Ik, robot
by Isaac Asimov
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My progress in this book has been slow, usually when I listen to the audio version of a book that's not so big, I go through it much faster. Reading time has been little this past week, especially for audio. And my concentration I seem to have lost somewhere at work.
But... I did finish🙂
Not as funny as The Hitchhiker, but much less confusing as well.
More technical/procedural which resulted in a bit more structure in the book. I thought it interesting, but also (past the half way point) more and more boring when(world) politics found its way into the book.
Robots are here already, they are quite helpful to men, but if I would like to live in a world that Asimov described.... I don't think so.
But... I did finish🙂
Not as funny as The Hitchhiker, but much less confusing as well.
More technical/procedural which resulted in a bit more structure in the book. I thought it interesting, but also (past the half way point) more and more boring when(world) politics found its way into the book.
Robots are here already, they are quite helpful to men, but if I would like to live in a world that Asimov described.... I don't think so.
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Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at show more the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Heel Nederland Leest (2017)
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- Please do not combine with the original I, Robot. In this edition - which is a special edition for Nederland Leest - a story written by a robot called Asibot is added.
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