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Asimov’s Future History Volume 8

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by Isaac Asimov


  “I wondered if you noticed.”

  “I never get overconfident.”

  “Good.”

  “Will you be all right? Will you win?”

  “I think so. The fight will do me good, but...”

  “Well, then. Good luck to you.”

  “And to you. See you around.”

  The ghost faded. The chairman scowled. That should not have been possible. It was just as well he was closing this place down. Holes must have developed.

  “Recording complete?” he asked.

  “Recording complete. Decoding routines in place, descrambler active.”

  The chairman sighed, gave the place a last look.

  “Transfer all relevant data to hard copy and disassemble construct.”

  Bit by bit, Maui disappeared. The chairman did not stay for the end of the destruction.

  Sources of Dates

  (For Volume 8)

  AD = Anno Domini

  GE = Galactic Era

  FE = Foundational Era

  Robots and Aliens: Maverick and Humanity Takes place one year after Robot City.

  Mirage Features older versions of characters from the Robot City series, but takes place before the disappearance of the Solarians in Robots and Empire.

  Table of Contents

  Title page

  Copyright

  Table of Contents

  Maverick

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Epilogue

  Humanity

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Mirage

  Prologue

  One

  Two

  Three

  Four

  Five

  Six

  Seven

  Eight

  Nine

  Ten

  Eleven

  Twelve

  Thirteen

  Fourteen

  Fifteen

  Sixteen

  Seventeen

  Eighteen

  Nineteen

  Twenty

  Twenty-One

  Twenty-Two

  Twenty-Three

  Twenty-Four

  Twenty-Five

  Twenty-Six

  Twenty-Seven

  Twenty-Eight

  Twenty-Nine

  Thirty

  Epilogue

  Sources of Dates

 

 

 


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