false 41811 40 140376 1953 The Caves of Steel (Robot 1) total:3595|5:1064|4:1509|3:900|2:110|1:12| 3595 14288 4354 152 3 3 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 29 12:13:15 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 01 14:29:47 -0700 2008 The Caves of Steel so much more than I did his Foundation. This is essentially a detective story set in a future world of megacities, space exploration, and human/robot interaction. The chief tension in this future society is that of overpopulation. There are too many peo...more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Aug 19 22:17:37 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 02:47:22 -0700 2008
This is not merely a detective fiction, but al...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 18:24:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 18:42:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 08:34:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 08:48:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 07:12:20 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 05:31:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:07:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 11:28:50 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 12:27:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 06:27:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 19:53:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 20:02:21 -0800 2008 Once more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 07:14:59 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 11:32:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 26 05:23:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 05:30:01 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jul 15 01:39:55 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:09:22 -0700 2009
The detective, somewhat cynical of the world he lives in, reluctantly takes on a murder case involving humans, spacers and ro...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 23:34:59 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 21:49:30 -0700 2009
While still presenting a wide array of thought-provoking ideas, the intermingling of those ideas with...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 04:19:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 06:06:37 -0700 2009 fiction , to be specific) that sits on my desk for more than a month without being read.. Oh dear.

The book wasn't that bad actually. It was about Elijah Baley, a detective (police), having to investigate a mur...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 18:47:55 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 19:16:13 -0700 2008
In a futuristic, severely over-populated New York City, a rigid class system dictates how and where pe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 02 09:06:43 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 03 08:55:06 -0800 2008

Whodunit? Someone's murdered a Spacer on Earth...or is he not really dead? What are the Spacers doing in Spacetown on Earth, anyway? The thoroughly earthbound detective Lije Baley needs to crack the case, and he's bee...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 11 17:09:49 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 18:51:09 -0700 2007
I have read this book several times ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:20:10 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:40:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 08 07:43:15 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:48:05 -0700 2009
A tad dated but Asimov got some things right, like a decoder that reads magnetic discs and displays information on...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 17:56:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:27:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:04:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:28:09 -0700 2009 I Robot, I was disappointed by this book. It lacked the real "Got to read!" quality that permeated his prequel. While the ending was rather good, the so-called investigation was just a series of bungling, prejudiced guesses made and then quickly ...more...]]>