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To Protect — Mickey Zucker Reichert
To be asked to write a trilogy about Susan Calvin’s early years as a fledging psychiatrist would, i imagine, have most writers running for the hills. You have to know you’re going to annoy the hell out of the die-hard Asimov fans, as well as many others. But Mickey took it on and, IMHO, didn’t do too bad a job.
Susan’s life and career has to start somewhere, and if you are a die hard Asimov fan who believes that no one should be adding anything to Robots and Foundation then just don’t read it: no one is forcing you to. This book is not necessary to fully enjoy and appreciate the pure Asimov storyline, it’s just a little extra for anyone wanting a little background on one of Asimov’s characters.
That said, i did enjoy reading it. At no point did i feel like giving up and reading something else and i have dived straight into the second book in the trilogy.
Some people have criticised the romance bit in this book, but i think it goes to show how Susan is so naive to the real world outside of her studies, and is totally lacking in a lot of social skills.
Anyway, like i said, i enjoyed it, so you might as well. Just don’t expect Asimov, it isn’t.
And if you do enjoy it, there’s To Obey to read next.
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A Little Bit of Kali — R.R. Virdi and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Moonbound — Robin Sloan
First Law — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A really brief little story concerning a robot that failed to comply with the first law.
Next up is going to be, To Protect.
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The Tercentenary Incident — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
Now what if we could replace the president of the USA with a completely identical, fully functioning, robot, one that is governed by the three laws?
Now that would be a huge improvement.
Next up is going to be, First Law.
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Let’s Get Together — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A fairly “meh” story. If you can’t guess what’s going on long before you’re told in the story then you’re a bit lacking in something.
But, one has to read the whole of the robot stories so one just has to accept that there’s going to be the odd one that just lacks somewhat and just get on and read it.
Next up is going to be, The Tercentenary Incident.
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Robbie — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, I, Robot, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
Another super good little story wherein we look at the future of childcare in our AI future, a future coming to a town near you.
Also the first story in which Susan Calvin appears, albeit briefly, as a young student.
Next up is going to be, Let’s Get Together.
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Segregationist — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
The future is cyberpunk . . .
. . . unless you’re a
Next up is going to be, Robbie.
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Light Verse — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
Sometimes a broken thing can be far better than a perfect thing: wabi-sabi robots.
I totally remembered this story from when i read it decades ago, but it was just as enjoyable yesterday as it was all those years ago.
Next up is going to be, Segregationist.