Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 4: Prodigy by Arthur Byron Cover (EPUB)

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⭐Word to whoever might read this review while contemplating if they should read this book. The answer is a resounding yes.If you’re like me, meaning you read a couple of those one or two-star reviews while, once again, contemplating if you should read Prodigy, don’t let any of that deter you from checking it out.Again, I say, grab a copy, read it, and come to your own decision about its worth. Apply the same principle to the first three of the series.I’ve read the first three and just like with this current book, there were the naysayers. Everyone who didn’t like it because it wasn’t written by Asimov to you name it, found some reason to have something disparaging to say. It’s fan-fiction based on his robot series canon, by the way, just in case you don’t know.Again, I’d ignore every review that give this book a low rating.That said, always keep in mind many “reviews” good ones, and/or those one or two-star ratings are merely people’s opinions. Again, many of them are opinions, not reviews. There is a world of difference between the two.You should also bear in mind because someone has read something and does not appreciate it, relatively speaking, that does not mean the book is worth whatever their opinion about it is. This is all subjective, after all, so their opinion is not set in stone, so to speak.Prodigy, Book Four of the Robot City series, is not the equivalent of say, a fast-action blockbuster type screenplay. One in which the objectives are clearly spelled out and the action follows on so straight a trajectory that it takes near zero mental effort to “get it.”What the author has put together here involves some contemplation to appreciate. In fact I’d say it is an intellectual mind f#*k.It examines the big questions in philosophy, like what is intelligence and it and man’s place in the universe. Consider the following excerpt: “Eons from now, some metallic philosopher may look back on the rubble of our current civilization and say, ‘The purpose of humans was to invent robots, and it has been the artifacts created by robots that are the highest order of the universe’s efforts to know itself.’”If you’re the kind of person intrigued by matters such as, it seems likely the eventual evolution of humanity is to merge with AI and ultimately abort our carbon-based body. Or, if questions like, what is morality? If there if is such a thing. What constitutes right from wrong? Is there any such thing outside of a framework that ascribes certain values to it? Is that a human construct or is it something absolute, like a natural law, like gravity? If you’re someone who thinks along such lines then you should find this work of science fiction well worth the read.If you’re looking for a shoot ’em up version of a western in outer space, or I don’t know, robots taking over a spacer world and humans fly in to the rescue, if that is where your head is, or if that is the be-all and end-all of what constitutes a good book for you, or perhaps a love story in space or something along those lines, then well . . .And, despite whatever you may have heard, this book can stand on its own. You don’t have to read the first three books in the series and provided you didn’t, you won’t be able to follow what’s going on. The author gives background information about the characters and their motives several times at various points throughout the novel.Now, if you’re into reading fiction about AI and the classic question about the probability of it becoming sentient, then this is one of the book’s central themes, among a couple of others I’ve already mentioned, plus subplots, none of which aren’t interesting.The author, Arthur Byron, explores the probability of AI becoming self-aware, and about halfway through the novel, we have a murder mystery angle thrown into the mix, if you can ascribe such a fate and action to robots.If that’s not enough, again, as I mentioned earlier, it’s not all that’s going on here, but I’ll say no more because I feel like I’ve already provided too many spoilers.How can anyone say this book is a prime example of the series getting worse or whatever other negative things they had to say about it is beyond me. Not literally, of course. After all, people of all levels of education, exposure to reading, appreciating, understanding, and interpreting literature read books. With such a wide gamut of mental faculties, you’re bound to get all kinds of opinions.Furthermore, if you’re a creative type, a musician, an artist, author, or what have you, you can count on having some segment of the population who produces work it does not appeal to.Many times that might not be a reflection about the work so much as it is a reflection about the critics’ ideas about what constitutes a good piece of work, whatever that might be.Remember again, all of this is subjective. A case in point is if you search hard enough you can probably find people who believe the earth is flat.While this book is not beyond criticism, which book is? Prodigy, the novel, is fine, the best one of the series up to this point, but don’t take my word for it. Check it out and come to your own decision.

⭐Book arrived in good shape. I will read it and pass it on.

⭐The series is worth the money. It is not out-of-print – pitty because wished they continued the collaboration of writers. A new author: S.G. Rainbolt (author of Dear Sun, I Am Real) flirts with the other aspect of the Laws of Robots, this time it is inside the actual digital mind (the webbing between the human mind and the computer world). That too is worth the read.

⭐Another book received in good shape. It was what I wanted.

⭐I love these books, I started reading these when they first came out many, many years ago. Read the entire Robot City series but never got the chance to finish the Robots and Aliens series. Awesome story with lots of twists and turns. Loved that they used many different authors and gave them a chance to show what kind of writers they are.

⭐I love Asimov and this series of books. The first three are great but this one is a disappointment. The author spends a lot of time fictionally trying to understand and change a robot’s brain. It is more a psychology novel than science fiction. I hope the last two books (by different authors) are better.

⭐truly amazing

⭐It is a treat to read books (written by other authors) dealing with Isaac Asimov’s robots. Each author has to take up the plot where the last author left off. So far I have read the first five. I really enjoyed books One, Two, and now Four. Book Three was somehow less interesting than the first two and book Five was tedious. Book Four deals a lot with robot psychology and really shows up the rather charming personalities that robots can develop. I enjoyed the author Arthur Byron Cover’s style of writing and also his development of the plot.

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