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 * I,Robot - Reading Schedule**

**January 12th - Reason** **January 17th - Catch that Rabbit** **January 19th - Liar** **January 23rd - Little Lost Robot** **January 26th - Escape** **January 30th - Evidence** **February 2nd - The Evitable Conflict**

=**Wiki Assignment - 3 WIKI posts in the discussion pages must be made by the end of the novel. Try and make it 1 per every 3 stories.**=

(one person for each....first come, first serve)

1. Three pictures of Asimov at various ages

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2. List of novels that he wrote in chronological orders Pebble In The Sky Doubleday 1950 3 The Stars, Like Dust-- Doubleday 1951 4 Foundation Gnome Press [1] 1951 5 David Starr, Space Ranger [2] Doubleday 1952 6 Foundation and Empire Gnome Press [1] 1952 7 The Currents of Space Doubleday 1952 9 Second Foundation Gnome Press [1] 1953 10 Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids [2] Doubleday 1953 11 The Caves of Steel Doubleday 1954 12 Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus [2] Doubleday 1954 15 The End of Eternity Doubleday 1955 17 Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury [2] Doubleday 1956 20 The Naked Sun Doubleday 1957 21 Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter [2] Doubleday 1957 26 Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn [2] Doubleday 1958 67 Fantastic Voyage Houghton Mifflin 1966 121 The Gods Themselves Doubleday 1972 262 Foundation's Edge Doubleday 1982 278 Norby, the Mixed-up Robot [21] Walker 1983 281 The Robots of Dawn Doubleday 1983 298 Norby's Other Secret [21] Walker 1984 318 Norby and the Lost Princess [21] Walker 1985 328 Robots and Empire Doubleday 1985 333 Norby and the Invaders [21] Walker 1985 349 Foundation and Earth Doubleday 1986 351 Norby and the Queen's Necklace [21] Walker 1986 364 Norby Finds a Villain [21] Walker 1987 365 Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain Doubleday 1987 379 Prelude to Foundation Doubleday 1988 404 Norby Down to Earth Walker 1988 429 Nemesis Doubleday 1989 437 Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure [21] Walker 1989 445 Norby and the Oldest Dragon [21] Walker 1990 456 Nightfall [32] Doubleday 1990 The Ugly Little Boy [32] Doubleday 1992 Norby and the Court Jester [21] Walker 1991 Forward the Foundation Doubleday 1993 The Positronic Man [32] Doubleday 1993 (posted by Tyler Ko) 3. 5 facts on Asimov's writing career
 * Began writing stories at age of eleven
 * Started selling his stoires to science fiction magazines at age of nineteen
 * Wrote/edited over 500 books
 * "Nightfall" was voted best short science fiction story of all time by Science Fiction Writers of America
 * Awarded 14 honorary doctorate degrees from various universities
 * Posted by Sami Reed

4. 5 facts on Asimov's scientific career Posted by: Suzanne Lucke
 * Young Asimov was fascinated with science fiction magazines which were sold at his parent's general store.
 * __ **As a free thinker, Asimov saw sci-fi literature serving as a pool where ideas and hypotheses are expressed with unrestricted intellectual freedom.** __
 * He founded "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", which became a best-selling publication.
 * He was the first science-fiction writer to headline his own magazine.
 * He enjoyed cruise ships like the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, where he occasionally entertained passengers with his science-themed talks.

5. 5 facts on Asimov's personal life married in July of the same year.
 * Around the age of 11 he wrote eight chapters of a fiction about adventures of young boys in a small town.
 * Young Isaac Asimov was raised as a non-religious person.
 * Acrophobia was revealed when he took his date and first love on a roller coaster in 1940, and was terrified.
 * Asimov met his wife Gertrude Blugherman on a blind date on Valentine's Day in February of 1942, they got
 * In 1983 Asimov contracted HIV infection from a tainted blood transfusion received during a triple bypass surgery.
 * Posted by: Erika Eustaquio**

• He was a long term member and Vice President of Mensa International. • He was the President of the American Humanist Association. • He was interviewed on NBC TV in 1982 by Edwin Newman. • Durindg WWII, he worked as a civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Naval Experimentational Station. • Asimov was a claustrophile: he enjoyed small, enclosed spaces. by Tawny Schaad  "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. " [|Isaac Asimov] Read more: [|http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isaac_asimov.html#ixzz1k] Elizabeth Moran