A review by kaisermatthias
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot, by Janet Asimov, Isaac Asimov

4.0

The source of the Robot and ultimately Foundation universe begins here in the memoirs of robopsychologist Susan Calvin. I'm continually fascinated by how much Asimov thought humanity could achieve in 3-4 decades, and genuinely sad at how far behind we are. This book stands like a viewport to past optimism, and contains in it little nuggets of things that spin out into important details all throughout later novels. A fine beginning to a vast universe of speculation.