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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
4 stars

This is a collection of short stories or essays that are all tied together through the evolution of robots and also through several of the characters in the stories.

Wow... Just wow... I can't believe how long ago these were originally written. Although a couple of them are set in a time that is actually today, there was nothing that made me say... well that's wrong.

I enjoyed it. The writing was easy and they were entertaining. A couple of the stories made me uncomfortable because it is easy to see how scary some of the situations could be if they ever came to pass. I'm not sure if I'll ever read all of these books but I might try one or two more. The biggest thing that I can get over is how well the writing and story have stood against time.

Love Asimov! His work was my introduction to science fiction and I was hooked from the start. My favorite collection of his short stories is Asimov's Mysteries, and probably my favorite of his novels is The Gods Themselves.

annapi wrote: "Love Asimov! His work was my introduction to science fiction and I was hooked from the start. My favorite collection of his short stories is Asimov's Mysteries, and probably my favori..."

I'm so glad to hear that! I'll definitely be adding a couple of his books to my TBR and giving him another go.

Asimov's stamp of sci-fi is amazing. He set out the laws of robotics in the 40s and these laws are still followed in almost every book that includes robotics. I recently learned Asimov is my grandmothers favorite author. I didn't even know she liked Sci-fi. Growing up, she always read Reader's Digest stories.

Asimov didn't only write sci-fi - he is the only author who has published a book in every classification of the Dewey Decimal System except for one - philosophy. His mysteries are excellent, both the ones written in a sci-fi setting and those not. I wish he'd written a few more mystery novels, since I think there are only two - Murder at the ABA and A Whiff of Death, both excellent mysteries and highly recommended.

annapi, thankyou for sharing this. I didnt know.

Jason, if you're into mysteries, you should try his Black Widowers series, they're a lot of fun. Each book is a collection of short stories about a group of men who meet every month for dinner, and it features a mystery they try to solve that has all the clues laid out, and the reader tries to guess the answer before the waiter, Henry, provides the solution. The first collection is Tales of the Black Widowers. My teenage son loved them!