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From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Robots of Dawn
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 09:55:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 09:55:30 1984
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Reply-To: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel)
Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA
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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.