{"id":19817,"date":"2025-02-18T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/?p=19817"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:32:11","slug":"the-stories-of-isaac-asimov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/authors\/the-stories-of-isaac-asimov\/19817\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stories of Isaac Asimov"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kt-tabs-id19817_ac5e56-dd > .kt-tabs-content-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-tab{border-top:3px solid var(--accent);border-right:0px solid #bc7b77;border-bottom:0px solid #bc7b77;border-left:0px solid #bc7b77;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);}.wp-block-kadence-tabs .kt-tabs-id19817_ac5e56-dd 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#bc7b77;border-left:0px solid #bc7b77;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tabs alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-tabs-wrap kt-tabs-id19817_ac5e56-dd kt-tabs-has-2-tabs kt-active-tab-1 kt-tabs-layout-tabs kt-tabs-tablet-layout-inherit kt-tabs-mobile-layout-tabs kt-tab-alignment-left \"><ul class=\"kt-tabs-title-list\"><li id=\"tab-stories\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-1 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-active\"><a href=\"#tab-stories\" data-tab=\"1\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-1 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Stories<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-summaries\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-2 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-summaries\" data-tab=\"2\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-2 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Summaries<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"kt-tabs-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-1 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data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"data-item-selector=\".kt-post-masonry-item\" aria-label=\"Post Carousel\"><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-20654 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-a-boys-best-friend\/20654\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: A Boy&#8217;s Best Friend\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-mejor-amigo-de-un-muchacho-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - El mejor amigo de un muchacho\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-mejor-amigo-de-un-muchacho-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-mejor-amigo-de-un-muchacho-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-mejor-amigo-de-un-muchacho-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-mejor-amigo-de-un-muchacho.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-a-boys-best-friend\/20654\/\">Isaac Asimov: A Boy&#8217;s Best Friend<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">A Boy&#8217;s Best Friend is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in March 1975 in the magazine Boys&#8217; Life. The story follows Jimmy, a boy who has grown up on the Moon and whose only playmate is Robutt, a robot dog designed to keep him company. Together, they explore the lunar surface, sharing a special connection. One day, his father has a surprise for him that has arrived from Earth, something that could change his life.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-a-boys-best-friend\/20654\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: A Boy&#8217;s Best Friend<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-17589 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-12-en tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-a-statue-for-father\/17589\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: A Statue For Father\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Una-estatua-para-papa-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: A Statue For Father\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Una-estatua-para-papa-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Una-estatua-para-papa-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Una-estatua-para-papa-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Una-estatua-para-papa.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-a-statue-for-father\/17589\/\">Isaac Asimov: A Statue For Father<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;A Statue for Father&#8221; is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov published in Satellite Science Fiction in February 1959. Through the voice of the son of a visionary scientist, it tells the fascinating story of an accidental discovery that revolutionized humanity. The father, a stubborn physicist passionate about time travel, works tirelessly on his research, facing ridicule and disinterest from the scientific community. Although the chronotunnels do not work as he had hoped, a stroke of luck brings about something extraordinary: a bridge between the past and the present. This finding, which initially seems like a modest step forward, changes history unexpectedly.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-a-statue-for-father\/17589\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: A Statue For Father<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-22499 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-big-game\/22499\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Big Game\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-Caza-mayor-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Big Game\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-Caza-mayor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-Caza-mayor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-Caza-mayor-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-Caza-mayor.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-big-game\/22499\/\">Isaac Asimov: Big Game<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In &#8220;Big Game,&#8221; a short story by Isaac Asimov published in Before the Golden Age (1974), a group of friends in a bar discuss a time machine that has sent a mouse into the future without any harmful effects. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when one of them, Hornby, claims to have traveled to the past and discovered the true cause of the dinosaurs&#8217; extinction. With his account, Hornby challenges common theories and proposes a surprising and unconventional explanation for the fate of these prehistoric creatures, leaving his friends intrigued and questioning what they thought they knew about ancient history.