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The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
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I can't remember if I've read The Naked Sun before. I think I did, because I had a vague idea about the end. Anyway. This time, it took me ages to read, and I'm not sure why -- when I finally settled down to it, I read over half of it in pretty much one sitting. Elijah Baley, an earth detective who was introduced in The Caves of Steel, is sent to an Outer World planet to investigate something unheard of there: a murder. And Daneel, the robot who assists him in the first book, meets him there as well.

The society Isaac Asimov builds and suggests here is interesting -- I love his concept of how humanity turns out. Or, rather, I love the way he thought: I don't like the idea. I like that Elijah could understand it, too, see Earth becoming as insular as Solaria, in its own way.

I also enjoy the personal connection between Daneel and Elijah. There are one or two very strong moments of it. I liked the rapport between Gladia and Elijah, too: that relationship was far from simplistic.

The mystery itself, I think I had an unfair advantage, but I figured it out quite easily. ( )
  shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 |
Il ciclo dei robot per me è quello più riuscito di Asimov (meglio anche di quello della Fondazione, ebbene sì) perchè ha ancora dei legami con la storia della Terra.
Mentre il primo volume descriveva la vita negli abissi d'acciaio sovrapopolati questo romanzo si svolge su uno dei pianeti degli spaziali: Solaria.
La vita su Solaria è completamente opposta a quella della Terra: pochissimi abitanti che vivono su appezzamenti enormi circondati da robot al loro servizio.
Mentre sulla Terra il contatto umano è inevitabile su Solaria nessuno ha contatti personali con altri.
Il romanzo vortica sul continuo scontro tra le due culture: Baley è nfastidito dall'inevitabile presenza di robot e impaurito dal sole nudo e dagli spazi aperti, i solariani invece sono scioccati dalle domande del terrestre e angosciati all'idea di incontrarlo personalmente.
Questo ciclo è molto riuscito perchè non segue l'evolversi di una intera civiltà, ma la crescita di un solo personaggio a cui è inevitabile affezionarsi, anche per questo lo rileggo sempre volentieri anche sapendo già chi è il colpevole. ( )
  Saretta.L | Mar 31, 2013 |
More good stuff from Asimov. Robot mysteries are awesome! I listened to it as a audio book. ( )
  sgsmitty | Jul 19, 2012 |
Again, as with the first two books in the Robots series, the actual "mystery" was laborious, but the thinking about how humanity will survive into the future times, the stumbling blocks we may erect on our own, the ways in which we may surmount the odds, was a fascinating read.

If you have not yet read this series, please do so.

I have found, over the last 8 years of living in an urban condo, that I think often of the communal kitchens of the Earth Cities! Considering when Asimov wrote, he spun out worlds that we may each, unconsciously, be making an effort to render achievable. ( )
  kaulsu | Jul 7, 2012 |
1st ed. 1957
  JJMAlmeida | Apr 19, 2012 |
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Elijah must face is extreme agoraphobia, and Gladia must confront the Solarian fear of interpersonal contact. These Solarians represent what can possibly happen when dependence on robots is taken to extremes. Also, we get to see the developing relationship between Elijah and Daneel.
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A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations.  The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection.  Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on.  Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities:  Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!

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A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants. To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations. The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection. Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on. Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!… (more)

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