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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

Isaac Asimov

Start date: February 1, 2023

Finish date: February 28, 2023

Discussion: CLASSICS READS

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What Members Thought

Feb 06, 2012 Stephen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: z-read-in-2012, science-fiction, all-5-star-reads

Just read this and realized that the first time around I'd never finished it. I'm not sure why.

This book is timeless in many ways. There's a curious mix of future think and past think in this 60 year old science fiction masterpiece. The main ideas concerning robotics are as fresh and current as ever. The space exploration elements are a bit dated but not terribly so. However the corporate think is what feels the most creaky. Also Asimov was a bit off on his predictions about jet cars and the co ...more

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Apr 13, 2009 Brenda rated it did not like it

Shelves: did-not-finish

I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't bring myself to care about any characters. That is one of my problems with short stories, though. I gave up about 100 pages in. I guess I just wasn't all that interested in the robots. ...more

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