Solid, Vintage Sci Fi

Fun, short stories tied together by a common narrative. Some are a little simplistic but some were certainly accurate guesstimates of our present and possible future technologies. When you are listening to this remember how long ago it was written! I really wish they had not used the Will Smith movie picture as it has little to no connection to the original robot stories.

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So glad I read this

Asimov dares to create a novel out of a thought experiment by stitching short stories into a whole held together with fierce logic.

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Beautifully Reflective

What is there not to like, about a reality like that. Where the world and its developments are the whimsical aspect of life. In addition, how relevant to how reality is now days, where is painfully obvious, that human greedy and petty sense is the main source of our own issues. Where humans are simply their own worst and singular enemy.

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awesome

if you play at 125% it sounds like a old timey radioman. very enjoyable voice.

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Extremely Better than the Movie

Each story could be its own movie or a mini series based on Susan Calvin the Robo- Psychologist.
Asimov is absolute!!
I will listen at least 2 more times!!!

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wonderfully written, remarkably relevant

it was like looking into the past and the future simultaneously. The stories in this book should be known by everyone to make clear what we are up against with modern AI

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Boring mostly with no ending

I can't believe I suffered through that just to find there is NO ending. at all. Very long conversations that go on for hours when they could have taken 1 min each. I assume no one that wrote these reviews saying "better than the movie" actually read or listened to this. Because the only thing it has in common with the movie is the title. it's a completely different story. Calling it a story is like calling random text messages from random people a story. It has potential and many parts I was excitied thinking "ok here we go now it finally starts" but then realized I was wrong. that's about all there is to say about that.

So much better than the movie

Great story; great performance. Equal quality as the Foundation Series and so much more interesting than the movie.

Awesome

Pretty good of a story. Nicely read. I liked it a lot. It is a wonderful book.

the future 8s today

I Robot 
 
     Do robots dream of electric sheep, A.I, Bicentennial Man, Star Trek, Terminator, Ghost in the shell, Matrix and so much more in one way or another drawn from Isaac Asimov's works. I have heard him called the godfather of the Robot. 

     Robot in old Slavic means slave, or forced labor. In this book Asimov shows how in one lifetime mankind becomes dependent and in one way or another subservient to robots. 

     This is a very psychological book. With some heavy thoughts and questions mankind should discuss. Already we are very dependent on "the machine". Please understand beloved readers that no I am not saying to smash the machine. I am saying we should look at our relationship with the machine and think about how much control we want to give over to it. 

     This book is very different from the movie with Will Smith. Though a very good movie, it does touch on some of the book's ideologies.

     This book is on my list of 100 books to read before you die. Isaac Asimov is also one of the authors that I intend to collect. I have already purchased the first book in  The Foundation series and plan on collecting them all. Review's to be posted later😉😁😁😁. 
 
      He really is a fantastic writer. I find it humorous that I have met people who have never heard of Isaac Asimov. Yet his influence is still felt. Maybe now more than ever. When we live in a time of the birth of the I.A. Robots do exist!

      I can say in my lifetime computers, technology, "the Machine" has grown exponentially. I often wonder: Will we grow with this machine or will the machine replace us completely. If there is reincarnation, will my next life be that of a machine? Is there a Ghost in the shell? 

     What was one only fantasy we are living. Things dreamed of are now a way of life. Asimov and others like him imagined a world that is now our reality. I think it's important to look back at these authors. As well as the present ones and the ones to come.

      "I think, therefore I am". A quote that has many means. Like because I think I know I am real. Is taught the requirements of existence? Do rocks have thoughts? If they do are they light or heavy thoughts🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣?

     What do you think? What do you know? Do you know how much you do not know? Does it matter if you know what you do not know? Does knowledge matter to you? 
 
     As ever and always I want to thank everyone involved in the creation, publication, production, distribution, and supporting both the written and audiobook format. Our future lives in our thoughts. I think my thoughts. Therefore my thoughts are real. 

Yours 
David Evil Midknight 


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     I am not an author of any book that I review. I have no affiliation with any organization responsible for the production and the distribution of any book I review. I am not a promoter in any way.

     I am Dyslexic a disability that makes the enjoyment of reading and writing taxing. However I do believe in facing your challenges. Thus I mainly listen to Audiobooks as I work. My review's are me exercising my comprehension of the book I just listened to. In putting my thoughts in words I am attempting to better myself. 

     My reviews are not meant to offend. I realise that everyone has their own opinions. I will not get into dog fights over my statement. 

   Understand and expect spelling errors, poor grammar, and I may sometimes misuse a phrase. Pointing my mistakes can be educational. I only ask you do it with kindness.