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The Caves of Steel Summary

The Caves of Steel by Issac Asimov is the story of an unlikely pairing between a New York City police detective, Elijah Baley and Spacer robot, R. Daneel Olivaw. These two must work together to solve the murder of a Spacer, bring the assailant to justice, and hide the investigation from the general public. The Caves of Steel addresses the struggle between people still living on Earth and the Spacers who...

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Isaac Asimov Biographies (3)

Isaac Asimov

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The author of nearly five hundred books, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century.Asimov was born on January 2,... Read more

Isaac Asimov

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By the time of his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov was widely regarded as one of the most productive and versatile writers of all time. Asimov was best-known for his science-fiction novels and popularized... Read more

Isaac Asimov

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While Isaac Asimov officially celebrated his birthday as 2 January 1920, his birth date is uncertain. Records were not well kept in the U.S.S.R. in the period between World War I and World War II, par... Read more

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The Caves of Steel

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The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov is a story set on earth far in the future, in around the year 3300. Most of the story takes place in either New York City, the largest city on Earth, or Spacetown, t... Read more

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