I never read any “fake” Asimov stories not actually being written by Asimov himself.
I have however read everything Asimov wrote, I think he was an amazing author, and I love how well thought out his stories are.
Is there any particular reason to read these Roger MacBride Allen stories?
I must admit my interest in reading has diminished, because I find mostly everything I read has become banal and without any new thoughts.
it’s kind of a critique of the three laws of robotics. it’s main point is the effect that those laws would have on the people living alongside robots governed by them. the primary issue it points out with the 3 laws is basically that if people have an abundance or free labor that is strictly bound to do everything for them and protect them from all harm then they basically become slaves to their own servants (the books use that phrasing, probably because the characters narrating don’t see robotic labor as slavery). they’re not the best books I’ve ever read but I think they make a really good point about how ai/robots should be governed and about what the difference between one of those and a person even is (or rather if there is one at all, save for the three laws), and they are decent just not the best.
you should read roger macbride Allen’s caliban series
I never read any “fake” Asimov stories not actually being written by Asimov himself.
I have however read everything Asimov wrote, I think he was an amazing author, and I love how well thought out his stories are.
Is there any particular reason to read these Roger MacBride Allen stories?
I must admit my interest in reading has diminished, because I find mostly everything I read has become banal and without any new thoughts.
it’s kind of a critique of the three laws of robotics. it’s main point is the effect that those laws would have on the people living alongside robots governed by them. the primary issue it points out with the 3 laws is basically that if people have an abundance or free labor that is strictly bound to do everything for them and protect them from all harm then they basically become slaves to their own servants (the books use that phrasing, probably because the characters narrating don’t see robotic labor as slavery). they’re not the best books I’ve ever read but I think they make a really good point about how ai/robots should be governed and about what the difference between one of those and a person even is (or rather if there is one at all, save for the three laws), and they are decent just not the best.