mickp's Full Review: Isaac Asimov - The Robots of Dawn
After whetting our apetites with "The Caves of Steel" and "The Naked Sun",
Isaac Asimov presents us with the third book in the "Robot" series in the shape of "The Robots of Dawn".
The first thing you will notice about this book is how considerably longer it is than the first two in the series. The first two books seemed a perfect length for their subject matter and I was concerned how Asimov would fill so many pages without beginning to ramble. I need not have worried as this latest mystery is fleshed out perfectly and has you on the edge of your seat (or whatever you recline on when you read) from start to finish.
Once again Elijah Baley is forced to leave his comfortable and enclosed home in Earth's "Caves of Steel" Cities, to journey to the main "Spacer" world of Aurora. On Aurora Baley must first come to terms with a surprisingly different culture than he is used to, both on Earth and on the planet Solaria, scene of "The Naked Sun".
R. Daneel Olivaw is of course once again along for the ride, along with the seemingly simple (non human looking) R. Giskard, as Baley fights against time to crack the case of the "murder" of a humaniform robot and perhaps uncover a far greater conspiracy among the Spacers.
When I finished The Robots of Dawn I was shocked at how it was possible for Asimov to surpass the first two books of the series and at the same time not rehash an old theme. A standing ovation. If I could give it six stars I would without hesitation.
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