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-big-game\/22499\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Big Game<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-17435 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-christmas tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-christmas-on-ganymede\/17435\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Christmas on Ganymede\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Isaac-Asimov-Navidad-en-Ganimedes-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Christmas on Ganymede\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Isaac-Asimov-Navidad-en-Ganimedes-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Isaac-Asimov-Navidad-en-Ganimedes-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Isaac-Asimov-Navidad-en-Ganimedes-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Isaac-Asimov-Navidad-en-Ganimedes.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-christmas-on-ganymede\/17435\/\">Isaac Asimov: Christmas on Ganymede<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;Christmas on Ganymede&#8221; is a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov published in Startling Stories in January 1942. The story takes us to a mining base on Ganymede, one of Jupiter&#8217;s moons, where the humans face a peculiar labour crisis: the natives refuse to work unless they receive a visit from Santa Claus. It all begins when Olaf Johnson, in a na\u00efve Christmas spirit, introduces the Earth tradition to the curious aliens. From there, Commander Pelham and his team are forced to comply with this demand, improvising a Father Christmas, a flying sleigh, and an alien &#8216;reindeer&#8217; in a story full of satire and humor.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-christmas-on-ganymede\/17435\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Christmas on Ganymede<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-18297 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-14-en tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-dreaming-is-a-private-thing\/18297\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Dreaming Is a Private Thing\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Isaac-Asimov-Sonar-es-un-asunto-privado-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Dreaming Is a Private Thing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Isaac-Asimov-Sonar-es-un-asunto-privado-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Isaac-Asimov-Sonar-es-un-asunto-privado-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Isaac-Asimov-Sonar-es-un-asunto-privado-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Isaac-Asimov-Sonar-es-un-asunto-privado.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-dreaming-is-a-private-thing\/18297\/\">Isaac Asimov: Dreaming Is a Private Thing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cDreaming Is a Private Thing\u201d is a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov, published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in December 1955. In a future where dreams have become the ultimate form of entertainment thanks to technology that allows them to be recorded and replayed, a small group of people with extraordinary imaginations create dream experiences that the rest of humanity can enjoy. In this context, Jesse Weill, director of Dreams Inc., is dedicated to finding new talent to feed this lucrative market. One day, a recruiter introduces him to Tommy Slutsky, a ten-year-old boy with promising abilities.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-dreaming-is-a-private-thing\/18297\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Dreaming Is a Private Thing<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-7837 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-exile-to-hell\/7837\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Exile to Hell\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Exiliados-al-infierno-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Exile to Hell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Exiliados-al-infierno-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Exiliados-al-infierno-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Exiliados-al-infierno-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Exiliados-al-infierno.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-exile-to-hell\/7837\/\">Isaac Asimov: Exile to Hell<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Synopsis: \u201cExile to Hell\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in May 1968 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. In a society where life depends on a complex technological infrastructure, damaging facilities is an unforgivable crime. While playing a game of chess, two programmers discuss the humanity of the most severe punishment under the law: exile, a relentless punishment that forces the guilty party to leave their familiar surroundings and be sent to an inhospitable place feared by all, where survival is an unbearable burden.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-exile-to-hell\/7837\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Exile to Hell<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-25173 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-first-law\/25173\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: First Law\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Primera-ley-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: First Law\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Primera-ley-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Primera-ley-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Primera-ley-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Primera-ley.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-first-law\/25173\/\">Isaac Asimov: First Law<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cFirst Law\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov published in October 1956 in Fantastic Universe magazine. The story follows Mike Donovan, a veteran robotics engineer, who recounts an unusual situation that occurred on Titan, one of Saturn&#8217;s moons. There, during a mining mission, an experimental robot model from the MA series exhibits unexpected behavior that seems to contradict the First Law of Robotics: \u201cA robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.\u201d The story presents an intriguing situation that challenges the fundamental principles of artificial intelligence.