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The Robots of Dawn
The Robots of Dawn
Author: Isaac Asimov
A MOST DANGEROUS BALEYWICK — A puzzling case of roboticide takes New York Detective Elijah Baley from Earth to the planet Aurora, where humans and robots have, till now, always coexisted in perfect harmony. — Only the gifted roboticist Han Fastolfe had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime -- but Baley must prove the man i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385470865
ISBN-10: 038547086X
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 419
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3.8 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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reviewed The Robots of Dawn on + 1434 more book reviews
This is my second read of this novel and I still enjoy Asimov's work immensely. I particularly like this novel which can be classified as a science fiction mystery. The novel was published in 1983 the date of my copy, as a sequel to The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, which readers discovered in the 1950s. Elijah Baley, interplanetary detective, goes to the planet Aurora to investigate a case of "roboticide." The "murdered" is the most advanced robot on the planet where humans and robots coexist in harmony. (Note that the planet was colonized by humans many years earlier.)

Baley is a human investigator accompanied by a robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw. Their investigation is difficult because many residents of the planet believe that Earth humans are infectious and far inferior to themselves. However, the finger of guilt for deactivating the robot focuses on a man who hires Baley to prove he was not the murderer and the story unfolds from there to give the reader a surprising and unexpected conclusion.
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great sci fi
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REALLY GOOD BOOK!


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