charlibirb's review against another edition
5.0
*Sigh* Asimov... You are such a dreamy writer!
And Dr. Susan Calvin... you're so cool!
One of the things I love about Asimov is his simplicity. He created 3 simple rules, and then wrote myriad stories based on how those rules could be gotten around. Brilliant!
And Dr. Susan Calvin... you're so cool!
One of the things I love about Asimov is his simplicity. He created 3 simple rules, and then wrote myriad stories based on how those rules could be gotten around. Brilliant!
agnesoshiro's review against another edition
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
kandicez's review against another edition
4.0
I have always loved older science fiction, and Asimov, along with Dick and Bradbury are the BIG THREE. At the risk of sounding sacriligious, the Holy Triumvirate. There is nothing they ever wrote that doesn't give me a goosebumpy, "how did they know?" feeling. I, Robot is no different.
These 9 stories are told in a narrative form as if they have been plucked from one long conversation. There are characters that appear in more than one, and a few that appear in almost all, but other than that, they are each stand-alone yarns, that to me at least, ring strangely prophetic.
Science too often does a thing just because they can. They don't, often enough, stop to ask if they should. This book, and it's nice, short stories, shows us that sometimes it's better not to. When we invent and improve on other's ideas, without doing all the groundwork ourselves, we have no idea what the original faults were. We don't know what could, or has gone wrong with what has been done before, much less what we are doing now.
These 9 stories are told in a narrative form as if they have been plucked from one long conversation. There are characters that appear in more than one, and a few that appear in almost all, but other than that, they are each stand-alone yarns, that to me at least, ring strangely prophetic.
Science too often does a thing just because they can. They don't, often enough, stop to ask if they should. This book, and it's nice, short stories, shows us that sometimes it's better not to. When we invent and improve on other's ideas, without doing all the groundwork ourselves, we have no idea what the original faults were. We don't know what could, or has gone wrong with what has been done before, much less what we are doing now.
rdb93's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
katie_hill22's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
feanors's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
luxedeluxe's review against another edition
5.0
Read for 52 Book Club Challenge 2023
Week Five: A title starting with the letter “I”
Week Five: A title starting with the letter “I”
libristella's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
geeniebean29's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5