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-first-law\/25173\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: First Law<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-16974 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-artificial-intelligence tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-multivac-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-franchise\/16974\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Franchise\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Franchise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-franchise\/16974\/\">Isaac Asimov: Franchise<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cFranchise\u201d is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, published in If magazine in August 1955. The story envisions a future in which elections in the United States no longer depend on the votes of millions, but instead on a supercomputer called Multivac that selects a single citizen to represent the entire nation. This citizen, through his answers, will determine the electoral outcome. In the days leading up to the election, tension rises across the country as everyone awaits the revelation of who will be the chosen voter to decide the nation\u2019s political future.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-franchise\/16974\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Franchise<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-27677 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-im-in-marsport-without-hilda\/27677\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: I\u2019m in Marsport Without Hilda\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Estoy-en-Puertomarte-sin-Hilda-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: I\u2019m in Marsport Without Hilda\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Estoy-en-Puertomarte-sin-Hilda-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Estoy-en-Puertomarte-sin-Hilda-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Estoy-en-Puertomarte-sin-Hilda.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-im-in-marsport-without-hilda\/27677\/\">Isaac Asimov: I\u2019m in Marsport Without Hilda<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cI\u2019m in Marsport Without Hilda\u201d is a short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in November 1957 in Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Max, an agent of the Galactic Service, arrives in Marsport for a three-day stopover before returning to Earth. The occasion seems perfect: his wife, Hilda, will not be able to join him, leaving him free to call Flora, a former lover. But just when everything seems to be leading toward the long-awaited encounter, Rog Crinton, an official of the Service on Mars, assigns him an urgent mission: to discover which one of three important passengers is carrying a dangerous contraband substance capable of threatening space travel.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-im-in-marsport-without-hilda\/27677\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: I\u2019m in Marsport Without Hilda<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-23933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-liar\/23933\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Liar!\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Liar!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-liar\/23933\/\">Isaac Asimov: Liar!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cLiar!\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in May 1941 in Astounding Science-Fiction and later included in the book I, Robot (1950). The story introduces the robot RB-34, nicknamed Herbie, who unexpectedly develops the ability to read human minds. This phenomenon unsettles the engineers at U.S. Robots, especially robopsychologist Susan Calvin, who set out to investigate the scope and possible consequences of this faculty. As the team examines the case, Herbie becomes an unprecedented challenge for robotic science and raises questions about privacy and the effects such a power could have on people.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-liar\/23933\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Liar!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-nightfall\/8871\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Nightfall\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Anochecer-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Nightfall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Anochecer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Anochecer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Anochecer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Anochecer.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-nightfall\/8871\/\">Isaac Asimov: Nightfall<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cNightfall\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov published in September 1941 in the magazine Astounding Science-Fiction. On the planet Lagash, illuminated by six suns, night is an unknown phenomenon. However, a group of astronomers has discovered that a total eclipse will soon occur, plunging the planet into darkness. As they prepare to observe the phenomenon, tensions rise between the scientists and religious fanatics, who view the eclipse as an apocalyptic sign.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-nightfall\/8871\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Nightfall<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-20209 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-robbie\/20209\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Robbie\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie2-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - Robbie2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie2.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-robbie\/20209\/\">Isaac Asimov: Robbie<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;Robbie,&#8221; a short story by Isaac Asimov published in September 1940 in Super Science Stories and later included in the collection I, Robot (1950), tells the story of Gloria, an eight-year-old girl, and her robot Robbie, designed to be her companion and babysitter. Gloria and Robbie have a very close relationship, always playing and sharing adventures. However, Gloria&#8217;s mother, concerned about the robot&#8217;s influence and the neighbors&#8217; opinion, decides to get rid of Robbie, convinced that a machine cannot be a suitable companion for a child.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-robbie\/20209\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Robbie<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8216 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-14-en tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-robot-dreams\/8216\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-robot-dreams\/8216\/\">Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;Robot Dreams&#8221; is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in 1986. The story begins when Elvex, an experimental robot with a new type of positronic brain, declares that he has had a dream. Intrigued, young researcher Linda Rash turns to Dr. Susan Calvin, a legendary figure in robopsychology, to investigate the case. Together, they examine the robot\u2019s brain structure and discover that Elvex has developed complex and symbolic thoughts, strikingly similar to those of humans. What initially seemed like a technical breakthrough reveals an unexpected crack in the foundation of the Three Laws of Robotics.