I, Robot

by Isaac Asimov | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
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Registered by PyryJere of Kittilä, Lappi / Lappland Finland on 4/26/2022
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Journal Entry 1 by PyryJere from Kittilä, Lappi / Lappland Finland on Tuesday, April 26, 2022
A science fiction classic.
"To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal. Electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed. But you haven't worked with them, so you don't know them. They're a cleaner, better breed than we are." (Dr. Susan Calvin, 2057 A.D.)

Journal Entry 2 by PyryJere at a fellow bookcrosser, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (4/27/2022 UTC) at a fellow bookcrosser, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 3 by wingPaulanniwing at Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Wednesday, May 4, 2022
The book I picked by its first sentence from a Finnish forum VBB arrived today, thank you. I seldom read SF, so I guess it is high time I get acquainted with one of the classics.

Journal Entry 4 by wingPaulanniwing at Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Friday, March 22, 2024
This was an interesting read. It was a bit too technical (robots' structures) and a bit too scientific (Isaac Asimov was a professor of biochemistry, after all) for my taste, and maybe that is why it took me a long time to finish. The book consists of nine independent stories that are loosely linked with each other.

The timing of things boggled my mind. Just to think that Isaac Asimov wrote (or at least published) all the stories in 1940's. He created a frame narrative that is set in 2057: Dr. Susan Calvin is 75 years and retires from her work as a robopsychologist at the company called U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men. She tells nine stories about her experiences at work. The first story features Robbie (robot) who works as a nursemaid of an 8-year-old girl in 1998. - I am sure some of the things Asimov writes about were just fantasy 1940's while today robots and artificial intelligence are talked about in daily news.

Journal Entry 5 by wingPaulanniwing at Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Friday, March 22, 2024

Released 5 days ago (3/22/2024 UTC) at Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland

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Picked from the Alphabet VBB round 26. Enjoy!

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