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Summary: simply delightful
Review: a classic asimovian detective sf novel except that the characters have an '80s sensibility. kube-dowell and mcquay are clearly having fun.
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Summary: Fantastic piece of reading
Review: Absolutely brilliant, in my humble opinion. I picked it up to read one night in bed, and apart from sleeping & eating, I didn't stop till the next evening. Through Asimov's helpful attitude & guidance, these authors have turned out an excellent read, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm potentially worried about diffferent authors doing a story along the same lines, while it allows for changes & invididualism, sometimes reading a series of books means you'll get the same 'writers attitude' whereas with this series you'll encounter a few different 'attitudes'... if this was anything to go by though, I have no concerns. :)
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Summary: Fantastic piece of reading
Review: Absolutely brilliant, in my humble opinion. I picked it up to read one night in bed, and apart from sleeping & eating, I didn't stop till the next evening. Through Asimov's helpful attitude & guidance, these authors have turned out an excellent read, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm potentially worried about diffferent authors doing a story along the same lines, while it allows for changes & invididualism, sometimes reading a series of books means you'll get the same 'writers attitude' whereas with this series you'll encounter a few different 'attitudes'... if this was anything to go by though, I have no concerns. :)
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Summary: Should be Chapter 1 instead of Book 1
Review: Extremely lengthy, considering that it takes 250 pages to get to the "crime", and nothing of importance is revealed after reading 500+ pages. Too many major deviations from the spacer/settler universe, including appeal to deus ex machina type plot devices. Asimov would have hurled. Given all that, I will probably end up reading the next book, if only to finish answering the questions left hanging. If you haven't started reading Vol 1 yet, don't.
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Summary: Asimov gave them permision
Review: First of all you have to understand that Asimov had planned for this book to be written and set out guidelines for the authors to follow. Michael P. Kube-McDowell and Mike McQuay have done an excelent job of honoring the foundation/robot universe and their interpretations only improve the depth and color of the story. I think Asimov is smiling on this one.
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Summary: Asimov gave them permision
Review: First of all you have to understand that Asimov had planned for this book to be written and set out guidelines for the authors to follow. Michael P. Kube-McDowell and Mike McQuay have done an excelent job of honoring the foundation/robot universe and their interpretations only improve the depth and color of the story. I think Asimov is smiling on this one.
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Summary: Captivating, but incomplete (more to come?)
Review: I enjoyed this work more than many I've read lately. Good sci-fi without trying to push all the moral envelopes. This is the kind of fiction I've missed in my recent reading.Sadly, I find that there are too many questions left open at the end of the book. I want the answers. Will I find them in upcoming novels and will it be in a timely fashion? I hope so. I'd have given the book five stars if it had wrapped up more loose ends.
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Summary: these books went out of print for a reason
Review: I had hoped that people were done defecating on Asimov's grave when the last of Roger MacBride Allen's Caliban trilogy came out, but no such luck. Instead, this stupid "ibooks" imprint - having already desecrated Alfred Bester's memory - now bring this awful series back into print. Worse, they expect us to pay trade paperback prices for this dreck. Avoid like the plauge - buy REAL Asimov books instead.
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Summary: nice to see it back in print
Review: lovely treatment of Asimov's robots and a good introduction by Asimov first-rate traditional Astounding - style sf.
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Summary: An excellent book
Review: Many years ago, I read this series of books when they came out in paperback, while Asimov was still alive. I had forgotten how entertaining they were. All the classic elements, including continuity between different authors in the series exist. A must read for people who like a substantial, yet easy to read book. Definately not for those with a short attention span or someone who would rather see the movie then read the book.
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