Nikola Kesarovski Explained

Nikola Kesarovski (Bulgarian: Никола Кесаровски) (c. 11 November 1944 – 29 August 2007) was a Bulgarian science-fiction writer.

His most famous book is The Fifth Law of Robotics, published in 1983, the title being a reference to Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and the fifth law being that a robot must know that it is a robot.[1] [2]

The science- fiction fan club "Fantastica" was founded in 1997 in the town of Kardzhali, in the south of Bulgaria by him.[3] The club has a page in Nov Jivot (New Life) - the official newspaper of Kardzhali - and up to late 2003, it had published over 60 issues. He also edited the magazine Kosmos.[4]

He was also organizer and kind host of the annual Bulgarian science-fiction festival "The 2002 Bulgacon", which took place in Kardzhali. The festival was attended by over 900 participants.

Kesarovski committed suicide in 2007 by jumping from a seventh-storey window of a hospital in Kardzhali.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Една запалена свещичка за Кольо Кесаровски . Kulturni Novini . 23 August 2008 . 4 December 2009 .
  2. News: The Bulgarian Laws of Robotics . Blog of V.D. Ivanov . 16 June 2011 . 22 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007055415/http://valio98.blog.bg/izkustvo/2011/06/16/moiata-statiia-quot-lawful-little-country-the-bulgarian-laws.766446 . 7 October 2011 . dead .
  3. News: Приключи Националния конкурс за научно-фантастичен разказ . Kulturni Novini . 10 November 2007 . 4 December 2009 .
  4. News: Шест месеца без писателя Никола Кесаровски . Kulturni Novini . 1 March 2008 . 4 December 2009 .
  5. News: Отиде си Никола Кесаровски . . 29 August 2007 . 4 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706152105/http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=175100 . 6 July 2011 . dead .