Category: Sci-fi

The Caves of Steel — Isaac Asimov

By 5t4n5

The Caves of Steel -- Isaac AsimovWe pick up many years after our last story.   The Spacers have forced an embassy on Earth, Spacetown, and an uneasy truce is in place until, one morning, someone murders a Spacer Ambassador.

And so one of New York’s finest, Plainclothesman Elijah Baley, is assigned to the case.   And then he finds out that his partner will be a Spacer Robot, R. Daneel Olivaw.

As the assignment progresses we are introduced to a dystopian New York of the future, which is just one of countless mega cities around the planet.

So there’s two really good things about this story, one is the dystopian future city life that we get to learn about and explore with our protagonists, and then there’s the assignment itself and the race against time to hand over the murderer to the all powerful Spacers.

Super enjoyable, a real page turner.

Next up is The Naked Sun.

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Mother Earth — Isaac Asimov

By 5t4n5

Mother Earth -- Isaac AsimovIt’s in the collection, The Early Asimov.   Don’t spend a lot of money on it because you should be able to find a copy of this novella on it’s own around the internet somewhere.

After all the robot stories, we skip forward many years until humans have colonised lots of far flung systems.

Earth is overcrowded and under resourced so many people are wanting to go to the new frontiers, but the frontier has banned all immigration and won’t accept any more people from Earth.

But someone on Earth has a plan, the “Pacific Project”.

Another good story.

Next up is The Caves of Steel

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The Positronic Man — Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg

By 5t4n5

The Positronic Man -- Isaac Asimov and Robert SilverbergThis is a full length novel version of The Bicentennial Man.

As i had already read The Bicentennial Man i chose to skip this for now and get on with reading the rest of the books.   I can always come back to it later if i feel so inclined.

Next book in the series is Mother Earth.

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