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“Roz was a robot, and she was not alive. But she was about to discover that being alive is not the same as being human”

I wouldn‘t use this in a lesson but might have it somewhere in my room

I really like the themes of this book and how it‘s done in a way for a kid to understand. Even as an adult reader I took away the messages from this book

I love this book for young readers and the message about kindness and perseverance. I would definitely use this is my classroom around 4th grade.

I really like this book. It has an awesome message of kindness and I think it‘d be a really good book to use in a lesson that talks about kindness and its importance.

Audio. This second book feels like it was more written for kids than the first was. This was written halfway as the author speaking to the reader, which I‘m not a fan of. The story of Roz going home from the factory to the island was well rounded, enough worry to have deeper concepts. Though it felt too quick for something happening to have a full impact.

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Not for me. Charles, a robot, inexplicably murders his owner and sets off to find out why. I thought it might be an interesting comparison with Annie Bot but, after 3 hours of the 12.5 hour audiobook absolutely nothing has happened. It‘s very repetitive too, feeling like a child‘s story.

I get the idea that most humans have disappeared so maybe there are some interesting insights later but I‘m not hanging around to find out.

Although this illustration isn't for an Asimov tale, it does capture something of the essence of his story "Satisfaction Guaranteed," which I think successfully skewers 1950's corporate culture and misogynistic sexual politics.
All of the stories are worthy additions to the Robot Mythos, the artificial beings unfailingly revealing the flaws of their creators.
Susan Calvin is a more nuanced character than I think she is often given credit for, ⬇️

I really enjoyed this book. A sci fi topic that is well written. A husband building his own robot and things go awry. Good read.

In his Introduction, Asimov makes the following inaccurate prediction about AI:

"If robots are so advanced that they can mimic the thought processes of human beings, then surely the nature of those thought processes will be designed by human engineers and built-in safeguard will be added."