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Well I'll be damned if I don't give this book 5/5.I enjoyed the explanations regarding robots being logical and not reasonable. Hard robotic-sci-fi was RAD maaaaan! This combo of detective sci-fi has really grown on me!Aaaaaand I enjoyed very much reading a fortyish white guy faint more than once =)))) (the first time in Caves of Steel)”Gladia not minding loose clothing WTF white male writers of 50s!!??? I guess Daneel's body being described in Caves of Steel kinda balances this one out!!!!!AND OMG DID GLADIA THINK DANEEL AND BALEY ARE A COUPLE?! LMAOThe narrative of this book and a bit in Caves of Steel is very welcoming. As the reader, I got to accompany Baley and we faced surprises at the same time. Nice!I did want to facepalm over and over because I used to think the Solarians are dumb but then again, because of the narrative giving us info bit by bit, it turned out how shitty it is being born and raised on Solaria. For someone who has been born and brought up in a dictatorship, in isolation, in lacking any knowledge on human body, instincts and needs, far far away from other sex*es, and just recently figuring all this out with the help of outsider experts , I could understand Gladia very well and I'm glad for her proper closure.AND: DANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I missed him through the WHOLE plot!FINALLY: Being born and raised in the caves wasn't my favorite AT ALL when I read Caves of Steel. I appreciated the solitude on Solaria at first but after Baley visited the tanks and kids, I came to realize none of them are ideal. No matter how hard humans try to suffocate the instincts in the name of “advance” or “culture” or “custom”. All the LIE piles up and falls down all over us! We all need a moderate life where our instincts, our curiosities, our basic needs such as affection, sex, interaction and solitude are simply met, neither ignored nor overindulged. We must not let cultures, customs and traditions stand in our way. This book has become very dear to me. Asimov THE LEGEND.NEXT: Revisit [b:Mirror Image 26816219 Mirror Image Isaac Asimov https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450235310l/26816219.SY75.jpg 46843702] in [b:The Complete Robot 50091 The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3) Isaac Asimov https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405467461l/50091.SY75.jpg 2361910]AND AFTER THAT: [b:The Robots of Dawn 41810 The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3) Isaac Asimov https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1351030933l/41810.SY75.jpg 905286]P.S.: Almost forgot: This book is way better than [b:The City and the Stars 250024 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1340242824l/250024.SY75.jpg 925052](1956).
Well I'll be damned if I don't give this book 5/5.I enjoyed the explanations regarding robots being logical and not reasonable. Hard robotic-sci-fi was RAD maaaaan! This combo of detective sci-fi has really grown on me!Aaaaaand I enjoyed very much reading a fortyish white guy faint more than once =)))) (the first time in Caves of Steel)”Gladia not minding loose clothing WTF white male writers of 50s!!??? I guess Daneel's body being described in Caves of Steel kinda balances this one out!!!!!AND OMG DID GLADIA THINK DANEEL AND BALEY ARE A COUPLE?! LMAOThe narrative of this book and a bit in Caves of Steel is very welcoming. As the reader, I got to accompany Baley and we faced surprises at the same time. Nice!I did want to facepalm over and over because I used to think the Solarians are dumb but then again, because of the narrative giving us info bit by bit, it turned out how shitty it is being born and raised on Solaria. For someone who has been born and brought up in a dictatorship, in isolation, in lacking any knowledge on human body, instincts and needs, far far away from other sex*es, and just recently figuring all this out with the help of outsider experts , I could understand Gladia very well and I'm glad for her proper closure.AND: DANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I missed him through the WHOLE plot!FINALLY: Being born and raised in the caves wasn't my favorite AT ALL when I read Caves of Steel. I appreciated the solitude on Solaria at first but after Baley visited the tanks and kids, I came to realize none of them are ideal. No matter how hard humans try to suffocate the instincts in the name of “advance” or “culture” or “custom”. All the LIE piles up and falls down all over us! We all need a moderate life where our instincts, our curiosities, our basic needs such as affection, sex, interaction and solitude are simply met, neither ignored nor overindulged. We must not let cultures, customs and traditions stand in our way. This book has become very dear to me. Asimov THE LEGEND.NEXT: Revisit [b:Mirror Image 26816219 Mirror Image Isaac Asimov https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450235310l/26816219.SY75.jpg 46843702] in [b:The Complete Robot 50091 The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3) Isaac Asimov https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405467461l/50091.SY75.jpg 2361910]AND AFTER THAT: [b:The Robots of Dawn 41810 The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3) Isaac Asimov https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1351030933l/41810.SY75.jpg 905286]P.S.: Almost forgot: This book is way better than [b:The City and the Stars 250024 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1340242824l/250024.SY75.jpg 925052](1956).