The Caves Of Steel

Author: Isaac Asimov

Earth is overpopulated a thousand years from now. Planets outside of our solar system have been colonized and development of robots through the Ã¢positronic brain.Ã¢ In this new society, only some of humans live in New York City including Detective Elijah Baley, who is not a big fan of the robot. However, heÃ¢s teamed up with a robot to solve a murder case far from planet Earth. The robot sidekick is bad enough until Baley learns that the robot is an exact replica of the murder victim. Asimov does mystery and science fiction well, and this is the first book in his Robot series, which is well-loved and critically acclaimed. Why It Made the List Asimov is a master of the genre. HeÃ¢s been republished and collected and filmed more than most of the authors on this list combined. HeÃ¢s garnered multiple awards and been nominated more times than most of us can count. HeÃ¢s one of the giants of the genre, and when he wasnÃ¢t prolifically writing science fiction, he wrote mysteries including the well-known Black Widower stories. Read It If You LikeNew York City mysteries, police procedurals, robots

Books in Robot Series (3)

The Naked Sun

The Robots Of Dawn

Robots And Empire

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