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Jul 13, 2016susan_findlay rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book is really a series of short stories rather than a novel. It does, however, offer insight into some of humanity's best and worst qualities as those same qualities arise in the increasingly intelligent robots. It also explores humanity's reactions (positive and negative) to the robots. The first story is heartwarming and does a good job of making the robots feel "real" while some of them are actually quite scary (in terms of the implications; it's certainly not a horror story). The only negative thing I can say about the book is that it can be a bit jarring to read about things happening in years that have already passed - when we aren't anywhere close to having the described technology widely available. I suppose that's an artifact of the book having been written in the 1950s. An excellent quick read.