Isaac
Asimov’s Future History: Internal Chronology
|
Book |
Date
Published |
Internal
Chrono |
Comments |
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I, Robot |
1951
|
2002—1st
mobile, speaking robot 2057
– date for first stories |
|
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Pebble in
the Sky. |
1950 |
|
GALACTIC
EMPIRE NOVELS--
earth covered by radioactive crust. |
|
The Stars
Like Dust |
1951
|
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Trantor Emerges as major power |
|
The Currents
of Space |
1952 |
827
GE |
Earth
planning to wage biological warfare |
|
Foundation |
1952. |
|
Hari Seldon setting up
plan to shorten interregnum |
|
Foundation
and Empire |
1952. |
+200
years |
|
|
Second
Foundation |
1953 |
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The Caves
of Steel |
1952 |
+3000
years= 5000 CE “City
Culture” |
First
robot detective novel. NYC 2000 sq miles, colonization of 50 worlds. |
|
The End of Eternity |
1955 |
1932 |
Founding
novel which allows creation of temporal universe of other novels. Development of temporal science. Events in the book are a myth in
FUNDATION’S EDGE. |
|
The Naked
Sun |
1956 |
|
2nd
robot detective novel. Solaria—20,000
humans; 200 mill robots. |
|
The Rest
of the Robots |
1964
|
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The Gods Themselves |
1972 |
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The Bicentennial Man |
1976 |
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The
Complete Robot |
1982 |
|
Omnibus
of first two robot collections |
|
The Robots
of Dawn |
1983 |
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|
Foundation's
Edge |
1983 |
489
FE. 500 yrs into Seldon.
+120 years after 2nd F. |
Still
looking for 2nf F. Discovery of third
component to plan =
Gaia. Myths reflect story lines of all
other works. |
|
Robots and
Empire |
1985 |
|
Robot
Giskard lays groundwork for the science of psychoistory |
|
Foundation
and Earth |
1986 |
|
Cont.
FondEdge. Discover
robots in moon… |
|
Robot
Dreams |
1986
|
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Prelude to Foundation |
1989 |
12,020
GE |
Prequal to FOUNDATION & bridge to ROBOTS: Hari Seldon develops psycho
history with help of R. Daniel Olivaw (robot).
Robots of Dawn a myth. |
|
Robot
Visions |
1990
|
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Forward the
Foundation |
1993 |
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Gregory Benford, Foundation’s Fear |
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Greg Bear,
Foundation and Chaos |
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David Brin, Foundation’s Triumph |
1999 |
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