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Robot Series Series

This fascinating science fiction series is set in a distant future where robots and advanced technology shape human society. It explores the complex relationships between humans and their artificial creations. Readers are immersed in the ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions that arise from coexisting with intelligent machines.

Positronisch brein
Robot Visions
Robots and Empire
The Robots of Dawn
The Naked Sun
The Caves of Steel

Recommended Reading Order

  1. The Caves of Steel

    • 272 pages
    • 10 hours of reading

    The first of Asimov's robot novels, chronicling the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Detective Elijah Baley invesitgates the murder of an offworlder in Spacetown. In the opinion of the Spacers, the murder is tied up with recent attempts to sabotage the Spacer-sponsored project of converting Earth to an integrated human/robot society on the model of the Outer Worlds. To search for the killer in the City's vast caves of steel, Elijah is assigned a Spacer partner named R. Daneel. That's Robot Daneel. And notwithstanding the celebrated Three Laws of Robotics, which should make such a murder impossible, R. Daneel is soon Elijah's prime suspect.

    The Caves of Steel1
    4.0

  2. The Naked Sun

    • 208 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    The electrifying sequel to Caves of Steel in which Elijah Baley is once more teemed up with R. Daneel. The two must travel to Solaria, where no human has gone in over a thousand years!

    The Naked Sun2
    4.2

  3. The Robots of Dawn

    Detective Elijah Bailey and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw are sent to the Spacer world of Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide.

    The Robots of Dawn3
    4.2

  4. Robots and Empire

    • 249 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....

    Robots and Empire4
    4.1

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  • Robot Visions

    • 496 pages
    • 18 hours of reading

    From Isaac Asimov, the Hugo Award-winning Grand Master of Science Fiction, comes five decades of robot visions: thirty-four landmark stories and essays—including three rare tales—gathered together in one volume. Meet all of Asimov’s most famous creations including: Robbie, the very first robot that his imagination brought to life; Susan Calvin, the original robot psychologist; Stephen Byerley, the humanoid robot; and the famous human/robot detective team of Lije Bailey and R. Daneel Olivaw, who have appeared in such bestselling novels as The Robots of Dawn and Robots and Empire. Let the master himself guide you through the key moments in the fictional history of robot-human relations—from the most primitive computers and mobile machines to the first robot to become a man. “It’s good to have Isaac’s classic robot stories, and his commentary on them, in one handsome volume.”—Arthur C. Clarke

    Robot Visions
    4.3

  • Positronisch brein

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Powerful and haunting, The Positronic Man is an unforgettable novel that redefines Isaac Asimov's and Robert Silverberg's place among the greatest science fiction authors of all time. In the twenty-first century the creation of the positronic brain leads to the development of robot laborers and revolutionizes life on Earth. But to the Martin family, their household robot NDR-113 is more than a trusted friend, a confidant, a member of the family. For through some unknown manufacturing glitch, Andrew has been blessed with a capacity for love and a drive toward self-awareness and devlopment that are almost...human. But almost is not enough. Andrew's dream is to become fully human. Facing human prejudice, the laws of robotics, and his own mechanical limitations, Andrew will use science and law in his quest for the impossible, arriving at last at a terrifying choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price.

    Positronisch brein
    4.4

  • Robot Dreams

    Robot Dreams collects 21 of Isaac Asimov's short stories spanning the body of his fiction from the 1940s to the 1980s, exploring not only the future of technology, but the future of humanity's maturity and growth.

    Robot Dreams
    4.1

  • The rest of the robots

    • 224 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    The Rest of the Robots is the third timeless volume of Isaac Asimov's robot stories, offering golden insights into robot thought processes.

    The rest of the robots
    4.1

  • I, Robot

    • 96 pages
    • 4 hours of reading

    The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete. Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world--all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asimov's trademark.

    I, Robot
    4.0

  • The complete robot

    A collection of all of Isaac Asimov's robot stories, including some which have never before appeared in book form.

    The complete robot
    4.3

  • Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots

    "The First Law of Robotics" A Robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. So how could Robot MA-2 abandon its owner to certain death? How could Robot LNE-Pr break it's masters are with a blow of its fist? How could Robot EZ-27 turn against its owner and utterly ruin him? Meet Dr. Susan Calvin, robopsychologist, whose mission is to investigate the robots and save humanity from destruction from their hands. Dangerous, Dazzling, Demonic...Here they come!" In these eight stories selected from his monumental classic The Rest of the Robots Isaac Asimov displays the wit, drama and imagination that make his robot stories the most popular of all!

    Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
    4.1