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dustydigger
Posted 2026-04-25 12:37 PM (#35048 - in reply to #33734)
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Location: UK		When Asimov wrote Caves of Steel a murder mystery set far in the future the world population as around 2.5 billion,and he postulated that a world population of 8 billion was almost incredible. Humans live in huge towers and in deep subterranean levels. Many humans had left for colonies on 50 worlds and big rifts of fear and suspicion have divided mankind into 2 different cultures. A small number of spacers liaise with humans and when a spacer is mrdered in a sort of locked room mystery detective Lige Baley is sent to solve the crime with an extremely human like robot Daneel Olivaw in support. Very creaky now but still good fun.It spawned an awful lot of buddy stories of all sorts over the decades,and a lot of TV series
Finished a reluctant read of Andy Weir's Artemis
Hmm. After The Martian made such a big splash people were eagerly awaiting this book,and sadly were quite disappointed. I was put off reading it for years because of that but finally read it now. I liked the descriptive bits about the moon and the single lunar city. My problem lay with the character of the protagonist. I think Weir got the tone all wrong. Maybe a male character speaking and acting this way would have passed muster,but I did NOT find the wild maverick 26 year old Jazz charming or admirable. Instead she was abrasive and somehow not someone I could empathise with which is bad news in a first person narrative.
I also wasnt a great fan of the humour either but thats probably just me,grumpy old woman.
I did like Weir's next book Project Hail Mary a little more but Weir would not be a great favourite writer for me.
Not a problem,though. He hasnt published a novel for 6 years! lol

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