The/The Naked Sun Caves of Steel (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—artificial intelligence
- Time of Work: About 5000
- Setting: New York City and the planet Solaria
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, New York City, Future, Other worlds, Detectives, Robots or robotics, Artificial intelligence
- Locales: New York, NY, Fictional planets
The Plot
Isaac Asimov wrote The Caves of Steel, under the persuasion of Horace Gold of Galaxy magazine, as a follow- up to his popular robot short stories. Following its success, Asimov wrote a sequel, The Naked Sun, for rival magazine publisher John Campbell, Jr., and for Doubleday Books.
The novels envision a future humanity split into two antagonistic groups. Those remaining on Earth have developed a fear of open spaces. They live in covered megacities, the “caves of steel” of the title, resigned to extreme overcrowding and rationing of...
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