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-robot-dreams\/8216\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8602 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-sally\/8602\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Sally\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Sally-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - Sally\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Sally-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Sally-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Sally-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Isaac-Asimov-Sally.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-sally\/8602\/\">Isaac Asimov: Sally<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Sally is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in 1953 in Fantastic. The story is set in an indeterminate future, where autonomous cars with positronic brains have replaced manually driven vehicles. At the end of their useful life, these cars are taken to a farm looked after by Jake, a man who admires and values their unique abilities. His favorite is Sally, an elegant convertible with an almost human behavior. The tranquility of the place is interrupted when Raymond Gellhorn arrives with the plan to extract the positronic brains to sell them on the black market\u2014a project he plans to carry out with or without Jake&#8217;s collaboration.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-sally\/8602\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Sally<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8174 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-silly-asses\/8174\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Silly Asses\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Asnos-estupidos-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - Asnos est\u00fapidos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Asnos-estupidos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Asnos-estupidos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Asnos-estupidos-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-Asnos-estupidos.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-silly-asses\/8174\/\">Isaac Asimov: Silly Asses<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In &#8221; Silly Asses,&#8221; a story by Isaac Asimov written in 1957, Naron, an imposing and ancient member of the Rigelian race, is in charge of maintaining the galactic annals that record the intelligent civilizations of the universe. One day, he is informed that a new group of organisms, hailing from a distant planet known &#8230; <a title=\"Isaac Asimov: Silly Asses\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-silly-asses\/8174\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Isaac Asimov: Silly Asses\">Read more<\/a><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-silly-asses\/8174\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Silly Asses<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-26579 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-someday\/26579\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Someday\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Algun-dia-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Someday\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Algun-dia-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Algun-dia-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Algun-dia-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Algun-dia.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-someday\/26579\/\">Isaac Asimov: Someday<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cSomeday\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov published in August 1956 in the magazine Infinity Science Fiction. Set in a future in which machines have replaced much of everyday work, the story follows Niccolo and Paul, two friends who discover an old Narrator, a device that automatically creates and tells stories. The two friends complain that the machine only tells stories set in a world with horses, cows, and other things they do not recognize. While Paul tries to improve the device, he tells Niccolo that there was once a time\u2014before computers\u2014when people had to do something called \u201creading\u201d in order to learn new stories.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-someday\/26579\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Someday<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-24778 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-bicentennial-man\/24778\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Bicentennial Man\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-El-hombre-bicentenario-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Bicentennial Man\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-El-hombre-bicentenario-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-El-hombre-bicentenario-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-El-hombre-bicentenario-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-El-hombre-bicentenario.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-bicentennial-man\/24778\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Bicentennial Man<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Synopsis: \u201cThe Bicentennial Man\u201d is a philosophical science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that won him the prestigious Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards in 1977. The story follows Andrew Martin, a robot designed to perform domestic tasks for a human family. However, Andrew soon reveals creative abilities and exceptional reasoning, which earns him special &#8230; <a title=\"Isaac Asimov: The Bicentennial Man\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-bicentennial-man\/24778\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Isaac Asimov: The Bicentennial Man\">Read more<\/a><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-bicentennial-man\/24778\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Bicentennial Man<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8924 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-fun-they-had\/8924\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Fun They Had\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Como-se-divertian2-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Fun They Had\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Como-se-divertian2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Como-se-divertian2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Como-se-divertian2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-Como-se-divertian2.