Bovedas De Acero [Paperback]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Lectorum Pubns Inc (J) (June 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8427005385
• ISBN-13: 978-8427005389
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,810,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Novela policial y de ciencia ficción - entre las mejores, May 29, 2000

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Avi Chami - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bovedas De Acero (Paperback)

Este libro es el primero en que aparecen Elijah Bailey y el Robot Daneel Olivav. Estos dos personajes son centrales en la obra de Asimov, y han influido no poco en el ámbito de la ciencia ficción.

Un crimen se ha cometido en la Tierra, y sus consecuencias políticas son incalculables. En el transfondo de la historia están la Tierra, superpoblada y alienada, y los Mundos Espaciales, orgullosos, ricos y en los cuales la ciencia médica permite a los seres humanos vivir cientos de años.

A lo largo del libro, Elijah, un detective terrestre, venciendo sus propias dudas y su temor a los Espaciales (el Robot Daneel fue manufacturado en los mundos espaciales), se enfrenta con el misterio del asesinato... Asimov, con suma maestría, nos lleva junto con Elijah por pistas que una y otra vez resultan ser falsas hasta que... bueno, para saber que es lo que pasa los invito a leer el libro.

Un libro excelente, que se deja leer más de una vez.

5.0 out of 5 stars Daneel Olivaw's First Steps., October 19, 2005

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Maximiliano F Yofre "Maxi" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bovedas De Acero (Paperback)

The late Isaac Asimov is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi writers. He is of the old "hard sci-fi" school that populated the `50s.

I've read this novel when I was a teenager in the mythical Argentinean sci-fi magazine "Más Allá". It was published serialized in #11, 13 & 14, I waited eagerly the first week of every month to buy it. I've treasured my collection for more than 40 years. Time and again I reread the most outstanding novels and short stories kept there as in a time shell.

This story is the first step of a long friendship between the earthling New York detective Elijah Baley and the robot detective R. Daneel Olivaw.
Situated in a far future Earth, Humankind has divided in Spacers who dwell scattered in fifty worlds and Earthlings that remain in the Mother World, inhabiting overcrowded underground cities. Both groups distrust and despise the other.
An important Spacer is murdered and the interworld situation is critical. Elijah is put in charge of the investigation, but the Spacers force him to take R. Daneel as his partner.
Earthlings had deep rooted prejudices against robots and Baley is not an exception. On this background Asimov construct a many layered novel. At one level is a detective's story at another one a study on alien cultures interacting. In another level is a classical two police partners trying to solve a crime and getting around their differences (as in "48 hours" or "Mortal Weapon").
In a classical Asimovan way, each chapter introduces new elements and characters to the action until at last everything squares to a satisfactory ending.

Both partners will continue their adventures and mystery solving in "The Naked Sun" and "Robots of Dawn". R. Daneel will resurface at the closing volumes of the "Foundation" saga.

Enjoy one of Asimov's earlier major works!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.