About this title: 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 ...
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Edition: [Book Club ed. ]
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 408 p.; 22 cm. Sequel: Robots and empire. "The new Lije Baley robot novel"--Jacket. read more
Edition: [Book Club ed. ]
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 408 p.; 22 cm. Sequel: Robots and empire. "The new Lije Baley robot novel"--Jacket. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. The book is very solid with unmarked pages. The cover is aging with minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. The spine has a few creases. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Robot City (Paperback), 3. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. The book is very solid with unmarked pages. There are book store markings on the first end paper. The first few pages have mild moisture marks at the upper corners. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear with a 3/8 inch tear at the uuper back corner of the spine and a 5/8 inch tear at the lower front corner of the spine. The spine has a few creases. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Very Good. Very good. Light general wear. Clean, straight, tight, unmarked. Light inside cover tanning. 1.06" x 6.88" x 4.17". Robots of Dawn, 3. From Publisher / book cover or paraphrased: A puzzling case of roboticide sends New York Detective Elijah Baley on an intense search for a murderer. Armed with his own instincts, his quirky logic, and the immutable Three Laws of Robotics, Baley is determined to solve the case. But can anything prepare a simple Earthman for the psychological ... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. Tanned pages. Tight binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Robot City (Paperback), 3. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Ballantine 31571 1984 1st printing paperback, cover art by Michael Whelan, CONDITION: GOOD, pages edges a little toned & minor spine edge bruise o/w good to very good/near fine condition. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Robot City (Paperback), 3. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345315717ISBN:0345315715
Description: Good. {G+} Mass Market Paperback. Definite creases in spine; light cover wear; and edgewear. Page edges beginning to tan due to age. read more
Description: Very Good. 0345315715 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
"It seems that this book was written to justify Asimov's later Empire/Foundation books. Decent story, but a little heavy-handed on foreshadowing future stories."
"I tried to read this as a pre-teen and did not finish it. I finally tried again twenty years or more later, and enjoyed it. Asimov has always been a mystery to me. I love scifi, but he is a bit too...something for me. He seems to take some of the fun out of scifi, as if a stodgy professor is writing with the aim to educate me about science fiction instead of awe me with it."
"Set in the far future when the surface of Earth has been rendered almost uninhabitable because of pollution and environmental abuse. Humanity leaves in crowded underground cities and seldom ventures out into the open. Descendants of space pioneers have colonized several worlds and considers themselves superior to those inhabiting Earth. The novel narrates the investigation, by an Earth police officer into the the "murder" of a robot in Aurora."
"Asimov's worlds are always amazing. This, the third of a four-book series was no exception.
Much of the book was the Earth Detective Elijah Bailey moving around interviewing people and dealing with his agoraphobia. The suspense built as the plot became tighter, making me itch to drive so I can listen to what will happen next.
Two points to note: - Asimov is a master of logic, as is his character Elijan Bailey. However, sometimes the logic steels the plot from the fact that people will behave in illogical ways. On one hand, the investigation is masterful, on the other hand, it seems like it's missing a component of human emotions.
- Asimov does not do love very well. The scenes between Gladia and Bailey are the lowest points of the book.
I'll likely be listening to the other books in the series, especially if the top-notch William Dufris will be reading them."
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