Advantages: Great ideas and imagination Disadvantages: none
'I Robot' is a collection of short stories written in the 40’s and 50’s, originally as stand alone short stories in Science Fiction magazines but here they are published as a collection. In these stories the nature and principles of robots are examined in detail probably for the first time.
It is interesting how Asimov viewed a future society incorporating robots. In this future Robots are built to look like humans, whereas in our own world robots ...
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Asimov’s pallet crafts a world of fantasy. The scientific undertones providing a girder like realism upon which the skin of fiction is affixed.
The composer, crafting his vision of art in lettering, leads us ever further into the glorious world of science fiction.
As implied I would recommend any work of Isaac Asimov to the reader. But be careful the human eyelid will only stretch so far. I Robot
I Robot is a series of short stories which ...
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Advantages: Very well written and keeps you interested Disadvantages:
This in my opinion is one of the best collections of short stories Asimov wrote. From the beginning he introduces the 3 laws of robotics, which are a fundamental part of the collection. Although he wrote more then one book on the robots this one is very easy to get into and unlike many of the other books each chapter is a whole new story which means that you can pick the book up and put it down at any time.
This book is very well written and although ...
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