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Summary: Required Reading
Review: After seeing the movie "Bicentennial Man", I ran straight to the library to pick up "The Positronic Man." (I was surprised to find the book 'out of print', especially with the recent release of the movie.) This is the first Sci-Fi book I have ever read, and first review I have offered. I have not been in high school in some time, but this book should be required reading! I'm sure it would bring some hefty discussions on the issues of humanity, morality and mortality. A very thought-provoking, fascinating book and a joy to read.
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Summary: An inspiring story, a change from your average sci-fi
Review: Asimov and Silverberg have written a masterpiece. Andrew's perseverence is something that we should all admire. Definitely read it if you are an "I Robot" fan. But when reading it be prepared for a very deep, and somewhat sad ending.
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Summary: An inspiring novel that truly makes you think
Review: Beyond the fantastic tale Asimov and Silverberg wove, there are deep underlying philosophical issues addressed in this book, but not in a boring way. The story just causes you to think after you set it down. A great read!
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Summary: What is a man?
Review: I enjoyed this book immensly. I couldn't put it down. Here is a robot longing to be human (Star Trek fans....remind you of anyone?) and striving in many ways to find out what that is. In the end, an intriguing idea of what makes us human. Easy reading and thoughtful.
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Summary: The original is better
Review: I found this book to have a fascinating concept that fell short of expectation. Except for Little Miss and Sir, Andrew's family never developed well as we sped through generations. I thought it remarkable how NDR become increasingly more manipulative as he became more "human." Interesting worldview. I wonder why the authors' hadn't explored a marriage for Andrew to see just how he handled the real world...
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Summary: A great book that teaches many things about human feelings
Review: I read this book some years ago. As long as I remember, is the only science fiction book that I have read. I love it, the story is so deep that I soon forgot I was reading I SF book. It is so tender, and you can think about Andrew Martin as a real human being. I strongly recomend this book to anyone who wants to read a marvellous story.
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Summary: My favorite by Asimov
Review: I'm a huge fan of Isaac Asimov and I've read his classic Foundation trilogy countless times, but this was my favorite. This book has things to say not just about hard SF but about the human condition as well.
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Summary: Some Good Reading (yummm!)
Review: Read The Positronic Man. It is a story that pulls you into it and makes you truly care about a robot named Andrew. This book really works your imagination. After you read the book, go see the movie "Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams and the little girl from the Pepsi commercials. It is one of the best literature to screen adaptations I have ever seen.
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Summary: Some Good Reading (yummm!)
Review: Read The Positronic Man. It is a story that pulls you into it and makes you truly care about a robot named Andrew. This book really works your imagination. After you read the book, go see the movie "Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams and the little girl from the Pepsi commercials. It is one of the best literature to screen adaptations I have ever seen.
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Summary: A tale of ambition and societal backlash
Review: The story of a mechanical creature who wishes to become human is an old one, appearing in many forms over the centuries. In this superb story, a robot, named Andrew by the children who adore it, begins to exhibit human characteristics, due to the unpredictability of its' positronic memory circuits. Slowly, through a series of step-wise modifications, Andrew is altered so that his functions become more human. Throughout the tale, Andrew exhibits many of the characteristics of being human, although his human society is currently exhibiting a backlash against robots doing anything to appear as anything other than robots.
This is also a tale about human politics, emotions and insecurities. Some of the prejudices exhibited against robots are strikingly similar to those humans have against other humans not of the appropriate type. Asimov and Heinlein are masters at describing the consequences of technology and in this book, they are at their best. I have always considered Asimov's robot stories to be the best of all his science fiction works. They deal with limits placed on technology, through the hard-wired laws of robotics to the social restrictions placed on robots so that they do not appear too human. And yet, he also presses the envelope, in that he has humans becoming intimate with robots, even to the point of suggested sexual contact.
I consider this to be one of the two best science fiction books that Isaac Asimov wrote, with the other being Nightfall. It is an old tale, but told with emotional entanglements, such as having Andrew being treated not as a monster but as a member of a human family as he pursues his quest to be declared legally human.
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