Asimov in the News: .Glu Mobile’s Men vs. Machines out now on App Store

Mobiletor.com: Glu Mobile’s Men vs. Machines out now on App Store
Robotics’ is possibly one of the best words to emerge out of sci-fi. An Isaac Asimov-inspired offering or not, Glu Mobile’s latest 3D game dubbed Men vs. Machines ought to get the attention of iOS device users who also happen to be sci-fi fans.

The title entails players to embark on a retro journey as they struggle for continued existence against the evil robot army G.E.A.R, headed by dictator Eisenberg. It boasts of 3D visuals in an industrial ‘steampunk’ style. This game is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices based on iOS 3.0 or later versions.

“We know that both hardcore and casual gamers want the ability to play games with their friends,” commented Giancarlo Mori, Chief Creative Officer at Glu. “Along with state-of-the-art 3D graphics and gameplay, Men vs. Machines brings a dynamic social experience to mobile gaming.”

Users can invite their Facebook or Game Center friends to form an alliance in order to protect the world and defeat attacking hordes of G.E.A.R. machines in a gripping encounter. The title features a wide variety of mechanically powered artillery and several inventive armor types for shielding players.

The Men vs. Machines app is available for download through the iTunes App Store free of cost.




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I Asimov Index continued

14. Science Fiction
Amazing Stories - pg 42, 43
Gernsback, Hugo, editor of Amazing Stories pg 43
Science Womder Stories and Air Wonder Stories (name check)
Wonder Stories (namecheck) pg 43
"The Universe Wreckers" by Edmond Hamilton, pg 43
Hamilton, Edmond, pg 43
"Uncertainty" by John W Campbell, pg 44
Campbell, John W pg 44
Skidmore, JW (sf author) pf 44
characters Posi and NEga, pg 44

15. Beginning to Write
Namechecks on pg 46
Nick Carter
Frank and Dick Merriwell
namechecks on pg 47
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue
Bobbsey TWins
Darewell Chums
Roy Blakely
Poppy Ott
Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Rover Boys
The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes
The GReenville Chums at College (Asimov's first story, began at age 11 - lost)



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I. Asimov Index Part 4

9. Bookworm
Anti-gambling - pg 29-30
Asimov, Stanley (Asimov's brother) pg 30

10. School
Olivier, Laurence pg 32
PS 202 grammar school pg 32
Martin, Miss (5th grade teacher) pg 33
Gowney, Miss (6th grade teacher) pg 33

11. Growing Up
Clothing styles pg 34-35

12. Long Hours
Great Depression pg 36
Candy store history 36-38

13. Pulp Fiction
Amos n Andy (radio program, name check) - pg 39
Argosy (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
Blue Book (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
The Shadow (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
Doc Savage(pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
Spider (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
Secret Agent X (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
Agent 5 (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
G-8 and his Battle Aces (pulp magazine, name check), pg 39
racism, use of and reason it faded away of in pulp fiction pg 41








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I. Asimov Index Part 3

8. Library
Asimov, Judah (Asimov's father) pg 23-24
Illiad, The pg 24
Bryant, William Cullen (translator of the Illiad) pg 24
Odyssey, The pg 24
Shakespeare, William pg 24
Tempest, The pg 24
A Comedy of Error
Much Ado About Nothing
Henry IV, Part i
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
King Lear
all namechecks, pg 25
Edison, Thomas (namecheck) pg 26
Dumas, Alexandre 26
The Three Musketeers 26
(namechecks)
Atherton, Gertrude, author of The Jealous Gods (pg 26)
Alcibiades pg 26
Davis, William Stearns, author of The Glory of the Purple pg 26
Leo III (the Isaurian) pg 26
van Loon, Hendrik pg 27
Duruy, Victor pg 27 (namecheck)
St. Nicholas (children's mafazine_ pg 27
Davy and the Goblin (similat to Alice in Wonderland) pg 27
Dickens, Charles pg 27
Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby (namechecked) pg 27
Sue, Eugene - author of The Wandering Jew, and The Mysteries of Paris pg 27
Samuel Warren, author Ten Thousand a Year pg 27
Oily Gammon - villain in Ten Thousand a Year


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I. Asimov Index Part 2

5. Religion
Asimov, Judah pg 11-12
Orthodox Judaism pg 12-13
Asimov, Janet pg 14
plot suggestion for Black Widowers pg 14

6. My Name
Asimov, Anne pg 15
Jewishness pg 15-18
Weinbaum, Stanley G. (just a namecheck) pg 16.
Schachner, Nat (SF writer, namecheck) pg 16
Atlanta Jewish Times (newspaper) pg 17
Jaret, Charles - Georgia State University sociologist pg 17
Singer, Isaac Bashevis pg 18

7. Anto-Semitism
Jewishness pg. 19-23
German-American Bund pg 20
Coughlin, Father Charles (anti-Semetic Catholic priest) pg 20
Lindbergh, Charles (anti-Semetic aviator) pg 20
Wiesel, Elie (Holocaust survivor) pg 21
John Hyrcanus of Judea pg 22
Davidson, Avram (science fiction writer) pg 22
Book of ruth pg 22
Ezra (from the Book of Ruth) pg 22



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I, Asimov Index, Part 1

Isaac Asimov wrote two volumes of Autobiography, culminating with the year 1979. And these books have an index!

He had intended to write a third book, after 20 years or so had passed, but by the time those years had passed, he was deathly ill with AIDS (brought on by a tainted blood transfusion) and could not do so.

He had written a series of memoirs - which merely expanded on things he'd said in his biographies, but this time, revealing more of his inner thoughts.

This book was publshed as I. Asimov, and it has no index.

So, I'm going to make an index for it - dealing with the hardcover version, and I'll share it here. (Eventually I'll turn it into an alphabetical PDF which people can dowload.)

1. Infant Prodigy?
Asimov, Judah (Isaac's father). Pg 2
Asimov, Robyn (Asimov's daughter) Pg 3
Asimov, Gertrude (Asimov's first wife) Pg 3
Blugerman, John (Asimov's brother-in-law) pg 3

2. My Father
Asimov, Judah (Asimov's father) pgs 5-6
Petrovichi, Russia (birthplace of Asimov's father) Pg 5
Aleichem, Sholem (Yiddish storyteller) pg 5
Berman, Joseph (Asimov's mother's half brother) pg 5

3. My Mother
Asimov (nee Berman), Anna Rachel (Asimov's mother) pg 7-8
Berman, Isaac (Asimov's mother's father) pg 7
pchah (food prepared by Asimov's mother) pg 8
Blugerman, Gertrude pg 8
Asimov (nee Jeppson), Janet (Asimov's 2nd wife) pg 8

4. Marcia
Asimov, Marcia (Asimov's sister) pg 9-11
Asimov, Anna pg 10
Repanes, Nicholas (Marcia's husband) pg 11
Asimov, Janet pg 11




1. Infant Prodigy

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