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Sarah and I took a trip to Barnes and Noble the other day to pick me up some reading material, since I've been without anything decent to read for some time.
One of the books I picked up was I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. It's a classic of science fiction that, inexplicably, I hadn't yet read.
I finished it the other day. I was amazed at how well this book stands up despite the fact that a lot of it was written in the 1940's. If you changed a few dates, there's really not much else that would need revising to enable this book to compete with today's most hardcore sci-fi.
The thematic sides of it were the most intriguing, however. It deals with the idea of the robot more than anything else, from lots of different angles. Its an approach that feels like high philosophy and reminds me of Bradbury in a lot of ways (though probably Bradbury should remind me of Asimov; I'm just getting to them backwards is all!)
I heard a while back that a film is going to be made based on I, Robot. I look forward to that.
Posted on January 15, 2004 09:54 PM | Entry Categories: Books
