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The Naked Sun

The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

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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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The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

#BookMoods #Sun

Book 2 of the excellent R. Daneel Olivaw Series by Isaac Asimov. Great example of science fiction meeting detective series, and a good twist on book 1 in the series. Written 66 years ago but still holds up really well.

@Eggs @AlwaysBeenALoverofBooks

Eggs Great choice! 2y

Andrew65 @Eggs Can‘t beat Asimov. Enjoyed re-reading them over the last few years. 2y

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The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

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A classic hard sci-fi book. Police procedural and robots and other worlds. There is a reason Asimov was (and still is) the king of this type of fiction.
I do wish Bailey would have says Jehosaphat about 99% times less then he did. That word was funny the first 2 times the just ridiculous.
This was my December #doublebookspin playing with @TheAromaofBooks

Soubhiville 😻 your blue eyed beautiful baby! 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! And I agree - sometimes an author gets a word in his head & can't seem to let it go! 3y

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

2 quick weekend reads. Naked Sun is my #doublespin book spin read, and If I had two weeks is due back to the library tomorrow so getting going on them!

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The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

Finished Book 2 of my re-Read of Asimov‘s Robot Series. A science fiction detective story on an alien world where robots do everything and massively outnumber the 20,000 humans. Can those robots also kill? This is an excellent read, as was book 1, and leaves the book on quite a philosophical point. Now I need to find a way to get hold of book 3 which was written 17 years later!

Leniverse I have only read one of the robot books, years ago, and I don‘t know which one. It was kind of a locked room mystery. A man has been murdered, and no one else were in the house except for robots and the victim‘s wife. But due to seriously faulty immune systems the spouses were actually living in different parts of the house, hermetically sealed off, and could have no physical contact. Crazy stuff. Any idea what title that would be? 5y

Andrew65 @Leniverse I think that‘s this one! 👍 5y

Leniverse Nice, yes I read the blurb now and that does sound like it. So that‘s book two, good to know! 😄 5y

rretzler I‘m a big fan of Asimov and this series! 5y

Andrew65 @rretzler I‘d agree but been many years since I read his books so rereading them. A man ahead of his time. 5y

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The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

Started book 2 in the R. Daneel Olivaw Series. Great to be back with Asimov‘s Robot Detective! This covers 1956 in my #CenturyOfBooks Challenge.

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jmofo 👏🤖🖤 5y

Andrew65 @jmofo Rediscovering Isaac Asimov. Spent a lot of my teenage years reading these. My favourite science fiction author. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 the book I own is I Robot. Did you read that one? 5y

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Andrew65 @EadieB Many many years ago, but will eventually getting to the Robot 🤖 Series too. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 On Fictfact I Robot is listed as a novella #0.1 I also own a couple of the Foundation books. 5y

Andrew65 @EadieB Fantastic Fiction doesn‘t show it in the Foundation series but one of a few books compromising collections of short stories. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 it is under The Robot series but listed the way they usually list novellas. I think I confused you because I added that I also have some Foundation books from the Foundation series. 5y

Andrew65 @EadieB I think I Robot are the published stories he first sold to magazines before he was a published author. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 oh ok because there are 6 novellas listed. 5y

Andrew65 @EadieB I think most of them are collections of his short stories. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 Right! Did you ever read Foundation series? 5y

Andrew65 @EadieB Yes but more years ago than I care to remember so can‘t remember if I read them all. Remember enjoying a lot what I did Read. 5y

EadieB @Andrew65 ok I‘ll have check them out. 5y

jmofo @Andrew65 I have only read the first two and only in the last few years. I want to revisit the second one again, I have a terrible memory and can‘t recall how the second one resolved. Enjoy! 5y

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A good sci-fi crime story, but the cover is getting weirder every time I look at it 😂

charl08 Subtitle "I'll show you mine..." ?! 7y

becausetrains I need to get to sleep, because I thought that was Vladimir Putin at first glance 😱 7y

2BR02B Uh. What's dude on the right doing with his hand? 7y

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Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

#WTForecast @Books_Wine_Repeat I'm thinking hot for a good long while.

PurpleyPumpkin Wow, that is hot!😳 7y

saguarosally @PurpleyPumpkin Tuesday is supposed to be 121. 👿🔥 7y

PurpleyPumpkin That is just crazy!! We've had a few warm days in Southern Ontario, but I'm still waiting for summer. The closest we've gotten is about 85 degrees. 7y

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Books_Wine_Repeat This is just the beginning! 7y

Leelee.reads This seems too hot to be healthy for anyone. 😱🔥 7y

Reviewsbylola My kids feel the same way. 7y

saguarosally @PurpleyPumpkin Winters are great here. 7y

saguarosally @Books_Wine_Repeat Seriously. I should go to Vegas to cool off. 🔥🔥🔥 7y

saguarosally @Leelee.reads Makes for some great travel deals though! 7y

saguarosally @Reviewsbylola I live alone. A/C is expensive. Clothes? Bah. 7y

Books_Wine_Repeat @saguarosally Ha! Our ac is working overtime. My oldest is crying about going outside. Maybe next month. 😜 7y

Dragon I can't believe it's hotter than 107 degrees! ☀️ 7y

TheNextBook Where the hell do you live?! 7y

saguarosally @Dragon It's only going to get worse before it gets better. 7y

saguarosally @TheNextBook Hell, also known as Phoenix. 7y

DocBrown 25 years of Hell was enough for me! I survived 122° on June 26, 1990 ? 7y

elliemcc11 Ok, that's hot! ☀️ 7y

saguarosally @mdhughes72 I didn't. Only been in the Valley 20 years. But there may be another 122. 7y

saguarosally @elliemcc11 Nah not yet. 😜 7y

elliemcc11 We honeymooned in US and visit Death Valley and Nevada on our trip. It was scorchio! I couldn't live in that heat! - we moan here when it hits 27 degrees/ 80 degrees. We don't have a/c at home so all the Windows are open, desperately trying to cool down this eve 🤣🇬🇧 7y

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Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

A friend of mine recommended me this book by Asimov after talking about Bill Gates proposal to tax robots use as we tax labor. And then I read this article... and I think it is all linked and it is a tragedy and a comedy. And I love people, human beings recommending books. And this is why I am here every now and then.

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Die nackte Sonne: Roman | Isaac Asimov

Baley wurde unruhig. Man zweifelte nicht an Soziologen und ihren Computern. (S.18)
😂 Auch für solche Sätze liebe ich Asimov ^.^

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Die nackte Sonne: Roman | Isaac Asimov

Da hab ich mir ja noch was vorgenommen... 📚😊

Papiergefluester Viel Erfolg! 8y

luanacasado @Papiergefluester Danke 😀 8y

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The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov

"Without the interplay of human against human, the chief interest in life is gone; most of the intellectual values are gone; most of the reason for living is gone." -Elijah Baley