The Positronic Man (Robot #0.6) by Isaac Asimov — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists

Reza Mahmoudi added it ∙ review of another edition
4 months ago

با خوندن این کتاب از آسیموف من فکر میکنم که دیدگاه آسیموف نسبت به علم اینه که روزی علم به قدری پیشرفت میکنه که دیگه روبات ها میمونند و به حدی میرسند که با انسان فرقی نکند و تا جایی پیش میرن که دیگه انسان ها از صفحه ی روزگار محو میشن . نمونه اش همین داستان ، این داستان نشو... Read full review

Adam rated it it was amazing
about 5 years ago

Shelves: audiobooks-a-z

Post Listen Review: I love how Isaac Asimov came up with the classic three laws of robotics and then spent so much of his writing figuring out ways to bend those laws or to make things fit into them in surprising ways. This is a beautiful story of a robot who becomes a ma... Read full review

Alina rated it it was amazing
9 months ago

Much, much more than just a sci-fi story, with references to psychology, human condition, subjugation/slavery, politics, prejudice, aspirations, etc.
"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"

Maria rated it it was amazing
11 months ago

Îndepărtându-de liniile clasice ale SF-ului, Asimov abordează prin Omul pozitronic infinitele implicații ale umanității: Ce definește de fapt omul? Care sunt elementele care îl diferențiază pe acesta de alte creaturi și creații? Ce înseamnă a fi viu, a fi liber, a fi ca... Read full review

Bark's Book Nonsense rated it really liked it
over 7 years ago

Shelves: audiobook , scifi

Straight up scifi isn’t a genre I usually read but I came across a copy of this book on audio and figured what the heck? I’m in a bit of a slump so maybe this will kick me out of it.

So far, so good. It's set in the future where helpful robots are a reality. Model NDR113,... Read full review

Salman Mehedy Titas rated it it was amazing
over 2 years ago

Shelves: science-fiction , hard-science-fiction , robot , artificial-intelligence

I had suspected, and feared, that this would be one of those books which would take a good story and build on it, just for the purpise of it, making the story tasteless, bland. I'm glad to say that this was not one of those.
Andrew Martin's story is heartwarming, whereas a... Read full review

Lloyd rated it it was amazing
about 8 years ago

Shelves: 1990s

The story on which this novel is based was one of my favorites in all of Asimov's robot stories. Asimov and Silverberg employ an admirable protagonist, some hard SF, and many parallels to our own journeys as men and women to churn out an amazingly readable tale.

This book... Read full review

Simina rated it it was amazing
about 1 month ago

Shelves: all-time-favourites , favorite-sci-fi-reads , rich-works-of-imagination , amazing-characters

This was unbelievably awesome, and I'm not really surprised, since I haven't read something by Asimov that I haven't enjoyed tremendously. But this was pure brilliance - engaging, intriguing and incredibly moving. This is one of the books that really stay with you. I coul... Read full review

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Joy H. marked it as watched-film-only
8 months ago

Shelves: adapted-to-film , robots , sci-fi , asimov

Added 10/2/16. (first published 1992)

10/1/16 - I watched "BICENTENNIAL MAN" (1999) via a Netflix DVD. I enjoyed it very much. It kept my attention all the way through. Robin Williams was very appealing in this movie. I wondered about how they managed his robot costume. V... Read full review

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Jen rated it it was amazing
about 2 years ago

Andrew Martin? The Positronic Man (Robot, #0.6)? Wait, haven't I seen this before? Why yes, I have, in the guise of the "Bicentennial Man".

There were a few changes from this earlier version, the most noticeable being that the story takes more pages to tell.

I saw direct pa... Read full review