Isaac Asimov’s Future History: Internal Chronology

 

 

Book

Date Published

Internal Chrono

Comments

I, Robot

1951

2002—1st mobile, speaking robot

2057 – date for first stories

 

Pebble in the Sky.

1950

 

GALACTIC EMPIRE NOVELS--  earth covered by radioactive crust.

The Stars Like Dust

1951

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

The Gods Themselves

1972

 

 

The Bicentennial Man

1976

 

 

The Complete Robot

1982

 

Omnibus of first two robot collections

The Robots of Dawn

1983

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Forward the Foundation

1993

 

 

Gregory Benford, Foundation’s Fear

 

 

 

Greg Bear, Foundation and Chaos

 

 

 

David Brin, Foundation’s Triumph

1999