![]() ![]() Reichert is best known for the Renshai books, a six-volume series based on Norse mythology. Asimov's I, Robot stories, which lay out the Three Laws of Robotics, were originally published in the 1940s, and collected in a volume in the 1950s. He has been called the father of the modern robot, with Calvin described by some as the fictional mother. Reichert is expected to increase the temperature of Asimov's cerebral investigations into the interactions between intelligent robots and humanity, with the website Publishers Marketplace describing the prequels as "a blend of sci-fi and medical thriller like Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain" with Calvin "in a high-stakes, suspenseful chase to save society as we know it".īut the Penguin US imprint Berkley Books, which struck the deal with Asimov's estate earlier this week, will be hoping to satisfy Asimov's many fans, who bought more than 300,000 copies of his books in the last 10 years.Īsimov, who died in 1992, wrote or edited more than 500 books over the course of his lifetime. ![]()
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