Described as a mystery, but not one in the classic Sherlock Holmes sense. Regardless, was very good, I was pretty amazed that it links in back (forward?) to Foundation and Earth, even though they were written nearly 40 years apart.The character of Elijah Bailey was pretty neat, and the sci-fi develo...
I thought I'd read this before. I really thought I had. But maybe I just saw it on my Mom's headboard when I was little, with other Asimovs, and thought I'd read it. Because it rang not a bell at all.Except that I knew within the first 30 pages who the murderer was. So either I had read it and block...
Well I read my first Asimov Robot's book and I enjoyed this more than Foundation. A fast-paced thriller/mystery story, the three major characters were well drawn and a few key supporting characters as well. He also had an interesting view of the future which isn't all that out of line with the kind ...
Decent detective story. Gotta love scifi settings that have robots, laser guns, and planetary colonization, but no cellular phones, GPS, or surveillance cameras everywhere. That said, it was written in 1953--so we might forgive the good professor for failing to predict the course of certain techno...
Caves of Steel is a detective story, set around the murder of a Spacer (a visiting colonist from another world). But I think it's fair to say that Asimov is at least as much interested in building his world as he is in the mystery itself. It's a good thing, because the mystery isn't entirely satisfa...
Like Prince Hamlet, Asimov's protagonist Elijah Baley unexpectedly finds himself in a world turned upside down. In Shakespeare, Hamlet awakens to a kingdom that is ruled by his once-uncle-now-father, as his father's ambitious brother Claudius ascends to the throne and becomes kings, and ascends Haml...
The Caves of Steel It is impossible say something that have not already been said about Isaac Asimov, but I’ll try. First of all, he is my favorite writer. Why? Simple: "Three Laws of Robotics"… someone that could be brilliant enough to create that is nothing less than a genius. He is the father of ...
Asimov was at heart a mystery novelist and all his best science fiction novels are driven by mystery plots. In Caves detective Elijah Baley is forced to work with a robot partner to solve the murder of a Spacer ambassador and has to confront his own prejudice against both robots and off-worlders. ...
Addendum: I was thinking about this story this morning. Asimov has a substantial section where Bailey and R. Daneel go back and forth on the topic of the value of the individual as opposed to what might benefit the collective. I haven't read enough Asimov to know whether this might be a recurring ...
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