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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
Clean language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Contemplation of entropy, mortality, and the end of the universe — handled with wonder rather than dread
What this book is about
Asimov's most celebrated short story traces one question across the entire span of human (and post-human) civilization: can entropy be reversed? Each section jumps forward in time as computers grow into godlike intelligence. Asimov considered it his best story. The ending remains one of the most famous in science fiction.
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