Spacer era
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The Spacer era is a future period in Isaac Asimov’s Robot and Foundation universe marked by the dominance of the Spacer worlds, advanced robotics, and early human expansion into space.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional historical era
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in-universe time period ⓘ |
| associatedWithSpecies |
Earthmen
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Spacers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTechnology | positronic robots ⓘ |
| chronologicalRole | bridge between Robot era and Galactic Empire era ⓘ |
| colonizationPattern | limited number of wealthy, low-population Spacer planets ⓘ |
| describedBy | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | early Earth-bound technological era in Asimov's universe ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| governedBy | Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
advanced robotics
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dominance of Spacer worlds ⓘ early human expansion into space ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Spacer worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between isolationism and expansionism
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demographic decline of Spacer populations ⓘ social consequences of robotics ⓘ tension between Earthmen and Spacers ⓘ |
| historicalOutcome |
emergence of new wave of human colonists (Settlers) beyond Spacer control
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eventual decline of Spacer dominance ⓘ |
| involves |
decline of Earth due to overpopulation and underground cities
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development of new colonization movements beyond Spacer worlds ⓘ political conflicts over robot use ⓘ rise of independent Spacer colonies ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Elijah Baley
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Gladia Delmarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Han Fastolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ R. Daneel Olivaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Aurora
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Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Solaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Spacer worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInWork |
Robots and Empire
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The Caves of Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Naked Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ The Robots of Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe chronology
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Isaac Asimov's Robot series continuity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Galactic Empire era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| robotPolicy |
Earthmen show cultural resistance to robots
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Spacers widely accept robots in daily life ⓘ |
| timeRelation | set thousands of years in the future relative to the 20th century ⓘ |
| universe | Asimov's unified Robot–Empire–Foundation universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.