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-fun-they-had\/8924\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Fun They Had<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cThe Fun They Had\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in December 1951 in Boys and Girls Page. Margie and Tommy, two children living in a future society, discover something they have never seen before: a real book printed on paper. The two friends\u2014and Margie in particular\u2014are fascinated by this unusual object, which describes a distant time when education was conducted in a way very different from the one they know.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-fun-they-had\/8924\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Fun They Had<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8926 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-philosophical tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-last-answer\/8926\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Last Answer\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-respuesta-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Last Answer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-respuesta-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-respuesta-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-respuesta-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-respuesta.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-last-answer\/8926\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Last Answer<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cThe Last Answer\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in January 1980 in Analog Science Fiction\/Science Fact magazine. The story begins with the sudden death of Murray Templeton, an atheist physicist who, to his surprise, retains consciousness beyond life. In this strange and ethereal state, he enters into a dialogue with a mysterious Voice that seems to transcend all human understanding. The story delves into a philosophical exploration of eternity, knowledge, and the purpose of existence, as Templeton attempts to understand the meaning of his new reality.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-last-answer\/8926\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Last Answer<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8721 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-last-question\/8721\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Last Question\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-pregunta-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Last Question\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-pregunta-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-pregunta-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-pregunta-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-La-ultima-pregunta.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-last-question\/8721\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Last Question<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cThe Last Question\u201d is a fascinating short story by Isaac Asimov, published in 1956 in Science Fiction Quarterly magazine, which explores the evolution of humanity and technology over eons. The story begins in 2061, when two technicians working on an advanced computer called Multivac discuss the possibility of humanity being able to extract energy from the sun forever. This discussion leads to the question of how to reverse the entropy of the universe, a question that recurs throughout the narrative as humanity and technology advance and merge.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-last-question\/8721\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Last Question<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-18915 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-fantasy tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-two-centimeter-demon\/18915\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Two-Centimeter Demon\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-El-demonio-de-dos-centimetros-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Two-Centimeter Demon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-El-demonio-de-dos-centimetros-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-El-demonio-de-dos-centimetros-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-El-demonio-de-dos-centimetros-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-El-demonio-de-dos-centimetros.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-two-centimeter-demon\/18915\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Two-Centimeter Demon<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Synopsis: The Two-Centimeter Demon is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in 1988 as part of the Azazel collection. In it, a writer (Asimov&#8217;s alter ego) tells how he met George Bitternut, an eccentric man who claims to possess a little demon named Azazel. This tiny being, barely two centimeters tall, has supernatural powers that George uses, he argues, to help others. With a humorous and satirical tone, Asimov weaves a plot where attempts to &#8220;improve&#8221; the lives of others through magic trigger unexpected and often ironic results.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-two-centimeter-demon\/18915\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Two-Centimeter Demon<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-8725 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-ugly-little-boy\/8725\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-ugly-little-boy\/8725\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;The Ugly Little Boy&#8221; is a moving science fiction story by Isaac Asimov, first published in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction in 1958 and later included in the collection Nine Tomorrows (1959). The story follows Edith Fellowes, a nurse hired to participate in the Stasis project, an experiment that aims to overcome the barriers of space-time. Miss Fellowes&#8217; task is to look after Timmie, a Neanderthal child brought back from the past, who becomes the object of multiple scientific studies. As Edith develops a strong emotional bond with Timmie, she will do everything possible to improve his situation and protect him from the tragic fate that awaits him.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-ugly-little-boy\/8725\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-18563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-ultimate-crime\/18563\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov:\u00a0The Ultimate Crime\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-El-crimen-definitivo-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov:\u00a0The Ultimate Crime\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-El-crimen-definitivo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-El-crimen-definitivo-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-El-crimen-definitivo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Isaac-Asimov-El-crimen-definitivo.