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A review by kmthomas06
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
4.0
This was a lot different than I was expecting. Mainly because I saw the movie years ago and this is not in any way, shape of form like the movie. I could see the few parts they decided to keep and added to the book they actually used for the movie (one of the later books in the trilogy but I agree, I, Robot is the better name) but I'd have to read that one to see how much they stayed true to that story as well.
That said, I liked the format of this book as it explored different problems encountered as new and better robots were designed and sent out into the galaxy to work for us. I am slightly disturbed by the "everyone is OK with the fact Machines are ruling the universe" at the end but at the same time also concerned that I wasn't as worried as I should be. Like Gloria Calvin, the main thread weaving all the stories together, I have faith in these particular Machines, which are clearly showing the signs of the problems to come in the rest of the series, but are still in the stage of benevolent overlords. Asimov is heavily on the technical language but I followed it without a problem and I liked the use of Calvin's character, a robopsychologist, to continually bring us back to the struggle of how these machines are emulating humanity and how humanity deals with that fact over time.
That said, I liked the format of this book as it explored different problems encountered as new and better robots were designed and sent out into the galaxy to work for us. I am slightly disturbed by the "everyone is OK with the fact Machines are ruling the universe" at the end but at the same time also concerned that I wasn't as worried as I should be. Like Gloria Calvin, the main thread weaving all the stories together, I have faith in these particular Machines, which are clearly showing the signs of the problems to come in the rest of the series, but are still in the stage of benevolent overlords. Asimov is heavily on the technical language but I followed it without a problem and I liked the use of Calvin's character, a robopsychologist, to continually bring us back to the struggle of how these machines are emulating humanity and how humanity deals with that fact over time.