":"GOR003623017","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0575040211.jpg?v=1750783357","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/robot-dreams-book-isaac-asimov-9780575040212","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}