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Robots and Empire : (#4)

Robots and Empire : (#4)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good book. (for anyone but Asimov would rate excellent)
Review: This is worth the reading, but sometimes it feels like Asimov remembered that he got paid by the page.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The end of Robots and the beginning of the Empire
Review: This novel marks the end of the detective stories and prepares the setting for the empire novels. It has a flavor of mistery but most of all it ties the story of Elijah Baley with the Empire and Foundation Universe. Great reading!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Review of Ballantine paperback edition.
Review: This novel, like a number of others from the 80's, was written to tie together two existing series. Robots and Empire is therefore a more recent rendition of the Robot and Empire storylines.

The novel itself is typical Asimov as he was writing in the 80's. It is more contemporary than the other Robot or Empire novels

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The end of a great Asimov series...
Review: This, the fourth and final book in the robot series (counting novels only) ties the loose ends of the first three novels together brilliantly. For those who have read the empire novels and the foundation novels this book shows the complexity of Asimov's universe; the interconnections amaze and delight.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Spectacular finish of the Robot series
Review: Unfortunately, there is not a connecting book between Robot series, and Empire series. However, "Robots and Empire" explain the begining of the creation of Galactic Empire, and explain Earth's destiny, later mentioned in "Foundation and Earth". In short, Gladia, and her robots, R. Daneel Oliwav and R. Giskard Reventlov, travel together with D.G.Baley, Elijah's grand-grand son, to Solaria, Baleysworld and Earth to stop the conflict between people of Earth and their colonies, and the Spacers. Definetely, one of the best Asimov's books!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very moving. A book with a soul.
Review: Yet again, you feel deeply the personalities of the worlds that are presented. On the one hand, Solaria along with the Spacer worlds in general makes you feel as if they are old and weary people, living in stagnant comfort under the constant pamperage of their millions of robots. And on the other, Earth and its colony worlds, so full of hope and life. In this universe we find R. Daneel Olivaw, still staggering from the death of his dearest friend Lije Baley, and his new robot friend R. Giskard Reventlov beginning to get strange new ideas about protecting humanity as a whole, while their other dearest human friend Gladia goes on a spiritual pilgrimage to Earth and its colonies and discovers much about the nature of life and happiness. Truly touching from a certain perspective.


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