About this title: Though Elijah Baley is long dead, his name is enshrined in the foremost Settler planet - Baleyworld. And Earthmen who now trade amongst the stars watch hypervision cubes re-enacting his story; he freed Earth of its Spacer overlords.
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Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -First Edition, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, N. Y.
Date Published: 1985
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-library with normal flaws.......The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear...Slight spine cock........The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed........... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Doubleday 1985
Description: Stated First Edition 383pp. 8vo Black cloth spine w/rubbed but very legible silver spine lettering. Fore edge untrimmed. Bottom edge speckled with red & blue. Science Fictiion. Name & initials written quite large on front flyleaf. Small scribble inside front cover. Initials on top edge. A very small dung in front and back covers. No dW. Good + read more
Binding: Hardback Book Club Edition
Publisher: Doubleday
Description: Very Good: has minor spotting on. Hardback Book Club Edition: Doubleday: 01937: Very Good: has minor spotting on bottom edge: Dust Jacket: Cover Artist: Shaw, Barclay. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, USA
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall Boards scuffed, back moreso than front, rubbing at head/heel spine panels. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: Good in Fair jacket. Bottom of spine has some lib. id inked on and date pocket has been removed from inside. back cover., jacket has no protective cover w/ lib. label on bottom of spine, and some light wear and scuffing. a few ragged places have been taped insid.e. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover in Dust Jacket
Publisher: Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: 8vo. Internally clean and tight, light shelfwear to boards and tips, Very Good Plus in a Very good dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn and soiled. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: No Illustrations. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. BLUE HALF-CLOTH COVER, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1985-08-20
ISBN-13:9780385190923ISBN:0385190921
Description: Very Good. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Light dust spots upper page ends. Clean and unmarked (NOT ex-Library). Untorn and unclipped dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Binding solid and square; corners sharp. read more
"The last book in the Robot series, which I have thoroughly enjoyed. I like that, while definitely sci-fi, the focus is on the plot/story and the characters are interesting (rather than some sci-fi which is too focused on the futuristic part)."
"Nice romp through that stars with R. Daneel Olivaw deciding the future of humanity. Halfway between the detective novels of the other robot novels and the sociology/world building of the foundation series. Particularly satisfying if you've read. P"relude to Foundation" and "Foundation and Earth"."
"In some ways, this novel, which clearly and explicitly links three of Isaac Asimov's series--Robot, Foundation, and Empire--is the development of a new law of robotics. Of course, all fans of Asimov know the three laws:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2. A robot must obey orders given it by humans except where such orders would violate the First Law; 3. A robot must protect its existence unless such behavior would violate the first and second laws.
This novel introduces a critical new law, what R. Daneel Olivaw (the classic Asimov robot) referred to as the "Zeroth Law." This law reads:
"A robot may not harm humanity, or by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."
And this introduces a tension into the first three laws. This novel shows the implementation of this new law, by Daneel's friend (a telepathic robot), R. Giskard Reventlov.
In some senses, the actual plot of this work is not so central. It is indifferent, in fact, as a mystery, compared with the first three Robot novels (as well as short stories). Elijah Baley, who had worked with Daneel in earlier mysteries, has been dead for a couple centuries; Daneel is now on his own (with Giskard). But it represents an effort by Asimov to begin to link his three mighty series: Robot, Empire, and Foundation. The Zeroth Law is what begins to link these, with Daneel as the key player. One would have to read later novels in the Empire and Foundation series to understand the profound consequences of the Zeroth Law in his hands.
Anyhow, this is not a very good mystery on its own, but it is an important work beginning to link the three series, answer questions that had heretofore not been answered."
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