The Caves of Steel (Robot)

A human police detective, Baley, lives in New York City a thousand years hence. William Dufris performs it in multiple voices and with just enough camp to pull in contemporary listeners by playing to the ironies of the period in which the story was written. While most of Dufris's voices are successful, his interpretation of Baley's 16-year-old son reduces the latter to sounding like a whiney 8-year-old. Asimov's story is a great way to introduce young readers to a polymath who captured the "American century" through futurism and literate character development.—Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, CanadaCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . All rights reserved. From School Library Journal Grade 6 Up—Isaac Asimov's mid-20th century tale artfully combines science fiction and detection. Baley and Daneel don't have an easy time with each other or with those New Yorkers, called Medievalists, who desp

The relationship between Baley and his Spacer superiors, who mistrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the "R" stood for robot-and his positronic partner was made in the image and likeness of the murder victim!. A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner: R. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together

"A Must-Read for Anyone Interested in Science Fiction" according to ajr. Isaac Asimov is one of the classic writers of science fiction and this novel is the beginning of one of the great classic series in the science fiction canon. The Robot Series is a must-read for anyone interested in speculative fiction and this is where it should be started.The novel begins with a mystery but rather than being a mystery novel it focuses on investigating sociological aspects of technology, overpopulation and colonis. Asimov is truly one of the greats TomXP411 Don't get me wrong, I love Asimov's work, but reading Golden Age novels always drives me a little bit nuts with the language. I suppose that's inevitable, though, since they simply didn't have the vocabulary yet to describe things we take for granted.As to the story: this is a fun story, one of my favorites by Asimov. Honestly, I love all his Robot novels, but stories with androids and AI's always catch my interest. So what could b. For those who love Asimov, it's a must read I read this book after reading The Naked Sun, so it puts things in perspective, and explains the relationship between Baley and Olivaw, and the phobias that Earth and the Spacers have. For those who love Asimov, it's a must read.