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I have a few of his story collections and the I robot collection is probably my favorite. My Number 1 short story of his is The Last Question. Asimov described it as his favorite as well. Hopefully this link works. Its the story read by Leonard Nimoy. http://www.openculture.com/2015/06/isaac-asimovs-favorite-story-the-last-question-read-by-isaac-asimov.html

I'm a big fan of the mass market paperback editions... small page size with a lot of pages, and the colors blend nicely when stacked side by side :) https://www.amazon.ca/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1576523741&sr=8-2

>I'm a step beyond that: I've avoided watching the 'I, Robot' movie totally. I've never seen any of it. The trailer was bad enough, and everything I've read about it afterwards just confirms my decision to never see it.

Oh, good grief. You've never even seen the film, yet can still confidently write

>This looks just like the 'I, Robot' movie, which was also antithetical to Asimov's style and intentions (and wasn't actually based on his book anyway).

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I've read every Robot story multiple times since childhood. 95% of those who criticize the film for "betraying Asimov" haven't; that's why they usually call I, Robot a "novel". They just assume that because Hollywood has mangled so many other literary properties during adaptation, and because the film was a Will Smith blockbuster, that that must have happened in this case, too. They're wrong.

Yes, I know that the film was originally based on a non-Asimov script called Hardwired. That's irrelevant. The film is a loving tribute to Asimov's ideals from start to finish.

I’m unfortunately reading it in the wrong order, then. I started with Foundation, am reading Empire, and will finish with Robot.

Question for you though. In your post as well as other places I’ve seen mention of there being 4 books in the Robot series, but what I’m considering picking up on Amazon has 6 books. Any idea which are the extra two and what they are?

Isaac Asimov Robot Series 6 Books Collection Set (I, Robot, The Robots of Dawn, The Naked Sun, The Rest Of The Robots, The Caves of Steel, Robots and Empire) https://www.amazon.com/dp/9124369896/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5HVNPAD7EKG9FSYSA6KC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

This isn't really a subject Asimov was into to a great extent so I was a bit dubious, but I looked down the list of Asimov books at AsimovReviews and I did find one which seemed likely: Thirteen Horrors of Halloween. Asimov wrote the introduction and one of the stories.

I really like this edition https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Robot-ISAAC-ASIMOV/dp/0008277818 and there is a lot of books in this style. I got lucky and got all of robot books and whole foundation series in for around $100 from local budget books store

Sounds like you are aiming for hardcover. Personally, I like and grew up with this style. The Robots of Dawn https://www.amazon.com/dp/038518400X/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_E29ZAJW2NX059PPAYH2A. Read the books when I was 9 and loved them. Listened to and immensely enjoyed them. Particularly ideas that made there way in to start wars, a planet city, hyperspace travel, even the Korrelia system.

Honestly, I don't think I would ever really want to see The Foundation ever be adapted to a television series or, god forbid, a movie. The books are too bare bones, and cover to broad a length of time, for a television series to do it justice. Especially in contemporary hollywood culture, where it seems like good writing is actively discouraged.

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As to your scripts, they are quite disjointed, have horrible formatting, and distracting face bubbles. I would highly recommend using a free scriptwriting tool if you wish to attempt crafting a dramatized version of The Foundation. See : Celtx or Writerduel.

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This publication may help you. It includes many more dates:
https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B01EI1YLQK/ref=sr\_1\_1?\_\_mk\_de\_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=From+robots+to&qid=1631732338&sr=8-1

You mean the Benford/Bear/Brin one? I've heard mixed reviews but would love to read them someday. They're all great authors.

Linge Chen is an excellent character, and was a blast to voice. His quote is from The Psychohistorians original text. It's actually two quotes munged together. You'll hear them in full in the episode.

https://www.amazon.com/I-Robot-Isaac-Asimov/dp/055338256X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=i%2C+robot&qid=1613881221&s=books&sr=1-1

Looks like they made the original into "book 1" of this new modern series. Odd. But this should be it.

There is a book discussing the full timeline, but it does not include visuals. https://www.amazon.com/Robots-Foundations-Mapping-Asimovs-Galaxy/dp/1499569823

I hate when book covers become the image of the movie, fells bad, but if you speak portuguese you can get this sweat cover.

Same here (Part III Chapter 4 page 202 for the Bantam mass-market paperback edition).

Also u/erasmix the mass-market paperbacks are pretty cheap if you would prefer physical copies of Asimov's novels. For example, The Gods Themselves is $8 new on Amazon, $3 used on Half Price Books.

The more data that comes in, the more likely it seems that we’re the only civilization in the Milky Way, possibly in this part of the universe. The first hint came from Enrico Fermi when he asked ”Where is everybody?” That doesn’t mean there isn’t life. Most likely life is common.

My novel, K3+, deals with this topics (sorry for the self promotion). In the last chapter humanity encounters the first alien civilization. You can find it on Amazon and iTunes.