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Derec has restored the original Robot City, but now three subversive robots of his mother's creation are urging a robot revolution that threatens to destroy his father's city
168 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1990
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Jerry Oltion
220 books24 followersJerry Oltion (pronounced OL-tee-un) has been a gardener, stone mason, carpenter, oilfield worker, forester, land surveyor, rock 'n' roll deejay, printer, proofreader, editor, publisher, computer consultant, movie extra, corporate secretary, magazine columnist, and garbage truck driver. For the last 37 years he has also been a writer, with 15 novels and over 150 stories published so far.
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August 23, 2020
Alliance by Jerry Oltion
Isaac Asimov's Robot City Robots and Aliens #4 Alliance (1990) 168 pages by Jerry Oltion.
The continuation of the Robot City story. The WatchfulEye robot decides to name itself Lucius II after the robot in an earlier story that showed creativity. Lucius along with Adam and Eve are still developing, trying to determine what is human. At one point Lucius is following Avery around because of a need to obey the second law. Later on the silverside robots have again redefined human in their minds so that they obey what they want to obey. This story is about developing the characters of those three robots.
Derec, Ariel, Avery, Wolruf and the robots (including Mandelbrot) leave the original Robot city planet to go to the planet of the Ceremyons. The ship runs into some trouble and I thought there was a clever solution.
Also Derec started having memories of his mother. Which leads me to believe that the next book might expand upon that and they'll probably catch up with her either there or in book six.
This has the same feel as the first nine books and is no better or worse than those. Entertaining enough to keep reading and a lot of discussion of the laws of robotics.
Isaac Asimov's Robot City Robots and Aliens #4 Alliance (1990) 168 pages by Jerry Oltion.
The continuation of the Robot City story. The WatchfulEye robot decides to name itself Lucius II after the robot in an earlier story that showed creativity. Lucius along with Adam and Eve are still developing, trying to determine what is human. At one point Lucius is following Avery around because of a need to obey the second law. Later on the silverside robots have again redefined human in their minds so that they obey what they want to obey. This story is about developing the characters of those three robots.
Derec, Ariel, Avery, Wolruf and the robots (including Mandelbrot) leave the original Robot city planet to go to the planet of the Ceremyons. The ship runs into some trouble and I thought there was a clever solution.
Also Derec started having memories of his mother. Which leads me to believe that the next book might expand upon that and they'll probably catch up with her either there or in book six.
This has the same feel as the first nine books and is no better or worse than those. Entertaining enough to keep reading and a lot of discussion of the laws of robotics.
January 25, 2014
Para ser de ciencia ficción, el libro es demasiado aburrido. No es de Asimov. Es de Jerry Oltion, un osado que utilizó el nombre de Asimov en su portada para lograr más ventas.
October 20, 2023
Too little narrative. Too little about robots. You much strange philosophy…
May 17, 2018
Maravilloso...
April 10, 2020
Excellent the characters just keep getting richer with new and exciting plots.
March 7, 2023
It5 was OK but I have had a little trouble getting into this series
May 28, 2011
Oltion did a bang-up job with this one. So far the best book in the second series. ROBOTS RULE!
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