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The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov As always, I find that Asimov manages to introduce sweeping concepts within his spare and rapid style that
would take other, less wise and creative authors 100s of pages to belabor. He envisioned a more grim future
for Earth than I had expected, and it is fascinating to think about this in the larger context of the resource
constraints that would befall an Earth which refuses to embrace it's destiny among the stars.
His interplay between robotic partner and human partner was classic buddy-cop, with a nice dash of overcoming
racial prejudice. For the 1950s when this was written, it seemed a good opportunity to both explore what it
will be like when robots become able to 'take our jobs' along with the opportunities we will have to understand
that they can be our teammates, and not our competition.
This book leaves us on the cusp of humanity making the critical decision to leave their yeast-fueled, over populated
megacities of Earth, which are on the brink of collapse, and stretch out to other worlds where we can hammer out new
civilizations. The breadth and scope of his vision is always exciting, once you can internalize it, and he accomplishes
more in a paragraph than many do in entire books.
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