The Robots of Dawn: 3 - Softcover

Asimov, Isaac

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553299492 ISBN 13: 9780553299496

Publisher: Spectra Books, 1994

Synopsis

A puzzling case of roboticide sends New York Detective Elijah Baley on an intense search for a murderer. Armed with his own instincts, his quirky logic, and the immutable Three Laws of Robotics, Baley is determined to solve the case. But can anything prepare a simple Earthman for the psychological complexities of a world where a beautiful woman can easily have fallen in love with an all-too-human robot...?
A LITERARY GUILD DUAL SELECTION

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Review:

‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age...It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
Carl Sagan

‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’
Daily Telegraph

‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’
The Times

From the Back Cover:

ROBOT LOVE AND DEATH

Plainclothesman Elijah Baley must travel to the planet Aurora to investigate the murder of Robot Jander. He would rather not. His last trip off-Earth on police business resulted in a TV drama being made of the case – as a result of which even his son Bentley suspects Elijah had an affair with Gladia Delmarre, the murder suspect whom he proved innocent. Not only does Gladia now live on Aurora, the murdered robot belonged to her ... and was her lover!

Elijah is teamed once more with Robot Daneel, and they are joined by another interesting robot, Giskard. The investigation should benefit from a secret and unique ability possessed by Robot Giskard. But Elijah is disturbed by his presence, sensing perhaps that Giskard’s positronic brainpaths function to a hidden agenda. What Giskard knows but Elijah does not is that the future of mankind in space hangs on the outcome of this investigation ...

“Compelling, well-crafted ... a good old fashioned mystery”
NEW YORK TRIBUNE

THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS

· A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
· A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law
· A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law

About this edition

• Publisher: Spectra Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0553299492
• ISBN 13: 9780553299496
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448