Mirage: Isaac Asimov’s Robot Mystery by Mark W. Tiedemann (EPUB)

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Senator Clar Eliton of Earth and Ambassador Galiel Humadros of Aurora hope to alter the strained and explosive relationships between Earth and the Spacer and Settler Worlds. But as the Spacers arrive on Earth to begin the conference that will reconcile decades of mistrust, assassins strike down Eliton and Humadros and their staffs. In the chaotic aftermath, Derec Avery-and Ariel Burgess-join forces, to penetrate an insidious conspiracy that sprawls across Earth, Spacer, and Settler worlds and threatens to bring them all to the brink of war.

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⭐I’m a die hard fan of Asimov’s, and really love his robot novels.This book is interesting, but fails to reach Asimovian heights. The characters are not very compelling, and they all have the same behavior. They lack the caracterization given by Asimov to spacers and terrans. Also, the mystery investigation is too long, and it loses interest from time to time.The ending is ambiguous, it let me wondering some things, which will hopefully be cleared in the next 2 mysteries.It is however, a good read, and has good moments. Most of it’s flaws como from a comparison to Asimov’s work. It is a good piece of sci-fi in it’s own right.

⭐I read the last book first by accident. Now finished the first, Just started the second. So I now know how it ended. How it started and can get at those pesky details in the middle.

⭐Mirage is a very good start at the latest trilogy within Issac Asimov’s universe of spacers, settlers and robots. The story revolves around a terrorist strike at the start of a historic conference between the people of Earth and the Spacers which results in the deaths of several diplomats.The story flows along nicely and it is obvious that this book is being used to set up the grander story to be revealed through the next two stories. The mystery surrounding the attack on the diplomats is used to explore the interaction of the different cultures as the powers in the galaxy began to equalize more. I felt as though there was a building to something significant and perhaps Mark was approaching the first test of Spacer/ Earth relations after the settlers began moving out from Earth. I greatly appreciated the development of the Earth culture which makes it seem considerly less monolithic than in the Asimov books. Especially in regards to the use of robots on Earth illicit and otherwise.There seemed to me to be a few inconsistancies. Most glaringly, the casual way in which the Solarian Ambassador tolerates the physical presence of other humans. Of course, as I’ve just stated I do like the way Mark does not present the Earth culture as a monolith with everyone behaving the same. Perhaps he is doing the same with the Solarians or perhaps the Ambassador is not from Solaria but only hired by them to carry out business on Earth or something else entirely.However, almost as glaringly, I had always had the impression from the Robot City novels (which featured Ariel and Derec and which were mildly refered to in Mirage) that those books came after Robots and Empire by Asimov. Clearly, Mirage and the next two books must fall before Robots and Empire as the Solarian’s are still a very active presence in the galaxy during Mark’s timeline. I not sure how this will affect the overall timeline of the Robot City books or if it even really matters. It was just an observation.All and all it was an enjoyable read that follows already established facts pretty well. I think anyone who enjoyed the Caliban trilogy by Allen (which I very much did) will enjoy this book. I look forward to reading the other two.

⭐When a prolific and profitable author like Isaac Asimov dies, his publishers do not believe that his death ought to mark the end of the publishing gravy train. After Asimov’s death, his Foundation and Robot universes were novelized again by several writers, most notably David Brin, Gregory Benford, Roger MacBride Allen, and now most recently with Mark Tiedemann with MIRAGE. It is not overly difficult to duplicate the style of Asimov; it is his substance that remains elusive. Tiedemann writes of the robotic future of earth that had not yet morphed into a galactic empire. This empire is staunchly anti-robotic, with much opposition coming from decadent Spacer worlds that require robots to maintain their own self-loathing existences. On earth, a number of humans and Spacers are assassinated by unknown assailants, throwing into jeopardy a major treaty between earth and the Spacer worlds. The problem with Tiedemann is that his characters speak with the Asimovian twang but lack its inner emotional resonance. Tiedemann seems unclear as to who his protagonist should be. Instead he divides center stage between Special Agent Mia Daventri and roboticist Derec Avery, neither of whom is sufficiently interesting to involve the reader. Nowhere in MIRAGE does Tiedemann cause the reader to care about an increasingly volatile symbiotic relationship between man and robot. Roger MacBride Allen was far more successfull in his trilogy of Asimov inspired robot novels. If the reader wants to get further involved in a post Asimovian universe of conflict between man and robot, then this reader has little choice but to hope that writers like Tiedemann learn their craft well enough to make him care about how humans interact with both altered humans and robots. The real test of any novel lies in its ability to cause the reader to think of it long after he closes the flyleaf. Sadly, MIRAGE failed to deliver.

⭐The Asimov universe has been respectfully added to since his untimely death – first there were the Robot City novels, then came the new Robot novels by Allen and then the Second Foundation Trilogy. And now this, a new Robot novel. In truth, while there have been some dissappointments, most of the new novels set in Asimov’s universe have been fairly good. As is this offering.In Mirage, the author does a very good job capturing the sense of mystery Asimov used in his own novels. He also shows a good grasp of Asimov’s ideas and universe.What is surprising to me is the fact that no history is mentioned about the main characters who spent 6 novels together in the Robot City chronicles. Nor is any indication given as to when this story fits into the Asimov timeline – while the reader can certainly guess, the author could have thrown the reader some sort of lifeline from the original Asimov books to let us know what else was going on.At any rate, its an interesting read. Very nice to see that the spirit of Asimov is well remembered and appreciated.

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