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Title: I, Robot by ISAAC ASIMOV ISBN: 0-553-29438-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (108 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The TRUE master of sci-fi
Comment: Isaac Asimov was an absolutely brillaint man. And that shows in this amazing compilation of short stories dealing with his most famous creation-the Robot. Not many know that Asimov was actually the first to coin the term "robot" which is now used in common language. I, Robot introduces us to a saga of epic preportions (which spans an AMAZING 14 books!). In the future, the robot has been created. However, these robots must live by three laws.
1. A Robot may not harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey a human beings orders, if the order does not conflict with the first law.
3. A robot must protect its own exhistence unless it conflicts with the first two laws.
All robots must follow these laws. Or do they? In this particular compilation, you will read about a robot that does its best to return to its owner, robots that dance on mars, a robot that can read minds, a politician that is accused of being a robot himself, and many more fantastic tales. By this book and it will give you non-stop reading pleasure. And be sure to by the next book in the saga, The Caves of Steel. Which I have reviewed on its page.
This book gets my highest praise available: It is put into the class of Star Wars, Star Trek, 2001, and Ender's Game.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Asimov short-stories
Comment: If you've never read Asimov this is a good book to introduce you his robot series. This collection of robot stories that appeared in several magazines in the 50's are entertaining and clever. Asimov's style as usual is flowing and engaging. The stories deal basically with diverse situations that provoke peculiar behavior in robots. They are almost little mysteries that the characters need to understand and resolve. Drunk robots, crazy robots, religious robots...take your pick. It all makes sense in the end and Asimov is extremely careful in always working along the rules he sets in the beginning. In short, very entertaining and undoubtedly a classic. These are the stories that created the way in which we see robots today.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book will change your opinion about science fiction.
Comment: Fans of science fiction know how great this book is. If you consider yourself a fan of SF, and have not yet read this book...
...you are missing a cornerstone of the genre.
I was. I felt like an idiot after inhaling this book in a few short hours. How could I have neglected this for so long?
Yes, it's about the potential relationship between humans and robots, and addresses several near-theological questions about that relationship.
The book is comprised of several short stories written by Asimov in the fifties, linked via a plot device that works fairly well (an interview).
Each chapter reads like a novella or short story, and some display a fair amount of suspense. Some have an O. Henry type ending as well.
They are prime examples of classic SF...they are so good they will convert those previously averse to science fiction. You will find yourself rethinking about your own beliefs about the soul, about God, about identity, about politics, industrialism, nationalism...and not in any sort of heavy-handed way.
A truly amazing and eye-opening reading experience.
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Title: Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0553293400 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0553293397 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0553299492 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Foundation by ISAAC ASIMOV ISBN: 0553293354 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov, Ralph McQuarrie ISBN: 0441731546 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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