mcdonald@smu.UUCP (11/15/84)
But are you sure that the U.S. Robots stories (I think TBM was one of these)
are in the same future history as Elijah Bailey? They don't seem at all
consistent, largely for the reason you mentioned -- robots are _not_
commonplace in inhabited areas, while they became commonplace in the
USRobots world in the early 21st century.
The Three Laws are held in common, but in Bailey's world they are credited
to an ancient philosopher whose name is a mangling of Asimov, with
the implication that they were formulated long before they had any practical
application. I am not sure, but I believe they were actually arrived at
by the roboticists preceding USRobots.
If anyone knows of any evidence in the Bailey books that they do coexist
with USR, please post references. The mention of ancient Asimov is
in _The_Caves_of_Steel_, during the interview with the Earth roboticist.
(TBM stretched over 200 years, of course, starting in 2076.)
Mcmikey@trsvax.UUCP (11/29/84)
There were robot stories that took place after the death of Susan Calvin that explained the vanishing of robots on Earth, but not on the outer colonies. There are inconsistancies, but the presence or lack of robots is not a major one. Also, in TBM I detected just a trace of anti-robot sentiment that supposedly became widespread by the time of the three Elija Bailey novels and the short story that went with them. mikey at trsvax
gm@trsvax.UUCP (12/01/84)
If you have the paperback version of "The Robots of Dawn", look on the
front cover. Directly below the the robot's spread feet, in the mound
of dirt, is a shadowy face of a man. Anybody happen to know who this
is? Baley? Asmiov?
Also, did anyone read the "About the Author" paragraph at the very
end of the book? Very amusing life story of Asmiov. It starts off:
Issac Asmiov was born in the Soviet Union, much to his
great suprise....
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arpa: cu-arpa.trsvax!gm@Cornell.ARPAherbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong, Computing Services) (12/02/84)
Most of the latest reprints of his novels have the same "About the Author"
blurb. My copies from the empire series have it.
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