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The third in the "Robots" series, following "The Caves of Steel" and "The Naked Sun", R. Daneel Oliver and Bailey are reunited again to solve a possible "roboticide", or deactivation of a robot. Dr. Han Fastolfe is accused of deactivating one of his robots so competitors wouldn't get the secrets for creating that type of robot. Roboticide is viewed dimly on Aurora, and Bailey is called in to investigate. Very quickly he realizes that more is at stake than a deactivated robot--a leader of an opposing political faction, Kelden Amadiro, is attempting to use the robot issue to get political advantage over Dr. Fastolfe. And Amadiro's faction is hostile to Earth, so there's a lot at stake. After having sex with his old girlfriend Gladia, from The Naked Sun (who in turn was having sex with the deactivated robot), Bailey convinces the authorities that Amadiro was the one who deactivated the robot. The only problem was, it wasn't the authorities who deactivated the robot, it was another robot named Giskard who can read and manipulate minds. Bailey confronts Giskard, who tells him he deactivated the robot to lure Bailey there so he could study humans. Giskard likes what he sees and gives humans two thumbs up. The problem with this book is that Giskard's motives are farfetched--he risked Dr. Fastolfe's political ruin just to bring Bailey there from Earth? What if Bailey had failed to clear Dr. Fastolfe? Surely there must have been an easier way to meet Earthmen; Giskard could have manipulated Fastolfe into visiting Earth again and taking Giskard with him. And the book ends with Giskard in charge, free to manipulate anyone's mind he likes. That's sort of a creepy ending, isn't it? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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