However, even readers who don’t connect the book to our world will enjoy it because of the thrilling plot. I, Robot is a must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike, for it throws ideas at us about Artificial Intelligence, and all of us live in a golden age of technology when the field of robotics is expanding at a speedy rate. In my opinion, Asimov’s tales are very gripping and more fast-paced in fact, I would say that Asimov’s strength lies in his plots rather than his characters. For example, Verne wrote of a complex submarine in the late 1800s, when nobody could dream of such a thing! Clarke, like Asimov, wrote of Artificial Intelligence and space travel. Clarke.īoth of these writers have produced works that consist of ideas that, like Asimov’s, can soon be a reality in our age. If there are any science fiction authors that are closer in style to Isaac Asimov, they are Jules Verne and Arthur C. Wells’ The Time Machine both are highly enjoyable books however, The Time Machine seems much more far-fetched than Asimov’s robots, the latter being a possibility soon, whilst scientists are doubtful that time-machines can ever be created. This story collection is comparable to some of the other famous science-fiction stories, for example, Asimov’s I, Robot and H.G.

I also liked the bit where an NS-2 robot persuaded other robots to think radically. I especially enjoyed when some of the robots start to make a name for themselves among people by becoming officials in Asimov’s futuristic international government. In all the short stories, you will begin to notice that the robots become more advanced and increasingly independent mankind’s grip on the machines starts to loosen. I found this concept very interesting, as the Laws were open for interpretation by the robots and therefore created many contradictory situations. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection won’t conflict with the First or Second Law. A robot must obey orders given by a human being unless it conflicts with the First Law.ģ. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.Ģ.

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