A review by traveller1
Isaac Asimov's Caliban by Roger MacBride Allen
3.0
I finally got around to reading this series, and, well, I can understand why several times I started to read, put the book away, and never came back. The three novels tell the story of how the planet Inferno is saved from its original, faulty terra-forming. Along the way new robots, with a modified set of 'Asimov' laws are created.
The story is competently written, but that is all. No spark of creativity, the characters are listless, going through the motions. The robots perhaps show more character than the humans? Or is that saying too much?
Ok, to read once, just to see what it is all about, but not on my 'must re-read list'.
The story is competently written, but that is all. No spark of creativity, the characters are listless, going through the motions. The robots perhaps show more character than the humans? Or is that saying too much?
Ok, to read once, just to see what it is all about, but not on my 'must re-read list'.