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The Robots Of Dawn by Isaac Asimov

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umbreonns's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

cangel33's review against another edition

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4.0

Will I read it again? Likely as I've read it 4 or 5 times already

Thoughts
One of my favorite old Sci-Fi books. I'm a fan of Isaac Asimov writing whose stories have brought me back into reading several times. His stories are analytical, suspenseful, but not very poetic/flowery. Star Trek's Data character feels very much like R. Daneel Olivaw.

Quotes
“Giskard does not resent any action of a human being. It is simply that ‘boy’ is not a customary term of address for robots on Aurora and it would be inadvisable to create friction with the Aurorans by unintentionally stressing your place of origin through habits of speech that are nonessential.”

"It is the personal structure of the mind that has committed the crime, not the life of the body.”

"He thought awhile and decided he would define morning as the time after waking, and he would define breakfast as the meal eaten after waking, and abandon specific timekeeping as objectively unimportant. —For him, at least, if not for the ship."

“It is my programming, Partner Elijah,” said Daneel in a voice that seemed to soften, “yet somehow it seems to me that, even were it not for my programming, saving you makes the loss of my own existence seem quite trivial in comparison.”

"I dream sometimes of founding a mathematical science which I think of as ‘psychohistory,’"

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snowlilly's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

keridai's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was fun to spend time with the characters again.
I enjoyed the world building and mystery in the beginning, though the book was too long.
A character also did something that really pissed me off:

The main character cheats on his wife with no remorse and the whole affair is very cringe.

patriisoardi's review against another edition

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5.0

An excellent story, with a very interesting point of view and a sublime ending. The universe that Asimov creates for his stories is absolutely amazing.