The Caves of Steel

Description

Author: Isaac Asimov
Genre: Science Fiction / Mystery / Robotics
Series: Robot Series (Book 1)
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Paperback: 272 pages
Year: 2018
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780008277765

The Caves of Steel is the groundbreaking first novel in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, brilliantly blending classic detective fiction with futuristic science fiction. Set in a world where humans live in vast enclosed cities—“caves of steel”—the story follows Elijah Baley, an Earth detective assigned to solve the murder of a Spacer scientist.

Forced to work alongside R. Daneel Olivaw, a humanoid robot, Baley must confront his own prejudices against robots while unraveling a case that could alter the relationship between Earth and the outer worlds. At the same time, Asimov explores themes of technology, overpopulation, fear of change, and coexistence between humans and artificial intelligence.