Originally published: January 1957
Author: Isaac Asimov
Book 2 of 3: The Robots Series
Genres: Artificial Intelligence & Semantics, Classic American Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Classic Science Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Mystery
This book is the second in the Robots Series and same as the first book it was first published as a series in “Astounding Science Fiction” from October to December 1956 and later published in the book form in 1957.
This book is a murder mystery and a science fiction combination with returning main characters from the previous book. The book focuses on the unusual traditions, customs, and culture of a new planet and it is not earth. But the population uses robots for everything as with many of the planets in this future of millennia ahead of our time.
You are going to find out about the first law of robotics by Asimov and what it can do to a robot. This book is a mixture of a lot of this author’s talents like the well-planned story, mystery, and world-building. Plus don’t forget his great ideas are always present on every page.
Don’t forget to read the first book “The Caves of Steel” before you read this book because they are directly connected and you may not get some stuff that is happening in this one.
This book has it all that you can expect from a science fiction book from the classic era with twists and surprises with cleverly invented technology that was impossible at the time but now feels real and in our grasp very soon.
It is one of the better stories and mysteries from this series that needed an open mind and out-of-the-box thinking to solve. A good read that makes you want to think of all the unusual stuff and cultural issues that this story has to offer. A must-read that may make you want to read all of Isaac Asimov’s books because his worlds and universes suck you in these books even they are just fictional and usually contain a lot of talking and drama.
Synopsis:
“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. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants. To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations. The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection. Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on. Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!”
Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.
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