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Summary: cool book!!!
Review: im in 7th grade... its cool to see how he could think of such things like psytronic brains, and in the book, he would talk about them and robot parts like he was painting or drawing... hes a good writer. im currently reading caves of steel... great book so far!
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Summary: ASIMOV LIVES!!!!!
Review: Well, it's been a while since I read this book but I still remember every single story from it because it was such a work of art, and when I saw those morons giving this CLASSIC only one freaking star, I just had to put in the real story. If you are a big science-fiction fan who doesn't need a ton of action (it's still got some action, but it's no Star Wars), THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD!!!!! To put it mildly. Believe it or not, there are even better Asimov books than this one (the Foundation series), but if you're into robotics, this is certainly a good starter. To tell you the truth, the good Dr. Asimov dubbed the term "robotics"!
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Summary: I liked it
Review: I think one must enjoy Asimov to enjoy many of his early works because they are not written with the best prose or character development. Yet, if you like science, psychology, and philosophy then many of his books, early or late, are fascinating.
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Summary: I love Isaac Asimov's books!
Review: I enjoy reading Isaac Asimov's books because they make you wonder what it will be like to have artifically create companions in the future. I can't recall what Robot book i read but, in it people live far apart from one other and the only way they communicated with each other was a process called "VIEWING" Meaning that if you wanted to talk to your neibor you'de view him or her threw a holograph almost like in the "STAR WARS" MOVIE when Princess Liea saw the hologram from C-3PO. Also,I think when you read his Robot Series books you'll see a similarity between "Viewing" and the Internet. People in the future will not want to communicate in person with their friends, instead they will communicate with their friends, via the Internet and the next generation of "VIEWING DEVICES" "That Is Where We Are Headed!"
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Summary: I Robot
Review: I have a project to turn in about ur book but I never understand after I read your book. The project is bellow: Is anyway that u can help me?Write a paper discussing one of the following topics, from ========== "I Robot" by Isaac Asimov. The paper should use a 9 - 12 point font size, 1.5 line spaceing and be 3 pages long. Turn in paper as hard copy in a report cover, note that title page does not count as a page of the paper. Regardless of the topic discussed some details/expamles from at least 3 stories should be used. DUE DATE: 10/13/99 I Robot Topics (Choose ONLY 1) 1) Computer/Robot to Human Interaction Problems Problems interpreting instructions from a person with respect to the 3 laws of robotics. 2) Robots/Computers Automation Vs Society Robot/Computer controlling society, taking over the workforce, Robots designing more complicated Robots too complex for humans to understand. Robots running for political office (e.g. Mayor, President, Congress etc.). Note that each of these themes can be paper in itself. If this topic is used not all of these issues must be covered. 3) Discuss Dr. Calvin's personality/depiction vs the robots in the book. The robots in the book seem to have more personality then the Doctor. (Why?) Do Robots need personality to be able to interact with humans? Emotional thinking vs fact or logical thinking (disfuctional Robots due to verbal abuse or need to serve a less perfect being). 4) Discuss how far along present day society is towards the invention of robots that are represented in the book. Discuss, modern day inventions and how close they are to the robots in the stories. Discuss, why you feel that we have not progressed as far with out technology, and the cause and effect on society.
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Summary: No Pebble in the Sky. but purty good.
Review: Heres how i rate the stories Robbie: Touching, but dumb otherwise Runaround: Pretty good Reason: Very Good Catch that Rabbit: Mediorcre Liar: Very Good Little Lost Robot: The BesT! Escape: Mediorce Evidence: Very good Evatable Conflict: Crap, don't read it/
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Summary: Excellent ideas, but a bit boring towards the end
Review: I really did like 'I, Robot'. Issac Asimov is a brilliant writer, and this was an excellent guess for the future (minus the fact that as far as I know we don't have talking, reasoning robots all over the planet now!). The three laws of Robotics really threw a twist into the stories and played a huge part in putting together the stories. My favorite characters were Robbie (the non-talking robot who cared deeply for the little girl, Gloria Weston), Speedy (the crazy, optomistic, singing robot), The Brain (the childish robot who sent Donovan and Powell to 'death and back' to 'play a game'), and Donovan and Powell themselves (the robot testers who had to do most of the hard work in discovering the bugs in the system out the hard way). Donovan and Powell fit perfectly together: Donovan, the sarcastic, pessimistic-typed guy, and Powell the patient, sensible one. It was bright and interesting for me at the beginning, but towards the end it got a little bit boring (peaked at the Brain, but then scaled down again) because of the long, boring, explaining parts and technical bits. I recommend this book for anyone who likes good science fiction, and an interesting outlook on robots of the possible future.
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Summary: Yuk!
Review: Going to the dentist and having root canal would sound more appealing than being subjected to reading this book. As it was required reading by our school, may I say, it put a damper on the summer. The last story, in the series, was the biggest yawn of all, and if it wasn't for coffee, I would have nodded off completely. (Two thumbs down on this one.)
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Summary: This book sould get 6 stars
Review: I really liked this book, mainly because: a) it is interesting b) it is original c) it is not written in a style that makes it as tedious and boring as most books you were assigned to read in high school Asimov had also written some novels about robot which are also very good and tie into the his Foundation series (also very good) I recomend that you read this book, and just about every other book he has written (I say just about because I have not read them all, only the ones I have seen in bookstores and my library) They are all quite good and have been written by a very skilled author
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Summary: Fun short stories
Review: I was wandering the book shelves at the local library when I came across a couple books from Asimov. I never read "I, Robot" so I thought I'd give it a try. Having just completed this book, I'm happy to say that I found it to be quite enjoyable. The short stories build upon one another to form an interesting tale of the future history of robots. What I liked most was the logic behind the solutions to the conflicts in each story. If you think about it, you can figure out the key to the puzzles before you get to the end - that was half the fun! I will concede, however, that the stories aren't as interesting or as exciting as his later works. I'm not an english major or a literary critic - just someone who enjoys a little light reading every now and then. I read other posts which commented on his writing style and such. I have no ability to make such criticism myself, but I found the stories to be quite well conceived. I think that deserves merit when you remember that many of the stories were published in the 1940s. Here we are, in 1999, and Asimov's old thoughts on robots are still fantasy today. Give it a try!
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