Robots Of Dawn

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  • Paperback
  • 9780586061992
  • 14 maart 1985
  • 480 pagina's
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Isaac Asimov

"Isaac Asimov (/ˈæzɪmɒv/;[b][c] c. January 2, 1920[a] – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards.[d] His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.

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Called to the Spacer world to solve a case of roboticide, New York City detective Elijah Baley teams up with humanoid robot R. Daneel Olivaw. Together they are tasked with proving that the prime suspect, a renowned roboticist, is innocent of the crime. Plain clothes man Elijah Baley must travel to the planet Aurora to investigate the murder of Robot Jander. He would rather not. His last trip off-Earth on police business resulted in a TV drama being made of the case - as a result of which even his son Bentley suspects Elijah had an affair with Gladia Delmarre, the murder suspect whom he proved innocent. Not only does Gladia now live on Aurora, the murdered robot belonged to her...and was her lover! Elijah is teamed once more with Robot Daneel, and they are joined by another interesting robot, Giskard. The investigation should benefit from a secret and unique ability possessed by Robot Giskard. But Elijah is disturbed by his presence, sensing perhaps that Giskard's positronic brainpaths function to a hidden agenda. What Giskard knows but Elijah does not is that the future of mankind in space hangs on the outcome of this investigation...

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14 maart 1985
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Isaac Asimov
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113 mm
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35 mm
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182 mm
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111 mm
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40 mm
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177 mm
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  • Asimov’s third Robot novel

    ‘The Robots of Dawn’ is the third and final Elijah Baley SF crime novel in Asimov’s The Robot series. This time Baley has to go to the Outer planet Aurora to come to the aid of mankind’s leading roboticist Han Fastolfe whom Baley has met previously on Earth when he was coupled to his robot partner Daneel Olivaw. Through his role in Auroran politics Fastolfe has become the only hope to the people of Earth of colonizing the galaxy. All of this as well as Baley’s professional reputation are at risk unless he can prove Fastolfe’s innocence of the incapacitation of one of the only two humaniform robots in existence. Due to the unusual nature of the case and backed by an unwilling and eccentric Auroran community Baley’s task seems utterly hopeless. The desperation becomes genuinely palpable as he grows increasingly more paranoid, having to doubt everything around him. Upon this the novel develops into a real page turner and a very satisfying conclusion of the Elijah Baley crime stories. It was written more than two-and-a-half decades after ‘Caves of Steel’ and ‘The Naked Sun’ and in the meantime Asimov’s storytelling has gone through a great deal of maturing. Compared to its predecessors the story of ‘The Robots of Dawn’ is more multilayered and the characters and dialogues more discerning. In addition the book provides further detailed investigation of the essential similarities and differences of humanity and ‘roboticity’. All these aspects turn ‘The Robots of Dawn’ into a highly addictive read. With a first prudent appearance of the psychohistorical ideas of ‘laws of mentology’ it moreover becomes evident that by this time Asimov had formed an explicit intention of unifying his Robot and Foundation series. The definitive connection was established with ‘Robots and Empire’. Anyone who is planning to continue with that book is therefore strongly advices to first read the Foundation trilogy.

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