Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!carlton From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Robots of Dawn Message-ID: <172@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 09:55:30 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.172 Posted: Wed Dec 12 09:55:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 03:10:34 EST References: <558@rayssd.UUCP> <2471@ihuxf.UUCP> <469@wlcrjs.UUCP> Reply-To: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel) Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 28 Keywords: Asimov Robot Several years ago, Issac Asimov postulated a future society. Earth was very crowded, with people people living underground, in conditions that would give a sardine claustrophobia. Earthers tended to be afraid of robots, because they would take jobs away from humans. The Outer Systems were underpopulated, and the few people living there embraced robots, using them for everything. Asimov set out to write three detective novels in this mythos. The first would be set on Earth, and would show its problems. Thus, _The Caves of Steel_. The second would be set on a world with a severe shortage of people, and too many robots. This world was Solaris; the book, _The Naked Sun_. At this time in his career, Asimov found writing "pop" science books to be much easier, and much more lucrative, so he never wrote the third book in the trilogy. This book would show a "balanced" society, where humans and robots got along in what we would consider a normal fashion. This world was Aurora, and their were hints in the other two books about its culture. Since "Star Wars", SF has attracted Big Bucks, and Del Ray Books offered Asimov Mucho $ to finish his trilogy, and write another "Foundation" Novel. Carl Hommel Wife: What does "RUR" stand for? Husband: Rossem's Universal Robots.