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Mar 29, 2014
Nancy
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Despite its age, this book still definitely holds its own because rather than a book about technology and the future of technology, it is actually a sociological study in what it means to be human. The book takes the form of a series of stories relating incidents with robots as they become progressively more advanced. Robots had been started to be used commonly in the 1990s, and by the end of the book robots were being relied on for the maintenance of human happiness and success. But, where robo
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This book was okay. I can see how it was important from a historical, birth-of-science-fiction sort of way. However, it still felt pretty dated to me, and it was obvious the author was writing from the 1950's. It was hard for me to get really into the story and I thought at times it was a bit preachy, trying too hard to be philosophical.
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Mar 03, 2009
Sam
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This book was far from what I expected having seen the film adaptation of it, but it was a much better storyline with more background and build up to the finale which was again nothing like the movie. Some of the the techno jargon was a bit confusing and some of the ideas now seem out-dated but this isn't surprising since it was written in the 1950's. Overall an enjoyable read
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A series of short stories all involving robots and the U.S. Robots Corporation. Robot development is tracked from non-talking caretaker robots to robots governing the human race. I found the stories very interesting.
There are some very interesting ideas in this. It is fascinating how Asmiov not only envisioned the technology behind the robots in his stories, but also the robotic laws and how robots would react.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11.0
Nov 14, 2007
Joanna
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Dec 02, 2008
Atishay
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Aug 20, 2009
Vesra (When She Reads)
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Dec 28, 2010
Poppy
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Sabrina
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Kate
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Jul 03, 2015
Tank
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Oct 29, 2015
Kim DeCina
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Aug 24, 2016
Carrie
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