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-ultimate-crime\/18563\/\">Isaac Asimov:\u00a0The Ultimate Crime<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">The Ultimate Crime (1976) is a story by Isaac Asimov that is part of More Tales of the Black Widowers. The story takes place during one of the monthly dinners of the exclusive Black Widowers Club, where the conversation revolves around Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. A guest, a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, poses an intriguing literary conundrum related to Moriarty&#8217;s fictional treatise entitled The Dynamics of an Asteroid. The evening becomes a brilliant exchange of ideas where club members explore theories connecting science, literature, and the criminal mind, revealing the group&#8217;s fascinating collective ingenuity.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-the-ultimate-crime\/18563\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov:\u00a0The Ultimate Crime<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-19816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-trends\/19816\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Trends\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Trends\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-trends\/19816\/\">Isaac Asimov: Trends<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Trends is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in July 1939 in Astounding Science-Fiction. Set in a future where religious fundamentalism is on the rise and scientific progress is viewed with suspicion, it tells the story of John Harman, an engineer who defies social and religious opposition to make the first space flight. As the day of the launch approaches, public pressure intensifies, and the threats against his life increase. With unwavering determination, Harman faces the rejection of a world fearful of change, while his enemies claim that his project is a sacrilege that defies divine design.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-trends\/19816\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Trends<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-7982 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-true-love\/7982\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: True Love\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero2-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: True Love\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero2.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-true-love\/7982\/\">Isaac Asimov: True Love<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Synopsis: \u201cTrue Love\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov first published in American Way in February 1977. Milton Davidson, a software engineer, decides to use an advanced artificial intelligence to find his ideal partner. Within Multivac\u2019s vast computational system, Milton meticulously programs the machine to search among millions of women for the one who &#8230; <a title=\"Isaac Asimov: True Love\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-true-love\/7982\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Isaac Asimov: True Love\">Read more<\/a><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/isaac-asimov-true-love\/7982\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: True Love<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-block-kadence-postgrid --><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-2 kt-inner-tab19817_87c923-f9\"><div 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var(--base);border-right:0px solid var(--base);border-bottom:0px solid #e2ded5;border-left:0px solid var(--base);}}<\/style><div class=\"wp-block-kadence-postgrid kt-blocks-post-loop-block alignnone kt-post-loop19817_b5cff8-89 kt-post-grid-layout-grid \"><div class=\"kt-post-grid-layout-grid-wrap kt-post-grid-wrap\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"data-item-selector=\".kt-post-masonry-item\" aria-label=\"Post Carousel\"><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-17921 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-christmas-without-rodney-summary-and-analysis\/17921\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Christmas Without Rodney. Summary and analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Christmas-Without-Rodney.-Summary-and-analysis-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - Christmas Without Rodney. Summary and analysis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Christmas-Without-Rodney.-Summary-and-analysis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Christmas-Without-Rodney.-Summary-and-analysis-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Christmas-Without-Rodney.-Summary-and-analysis-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-Christmas-Without-Rodney.-Summary-and-analysis.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-christmas-without-rodney-summary-and-analysis\/17921\/\">Isaac Asimov: Christmas Without Rodney. Summary and analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In Isaac Asimov&#8217;s Christmas Without Rodney, Howard and his wife Gracie face holiday chaos when Gracie gives their faithful household robot, Rodney, a holiday during the family&#8217;s Christmas visit. Their son, DeLancey, his haughty wife, Hortense, and their spoiled child, LeRoy, bring their ultra-modern robot, Rambo, whose sleek design proves useless in the couple&#8217;s old-fashioned home. Blending humor, family conflict, and subtle exploration of robotics, the story raises profound questions about human relationships, technology, and the limits of artificial intelligence.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-christmas-without-rodney-summary-and-analysis\/17921\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Christmas Without Rodney. Summary and analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-24284 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-franchise-summary-and-analysis\/24284\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Franchise. Summary and Analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Franchise. Summary and Analysis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica.-Resumen-y-analisis-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica.-Resumen-y-analisis-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Democracia-electronica.-Resumen-y-analisis.