The Complete Robot - Isaac Asimov > Reviews

Advantages: Excellent compilation of all things robot
Disadvantages: Contains stories already in previous compilations

...10 stories involving Susan Calvin the worlds best (and only) robopsychologist. Many of the stories are very clever, if you are a fan of Asimovs work you will know the 3 rules, many of the stories revolve around these rules and include clever interpretations of these rules. Some of the rules involve good robots, others involve special robots with interesting quirks. Some of the stories are just short little stories with hardly a mention of robots, ... Read review

Advantages: Some excellent short stories
Disadvantages: Some stories are only mediocre. Very long!

...stories, as this one is. The individual stories were written a number of decades of Asimov's life, and are mostly arranged in series of perhaps a dozen, following some of the same characters. The settings range from a family home to the sun side of Mercury and the robot and human participants are equally diverse. Unsurprisingly, a few of the stories are nothing special, but in the main the reader is in for a treat - short story compilations have the ... Read review