This is the second book in the ROBOT series, sort of of. I ROBOT, not like the movie, sets the stage and then Caves of Steel is the first installment of a trilolgy about the detective Elijah Bailey and is sidekick robot Daneel Olivaw. Elijah is the character from the movie. The movies producers awkwardly tried to blend three books together into one story line and completely messed with it. (leave to hollywood to get it wrong again).
Physics students should choose this as their option since we will be reading the Naked Sun the second book of the trilogy in Physics.
Remember, before you are done you have to be able to quote the Laws of Robotics. Also important for those of you taking the Robotics class. (See how everything connects in the end)
haha Mr. Rea, you can't really trust Hollywood to do good when it comes to turning books into films. As for the Laws of Robotics, how will this apply to Physics class?
I don't quite understand as to what Spacers are in this book. Are they just a different term for the robots, or different robots in general?
Asimov has definitely altered the view of life on earth for his time. He has created a new generation that has been stripped from all true nature around them. Do you think this is happening to the generations of today, now that we have been taught to focus on all these technological advancements? Is there hope of ever returning back to appreciate what is already before us?
So far I have found the first Law of Robotics: a robot cannot injure a human being. Were humans really that afraid of the robots coming to their planet?
Another thing, in the same chapter, Lije is going into Spacetown for the investigation. Has he never been properly exposed to the real world? Has the City really filtered out everything they could so humans could live in an imitation of the world?
And just to clarify, is Aurora supposed to Earth? Or are they two separate planets?
Okay, to catch you up, Baily is from earth, but the planet has become so overpopulated that it is like one big city, no open spaces. Spacers are people who left earth to find a place to live on other planets to get away from the crowds. Spacers and Non-spacers are highle prejudicial toward each other. Robots were built to serve man, but they are very strong and fast and therefore could easily injure a human. Therefore a law had to be imbedded in their program to insure that they never injure humans. So a robot could never be guilty of a crime like murder... or could they?
This is the second book in the ROBOT series, sort of of. I ROBOT, not like the movie, sets the stage and then Caves of Steel is the first installment of a trilolgy about the detective Elijah Bailey and is sidekick robot Daneel Olivaw. Elijah is the character from the movie. The movies producers awkwardly tried to blend three books together into one story line and completely messed with it. (leave to hollywood to get it wrong again).
ReplyDeletePhysics students should choose this as their option since we will be reading the Naked Sun the second book of the trilogy in Physics.
Remember, before you are done you have to be able to quote the Laws of Robotics. Also important for those of you taking the Robotics class. (See how everything connects in the end)
haha Mr. Rea, you can't really trust Hollywood to do good when it comes to turning books into films. As for the Laws of Robotics, how will this apply to Physics class?
ReplyDeleteI don't quite understand as to what Spacers are in this book. Are they just a different term for the robots, or different robots in general?
Asimov has definitely altered the view of life on earth for his time. He has created a new generation that has been stripped from all true nature around them. Do you think this is happening to the generations of today, now that we have been taught to focus on all these technological advancements? Is there hope of ever returning back to appreciate what is already before us?
So far I have found the first Law of Robotics: a robot cannot injure a human being. Were humans really that afraid of the robots coming to their planet?
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, in the same chapter, Lije is going into Spacetown for the investigation. Has he never been properly exposed to the real world? Has the City really filtered out everything they could so humans could live in an imitation of the world?
And just to clarify, is Aurora supposed to Earth? Or are they two separate planets?
Okay, to catch you up, Baily is from earth, but the planet has become so overpopulated that it is like one big city, no open spaces. Spacers are people who left earth to find a place to live on other planets to get away from the crowds. Spacers and Non-spacers are highle prejudicial toward each other.
ReplyDeleteRobots were built to serve man, but they are very strong and fast and therefore could easily injure a human. Therefore a law had to be imbedded in their program to insure that they never injure humans. So a robot could never be guilty of a crime like murder... or could they?