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4.0 stars. While listed as the last of the Robot series, this is probably better discribed as the bridge novel between the Robot novels and the Foundation series. In it we see the beginnings of how the Galactic Empire got started and why there are no Robots in the distant future of the Foundation novels (except of course for R. Daneel Olivaw) who becomes the only central character to appear in both series.
In addition to being a pivotal novel in the Robot/Foundation series, it is also top space o ...more
In addition to being a pivotal novel in the Robot/Foundation series, it is also top space o ...more
I have never been a huge fan of science fiction or fantasy authors who try to bridge a gap in history between their works in a shared universe. The original books -- in this case Asimov's Robot detective novels and his Foundation novels were classics in their own way. The Naked Sun may have been Asimov's best book. The First Foundation series, which was not my favorite, is considered by others to be one of the best science fiction trilogies of the 20th Century.
Asimov like so many other science ...more
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