The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Apr 2011 · The Robot Series Book 2 · Sold by Spectra

About this ebook

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations.  The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection.  Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on.  Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities:  Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!

Ratings and reviews

Good read. This time Bailey is sent to another world to solve a murder mystery by people that have grown unaccustomed to physical contact.

Isaac Asimov is a genius! What a visionary, to be able to see and predict of an outer world when humans finally venture out, to this degree of detail, is fascinating. And it's all wrapped in a cloak of realism too. Beautiful!

great read, obey the three laws at all time. I am trying to read the entire robots and empire series in correct order but I'm stuck here since book 4,5 and 6 of the 2 robot trilogies are nowhere to be found except in french. any links?

About the author

Isaac Asimov began his Foundation series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned more than 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades. He died, at the age of seventy-two, in April 1992.