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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.

Robot Visions
Le cycle des robots 1: Les robots
Robots and Empire
The Robots of Dawn
The Naked Sun
The Caves of Steel

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  1. 1

    The Caves of Steel

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
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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. Isaac Asimov’s Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. The relationship between Life and his Spacer superiors, who distrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start. Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner: R. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the “R” stood for robot—and his positronic partner was made in the image and likeness of the murder victim!

    The Caves of Steel
  2. 2

    The Naked Sun

    • 208 pages
    • 8 hours of reading
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    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 Sun
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    The Robots of Dawn

    • 399 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
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    A puzzling case of roboticide takes New York Detective Elijah Baley from Earth to the planet Aurora, where humans and robots have, till now, always coexisted in perfect harmony. Only the gifted roboticist Hans Fastolfe had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime - but Baley must prove the man innocent. For the murder of Jander Panrell is closely tied to a power struggle that will decide who will be the next interstellar pioneers in the universe. Armed only with his own instincts, his sometimes quirky logic, and the immutable Three Laws of Robotics, Baley sets out to solve the case. But can anything prepare a simple Earthman for the psychological complexities of a world where a beautiful woman can easily have fallen in love with an all-too human robot?

    The Robots of Dawn
  4. 4

    Robots and Empire

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    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 Empire

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  • Le cycle des robots 1: Les robots

    • 285 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
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    Première Loi : Un robot ne peut porter atteinte à un être humain ni, restant passif, laisser cet être humain exposé au danger. Deuxième Loi : Un robot doit obéir aux ordres donnés par les êtres humains, sauf si de tels ordres entrent en contradiction avec la Première Loi. Troisième Loi : Un robot doit protéger son existence dans la mesure où cette protection n'entre pas en contradiction avec la Première ou la Deuxième Loi.

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  • Robot Visions

    • 496 pages
    • 18 hours of reading
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    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

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  • Pozitronový muž

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    Román vypráví o inteligentním robotu NDR-113, který v budoucím 21. stoletím slouží svému pánu tak dobře, že dostane i lidské jméno Andrew. Díky výrobní závadě totiž Andrew vykročil do života vybaven lidskou schopností milovat a touhou po sebezdokonalování. Neřešitelné problémy však nastanou, když Andrew zatouží stát se člověkem docela. Navzdory lidským předsudkům, zákonům robotiky a vlastním mechanickým omezením dokáže využít vědu i právní systém a na své pouti za nedosažitelným cílem se nakonec ocitá před děsivou volbou: aby uskutečnil svůj sen, musí zaplatit cenu nejvyšší. Překlad Jana Pavlíková.

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  • Robot Dreams

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    • 95 pages
    • 4 hours of reading
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    Oxford Bookworms offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking students from elementary to advanced level. At the lower stages, many of the texts have been specially written for the series, to provide elementary and lower-intermediate students with an introduction to real reading in English. At the higher stages, most of the books have been adapted from works originally published for native speakers.

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