An Asimov companion : characters, places and terms in the robot/empire/foundation metaseries / / Donald E. Palumbo
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Palumbo Donald E.
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| Titolo: |
An Asimov companion : characters, places and terms in the robot/empire/foundation metaseries / / Donald E. Palumbo
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| Pubblicazione: | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science fiction, American |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries and Chaos Theory; The Encyclopedia; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | An Asimov companion |
| ISBN: | 1-4766-2394-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827898103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; ; 51.