One of Asimov's best! Elijah Bailey, Earth's most renowned gumshoe, and his robot partner R. Daneel Olivaw are summoned to planet Solaria in order to solve the murder of a noted scientist. I cannot think of any author who more deftly blends mystery and science fiction the way Asimov does.

Released on Friday, November 12, 2004 at about 9:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Sent in the mail in Atlanta, Georgia Controlled Releases.

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Sent to begin the bookring. The final order is:

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Just received in the mail today! Will read and pass along~

SmilingSun

Very enjoyable read! Asimov's classic "interstellar gumshoe" novel written in late 1950's has thought-provoking visions of life in futuristic societies.

I loved this sci-fi "whodunnit!" I need to read more Asimov - my 16 yr old told me that Asimov is the only writer who has a book in every single category in the Dewey Decimal System.

Passing it on to AnnaLibrarian. (Maybe she can corroborate that piece of info from my son....lol)

Thx for offering this, Cyberkedi!

SmilingSun

The book arrived today, and I'll probably have it read this evening. I checked on the Dewey Decimal claim, and apparently even some librarians were fooled, briefly. "...despite the fact that it is repeated in numerous lists of "amazing but true facts" that circulate on the Internet, and even shows up in the third edition of The New York Public Library Desk Reference. Asimov himself mentioned this a couple of times, but always by prefacing it with the clause "I have been told by a librarian that...". The reason that the claim is not true is because not one of Asimov's books was classified in the 100s category of Philosophy." (Isaac Asimov FAQ) I'm an academic librarian, working with the Library of Congress Classification system. I haven't used the DDC since grad school, except for my occasional visits to the local public library. Even there, most of my selections are filed alphabetically by author in the fiction section. :)

Nice, fast, fun read. I'll get the next address and have this off in the mail quickly.

I received this book a few days ago and finished it during a flight from Sacramento to Seattle today. It was a quick read but very enjoyable. I'm always interested in Asimov's ideas about the possible fate of humanity. I'll send it on to the next person as soon as I get an address...and I just realized I already have his address because he's next on the list for another bookring I just finished reading! What are the odds of that? :)

Released on Monday, January 03, 2005 at about 10:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at sent to bookcrosser in Mailed, Bookring Controlled Releases.

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I mailed this book to alanfoxboro this morning. Bye bye, book, have a nice trip!

I received this book in the mail today. Thanks to Cyberkedi for the bookring. I will read it and post a review ASAP.

The Naked Sun is a decent mystery story, but I didn't feel it was one of Asimov's best. The Foundation series was far better, and I liked many other books of his better as well. However, this book is a light-hearted, quick read that explores several interesting loopholes in Asimov's famous laws of robotics.

Thanks again to Cyberkedi for the bookring. This book is on it's way back to you.

I sent this out on a bookring last year, and now it has come home!

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