Isaac Asimov

Janet Asimov

Jeff Wells was flunking out of the Space Academy until Norby the second-hand teaching robot tries to help but only complicates Jeff's life even more with his antics. In these first two chapters, Jeff learns about Norby's special features & unusual abilities.

Norby, the Mixed-up Robot

Jeff Wells purchases a used robot named Norby to help him improve his grades at the Space Academy, but learns that Norby was constructed by a genius using parts from an alien spacecraft and has unexpected powers

The Norby Chronicles

Pshrinks Anonymous

Norby and the Court Jester

When unscrupulous scientists try to kidnap Norby in order to learn the secret of the robot's anti-gravitational capabilities, he and Jeff discover on the dragon-inhabited planet Jamya the key to an even more precious secret.

Norby's Other Secret

Norby the robot and his friend Jeff travel to the distant planet of Izz and help to rescue a lost princess.

Norby and the Lost Princess

Jeff and his mixed-up robot, Norby, get involved in new adventures on a strange planet.

Norby and the Invaders

Fourteen-year-old Jeff Wells and his robot friend Norby are suddenly transported back to 1785 in France, where they become involved with a priceless necklace, royal politics, and the accidental creation of alternate futures for Earth.

Norby and the Queen's Necklace

Norby: Robot For Hire

Norby Through Time and Space

Norby Down To Earth

Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure

Norby è un robottino davvero unico. E non solo perché ha l'aspetto di un barilotto. I meccanismi che lo compongono provengono da una misteriosa astronave aliena e questo dettaglio gli permette di sottrarsi alle tre leggi della robotica. Può quindi rifiutarsi di obbedire agli ordini; essere un fifone sempre preoccupato di farsi male; e addirittura lottare contro i cattivi. Questo lo rende imprevedibile, buffo e... incredibilmente umano. Insieme al suo amico e proprietario, il cadetto spaziale Jeff Wells, dovrà affrontare l'odioso Ing l'Ingrato, deciso a diventare Imperatore della Terra. Il primo libro di fantascienza per ragazzi scritto da Isaac Asimov e dalla moglie Janet, con la nuova traduzione e una Prefazione di Davide Morosinotto, appassionato lettore dell'opera di Asimov. «Norby, hai viaggiato nell'iperspazio senza un teletrasporto?» Norby fece un passo indietro. «È illegale?» «È impossibile. Nessuno può farlo.» «Io sì.» «Norby, questo ti rende l'essere più prezioso in tutto il sistema solare» «Oh, lo so.»

Norby il robot scombinato

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More of Isaac Asimov's weekly science columns for the Los Angeles Times and those his wife, Janet, wrote during his illness and after his death in April 1992. The Asimovs discuss how close we are to producing life in a lab, the latest revelations about dinosaur extinction, recent startling sightings of planets and stars, if we can establish colonies on Mars, if computer intelligence can ever surpass human intelligence, and the gravest dangers to our environment. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Frontiers II

Jeff Wells leaves the space academy with his mixed-up robot Norby and the two of them head back to Earth to help Jeff's brother unravel a mystery involving zapped robots and stolen computer parts.

Norby Down to Earth

Jeff Wells, a Space Academy student, and Norby, a second-hand robot with unusual abilities, find themselves involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who intends to take over the universe.

Norby, il robot stravagante

Twelve-year-old Ginnela and her younger brother Pete find themselves trapped on a disabled spaceship and must figure out how to survive.

Janet Asimov

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