ISBN: 1476623945 9781476623948

Category: Literary Criticism / General

Page count: 196

<p> A prolific author, Isaac Asimov is most admired for his science fiction, including his collection of short stories <i>I, Robot</i> and his Robot, Empire and Foundation series novels. While each of these narratives takes place in a different fictional universe, Asimov asserted at the end of his career that he had, with his last Robot and Foundation novels, unified them into one coherent metaseries.</p><p> This reference work identifies and describes all of the characters, locales, artifacts, concepts and institutions in Asimov's metaseries. Mimicking the style of <i>The Encyclopedia Galactica</i>, the fictional compendium of all human knowledge that features prominently in the Foundation series, this encyclopedia is an invaluable companion to Asimov's science fiction oeuvre.</p>