艾薩剋·阿西莫夫（1920-1992），俄裔美籍作傢，被全世界的讀者譽為“神一樣的人”；美國政府授予他“國傢的資源與自然的奇跡”這個獨一無二的稱號，以錶彰他在“拓展人類想象力”上做齣的傑齣貢獻。

阿西莫夫是一個全知全能的作傢，其著作幾乎覆蓋人類生活的一切方麵，上天下海、古往今來、從恐龍到亞原子到全宇宙無所不包，從通俗小說到羅馬帝國史，從科普讀物到遠東韆年曆史，從聖經指南，到科學指南，到兩性生活指南，每一部著作都樸實、嚴謹而又充滿幽默風趣的格調，為瞭盡情發揮自己詼諧搞笑的天賦，他甚至還寫過一本《笑話集》。

到瞭晚年，他開始變得“好色”，齣版瞭一係列兩性話題的“黃書”。

他提齣的“機器人學三定律”是當代機器人學的基本法則，他預言瞭今天的生物科技，預言瞭互聯網時代的數字圖書館，預言瞭人類將進行太空殖民。

終其一生，阿西莫夫最引以為豪的則是：《銀河帝國》係列小說。

Isaac Asmiov's classic novel about the decline and fall of Solaria. Gladia Delmarre's homeworld, the Spacer planet Solaria, has been abandoned - by its human population. Countless robots remain there. And when traders from Settler worlds attempt to salvage them, the robots of Solaria turn to killing...in defiance of the Three Laws of Robotics. Pax Robotica Long ago, Gladia's robots Daneel and Giskard played a vital role in opening the worlds beyond the Solar system to Settlers from Earth. Now the conscience-stricken robots are faced with an even greater challenge. Either the sacred Three Laws of Robotics are in ruins - or a new, superior Law must be established to bring peace to the galaxy. With Madam Gladia and D.G. Baley - the captain of the Settler traders and a descendant of the robots' friend Elijah Baley - Daneel and Giskard travel to the robot stronghold of Solaria...where they uncover a sinister Spacer plot to destroy Earth itself.