The Robots of Dawn

You can tell that this book was written after Foundation. Similar to Foundation’s Edge, the book is tied much more clearly to the greater Foundation universe, and although it continues the Earth/Spacer political struggle, it also acts as a sort of origin story of psychohistory, and confirms some details of the story of Gaia. I do feel that Giskard’s mind-reading wasn’t as satisfyingly foreshadowed as previous twists.

Amazing! The ending that Giskard was actually the most important character and that he could read minds was such a crazy twist and actually makes sense to everything that was said in the book.

It's also really interesting how it's always the smallest stuff that is said in passing that reveals the truth, not the big phrases.

I felt that it was too neat in a way. It probably could've been 200 pages longer to really get into the meat of the case but I suppose the gambling nature of Baley in this book fit with the Chairman scene.

That last scene with Baley and Giskard is so good. It was also so interesting to see Giskard talk not as a robot but as a being beyond servitude. He was talking for far longer and showed so much intelligence. It's familiar to the end of Caves of Steel where Daneel quoted the Bible.

I think this book made the Naked Sun a lot better with the further development of the relationship between Baley and Gladia. I wonder if Baley will ever tell Jessie what happened between them.

Anyways I really enjoyed it.

Mochte die beiden Vorgänger, aber dieser Teil war in jedem Punkt ein Rückschritt. Irgendwie keine Motivation in nächster Zeit ein weiteres Asimov Buch zu lesen, zumindest keins seiner späten Veröffentlichungen.
Schade bloss dass ich die Bücher hier schon liegen habe.

Has its ups and downs but the finish is masterful. I really like how Baley has evolved over books - such deliberate character writing.

Starts slow, but really picks up when it becomes about “doing the robo.”

“Hace dos siglos y medio que no se ha colonizado un nuevo mundo espacial. Nuestros mundos son tan cómodos, tan agradables, que no deseamos dejarlos. Este mundo fue colonizado porque la Tierra se había tornado tan desagradable que los riesgos y peligros de mundos nuevos y vacíos parecían preferibles comparados con ella. Cuando finalizó el desarrollo de nuestros cincuenta mundos espaciales, Solaria fue el último, ya no había ningún estímulo, ninguna necesidad de ir a otro lugar. Y la misma Tierra se ha retirado a sus cuevas subterráneas de acero. Es el fin.”

Ah, el gran Elijah Baley, la agorafóbica leyenda que en sus manos se encontró el destino de la Tierra. Los eventos ocurren dos años después de su visita a Solaria en El sol desnudo y, con esto, Baley se convierte en el primer terrícola en pisar Aurora, el primer planeta colonizado por los espaciales (originalmente llamado “Nueva Tierra”).

¿Su misión? Investigar el asesinato del robot humaniforme Jander Panell, el segundo en su especie después de su querido compañero Daneel Olivaw. En Aurora encontrará una sociedad más liberal, muy distinta a la de Solaria, en la que el incesto no es más que otra palabra en el diccionario; un planeta que fue concebido para obedecer las Tres Leyes de la Robótica. El problema es que el único culpable parece ser Han Fastolfe, un espacial simpatizante con los terrícolas y el mismo que ayudó a Baley en Bóvedas de acero, lo cual representa una desventaja política. Del éxito de Baley depende el futuro de su planeta, de seguir viviendo en sus Ciudades de acero o de tener la posibilidad de establecerse en nuevos mundos. No pressure...

Se entiende perfectamente lo que Asimov intenta hacer al conectar sus novelas incluso casi 30 años depués como en este caso. Hay muchas referencias importantes a otras obras y personajes como Susan Calvin, Mirror Image, Liar! y... ¡la psicohistoria! Así que por acá empezó todo, ¿eh? Qué maestro eres, Asimov.

Wow, did not see that ending coming!

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The 4th book in Asimovs Robot series. Somewhat awkward in it's sexuality, but a decent detective tale on its own. Less technical than the other books in the robot series.

The 4th book in Asimovs Robot series. Somewhat awkward in it's sexuality, but a decent detective tale on its own. Less technical than the other books in the robot series.

This story passes on Aurora, the largest of the habited worlds. The main characters are still the same, Deneel and Elijah, and some characters of previous books play important roles as well.

It has the same qualities of the previous books and it still manages to impress by the nature of the character dialogues. There is still a bit of romance, very well laid out, emotional enough and consistent with Isimov's intelligent writing style.

The plot revolves around a “roboticide”, and the consequences it can have for the future of mankind. It starts off as a problem with no possible solution and gradually, as we learn about the planet's culture and the character relations, a very well thought reasoning is presented to solve the situation.