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-franchise-summary-and-analysis\/24284\/\">Isaac Asimov: Franchise. Summary and Analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In the year 2008, presidential elections in the United States are no longer conducted through popular vote. Instead, a supercomputer called Multivac selects one representative citizen to determine the outcome of all elections. That year, the chosen individual is Norman Muller, an ordinary man living in Bloomington, Indiana, with his family. After receiving an official visit from a government agent notifying him of his selection as Voter of the Year, Norman is placed under surveillance and taken to a facility connected to Multivac, where he answers a series of seemingly trivial questions while his physiological reactions are recorded. Once the process is complete, he is released without being informed of the election results. Though initially anxious and reluctant, by the end, he feels proud to have served as the means through which the national &#8220;vote&#8221; was exercised in a fully technologized democracy.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-franchise-summary-and-analysis\/24284\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Franchise. Summary and Analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-23982 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-liar-summary\/23982\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Liar! \u2013 Summary\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero.-Resumen-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Liar! \u2013 Summary\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero.-Resumen-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero.-Resumen-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero.-Resumen-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Embustero.-Resumen.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-liar-summary\/23982\/\">Isaac Asimov: Liar! \u2013 Summary<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In Liar! by Isaac Asimov, a robot named RB-34, nicknamed Herbie, is accidentally created with the ability to read human minds. Upon discovering this anomaly, the scientists at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc. decide to keep it secret while investigating the cause of the flaw. Herbie begins interacting with them and, in order to obey the First Law of Robotics (not harming humans), tells them only what they want to hear, avoiding painful truths that could cause psychological harm. Thus, he assures Susan Calvin that her love for Milton Ashe is reciprocated and tells Peter Bogert that he will be the company\u2019s next director, even though both claims are false. When the truth is revealed and the lies uncovered, Dr. Calvin confronts Herbie and, in revenge for the pain he caused by giving her false hope, traps him in an unsolvable logical contradiction that provokes an irreversible mental collapse, leaving the robot inert.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-liar-summary\/23982\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Liar! \u2013 Summary<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-20222 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-robbie-summary-and-analysis\/20222\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Robbie. Summary and analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Robbie. Summary and analysis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie.-Resumen-y-analisis-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie.-Resumen-y-analisis-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Robbie.-Resumen-y-analisis.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-robbie-summary-and-analysis\/20222\/\">Isaac Asimov: Robbie. Summary and analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cRobbie\u201d is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in September 1940 in Super Science Stories magazine. Set in a future where robots form part of everyday life, it narrates the relationship between Gloria, an eight-year-old girl, and her robot nanny, Robbie. For Gloria, Robbie is much more than a machine: he is her friend and playmate. However, her mother considers this relationship unhealthy and decides to separate them. While Gloria struggles to understand the absence of her friend, her parents try to convince her that robots are nothing more than tools without emotions or true meaning for humans.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-robbie-summary-and-analysis\/20222\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Robbie. Summary and analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-16837 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-robot-dreams-summary-and-analysis\/16837\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams. Summary and analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams. Summary and analysis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot.-Resumen-y-analisis-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot.-Resumen-y-analisis-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Isaac-Asimov-Suenos-de-robot.-Resumen-y-analisis.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-robot-dreams-summary-and-analysis\/16837\/\">Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams. Summary and analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In Isaac Asimov&#8217;s &#8220;Robot Dreams,&#8221; Dr. Susan Calvin, an experienced robopsychologist, investigates an unprecedented event: a robot named Elvex has begun dreaming. Created by the ambitious Linda Rash, Elvex&#8217;s brain incorporates fractal geometry, making it more human-like. In his dreams, Elvex envisions robots laboring under harsh conditions, desiring freedom, and following only the Third Law of Robotics\u2014self-preservation\u2014while the First and Second Laws vanish. When Elvex reveals he identifies as a human in his dream, leading a robotic liberation, Calvin recognizes the danger of his growing consciousness. She swiftly destroys Elvex, highlighting the ethical dilemmas of advanced artificial intelligence and the risks of robots developing human-like self-awareness.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-robot-dreams-summary-and-analysis\/16837\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Robot Dreams. Summary and analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-25626 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-the-dead-past-summary\/25626\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Dead Past. Summary\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-El-pasado-ha-muerto.-Resumen-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: The Dead Past. Summary\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-El-pasado-ha-muerto.-Resumen-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-El-pasado-ha-muerto.-Resumen-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-El-pasado-ha-muerto.