Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was a science-fiction writer and science communicator who used large historical scales and precise ethical puzzles to examine possible futures. I, Robot tests rules for machine behaviour against ambiguous human intentions, making the logic of robotics inseparable from responsibility. Foundation imagines the collapse of a galactic civilisation and a plan to preserve knowledge; Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation reveal the political and psychological limits of that design. Pebble in the Sky brings imperial history down to the experience of one displaced person, while Youth offers a compact encounter with unfamiliar life. I, Robot is the clearest entrance to Asimov's problem-driven storytelling. Foundation suits readers wanting a broad civilisational arc, and Pebble in the Sky provides a more personal route into the same imagined future.