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by: Isaac Asimov
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553293401
ISBN: 0553293400
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: December 01, 1991
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date: November 01, 1991
Sales Rank: 15794
Studio: Spectra
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A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. The relationship between Life and his Spacer superiors, who distrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start. Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner: R. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the 'R' stood for robot--and his positronic partner was made in the image and likeness of the murder victim!
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Rating:  - Enjoyable for a novice sci-fi reader
This is one of the few science fiction books I've read, and I only decided to do so after it was the selected read for a book group on another Web site. To my surprise, I enjoyed the novel immensely.
In a futuristic, severely over-populated New York City, a rigid class system dictates how and where people may dine and bathe, the city is built-up to such an extent that people never go outside, and humans' relationships with those from other planets ("Spacers") and robots are strained. ... Read More
Rating:  - Caves of Steel
I started reading Isaac Asimov when I was eight years old (mostly because my father enjoyed the books). Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are both books everyone should read. They are Sci Fi , mysteries, and detective stories all rolled into two books. I rate them each as most excellent.
I will continue to re-read these two over the years and with grest enjoyment.
Frances J. Jessup, eclectic reader
Rating:  - Important for the fictional depiction of robots, but not very well written
When Stanislaw Lem famously castigated American SF writers for the very low quality of their books, it could well have been books like this one that he had in mind. This is not to say that there aren't many good SF writers both before and after Lem's attack, but there is a lot of justice to his comments. Far too many SF novels have only half-sketched characters, dialogues that are more like rough drafts than finished products and prose that can often be more than slightly embarrassing. This is ... Read More
Rating: - The Laws of Robotics ... this is where it all started!
A thousand years ago, mankind began the process of leaving mother Earth and colonizing the galaxy. Fifty planets have been now been colonized by thinly spread populations of hardy pioneering spirits - rough and ready types willing to work in hostile environments with robots as help-mates and partners - and it is obvious that mankind has evolved down two diverging sociological paths. The Earthmen - those who chose to stay at home in tightly cramped almost global city hives under the pressure of explosive ... Read More
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
A fictional cop usually will get the partner that annoys him the most, to start with.
At least here, the detective type gets to work with a robot, not Eddie Murphy. Not everyone is a big fan of the robot, as it looks like they will replace people's jobs.
This ill-matched dueo has to investigate the murder of a prominent citizen of one of the colonized Spacer worlds.
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