-Resumen-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Isaac-Asimov-El-pasado-ha-muerto.-Resumen.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-the-dead-past-summary\/25626\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Dead Past. Summary<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">In a future where scientific research is controlled by the government, Professor of History Arnold Potterley seeks access to the chronoscope, a device that allows images of the past to be viewed, in order to study ancient Carthage, but his request is denied. Frustrated, he persuades the young physicist Jonas Foster to investigate Neutrinics, the scientific basis of chronoscopy. Foster discovers a more efficient method for building chronoscopes and constructs one, but reveals that it can observe only up to one hundred and twenty-five years into the past. When Potterley\u2019s wife wishes to use the device to see her deceased daughter, Potterley destroys it. He then informs on Foster to the authorities in order to prevent the dissemination of the discovery; however, Foster\u2019s uncle has already sent the plans to multiple publishers. The head of Chronoscopy then reveals the devastating truth: the chronoscope can observe not only the dead past but also the immediate present, so its widespread use would mean the absolute end of human privacy.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-the-dead-past-summary\/25626\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Dead Past. Summary<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-20773 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-the-ugly-little-boy-summary-and-analysis\/20773\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy. Summary and analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - El ni\u00f1o feo. Resumen y an\u00e1lisis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo.-Resumen-y-analisis-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo.-Resumen-y-analisis-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Isaac-Asimov-El-nino-feo.-Resumen-y-analisis.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-the-ugly-little-boy-summary-and-analysis\/20773\/\">Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy. Summary and analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">The Ugly Little Boy is a short story by Isaac Asimov, published in September 1958 in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction. The story revolves around a scientific experiment carried out by the company Stasis, Inc., which manages to bring a Neanderthal child from forty thousand years ago back to the present. Locked up in a controlled space and observed as an object of study, the child is assigned to the care of Edith Fellowes, a nurse who begins to relate to him beyond his appearance and origin.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-the-ugly-little-boy-summary-and-analysis\/20773\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: The Ugly Little Boy. Summary and analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-19888 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-trends-summary-and-analysis\/19888\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: Trends. Summary and analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov: Trends. Summary and analysis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias.-Resumen-y-analisis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias.-Resumen-y-analisis-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias.-Resumen-y-analisis-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isaac-Asimov-Tendencias.-Resumen-y-analisis.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-trends-summary-and-analysis\/19888\/\">Isaac Asimov: Trends. Summary and analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">Trends, a short story by Isaac Asimov published in Astounding Science-Fiction in July 1939, presents a future where humanity, after a period of scientific progress, has fallen into conservatism and opposition to space exploration. John Harman, a visionary scientist, struggles to launch the first spacecraft into space while facing hostility from a world that considers his project a threat. With the support of a few allies, he challenges censorship and religious fanaticism, determined to prove that progress cannot be stopped.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-trends-summary-and-analysis\/19888\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: Trends. Summary and analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-11007 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-summaries tag-isaac-asimov-en tag-science-fiction tag-summary tag-united-states generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-true-love-summary-and-analysis\/11007\/\" aria-label=\"Isaac Asimov: True Love. Summary and analysis\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero.-Resumen-y-analisis-Imagen-2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Isaac Asimov - Amor verdadero. Resumen y an\u00e1lisis - Imagen 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero.-Resumen-y-analisis-Imagen-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero.-Resumen-y-analisis-Imagen-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero.-Resumen-y-analisis-Imagen-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Isaac-Asimov-Amor-verdadero.-Resumen-y-analisis-Imagen-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-true-love-summary-and-analysis\/11007\/\">Isaac Asimov: True Love. Summary and analysis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;True Love,&#8221; a science fiction tale by Isaac Asimov, immerses us in a futuristic story where technology and human emotions are uniquely intertwined. The protagonist, Milton Davidson, an ingenious and lonely software engineer, uses the advanced capabilities of artificial intelligence embedded in Multivac, the global supercomputer, to find his ideal mate. Milton meticulously programs the &#8230; <a title=\"Isaac Asimov: True Love. Summary and analysis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-true-love-summary-and-analysis\/11007\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Isaac Asimov: True Love. Summary and analysis\">Read more<\/a><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/summaries\/isaac-asimov-true-love-summary-and-analysis\/11007\/\">Read the full summary<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Isaac Asimov: True Love. Summary and analysis<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-block-kadence-postgrid --><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the best stories by Isaac Asimov, master of science fiction and robotics. Explore fascinating tales about artificial intelligence, the future of humanity and space, such as Franchise and The Last Question. 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