http://www.stillhq.com The life, times, travel and software of Michael Still (no blather posts) en Copyright (c) Michael Still 2000 - 2006 blosxom simplerss20 v20050208hh 180 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss /book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:39:00 GMT <table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><img src="/book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell/Isaac_Asimovs_Robot_City_Odyssey.cover.jpg"><br/><br/><br/>ISBN: 0441731228<br/>Ace (1987), Paperback<br/><a href="http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0441731228">LibraryThing</a><br/><script type="text/javascript">GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:0441731228');</script></td><td valign=top>This is the first in a series of robot stories endorsed by <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Isaac_Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a>. I enjoyed the first third of the book more than the last two thirds, mainly because I found the second two thirds a little hard to believe. Interestingly they were hard to believe in a similar manner to some of the <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Harry_Harrison/Stainless_Steel_Rat_Series.html">Stainless Steel Rat books</a> (such as <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Harry_Harrison/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat_Saves_The_World.html">The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World</a>, <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Harry_Harrison/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat_Wants_You.html">The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You</a>, and <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Harry_Harrison/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat_Goes_To_Hell.html">The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell</a>). I wont get too specific, because I don't want to spoil the plot. <br/><br/> This book felt kinda juvenile as well -- the plot lacked depth in my opinion. On the other hand, I did enjoy reading it, and it was better than I expected it to be. <br/><br/><i>Tags for this post: book(<a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book"><img src="http://www.stillhq.com/tagicon.cgi?post=/book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell/Isaac_Asimovs_Robot_City_Odyssey&tag=book&format=.png" border="0" alt="S"></a>) Michael_P_Kube_McDowell(<a href="http://www.stillhq.com/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell"><img src="http://www.stillhq.com/tagicon.cgi?post=/book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell/Isaac_Asimovs_Robot_City_Odyssey&tag=Michael_P_Kube_McDowell&format=.png" border="0" alt="S"></a>) </i></td></tr></table> <br/><br/> <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell/Isaac_Asimovs_Robot_City_Odyssey.commentform.html">Comment</a> http://www.stillhq.com/book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell/Isaac_Asimovs_Robot_City_Odyssey.html http://www.stillhq.com/book/Michael_P_Kube_McDowell/Isaac_Asimovs_Robot_City_Odyssey.html