The Naked Sun

by ASIMOV, ISAAC

• ISBN13: 9780553293395
• ISBN10: 0553293397
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-11-01
• Publisher: Spectra

Summary

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants. To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations. The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection. Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on. Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!

Author Biography

Isaac Asimov began his Foundation series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned more than 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades. He died, at the age of seventy-two, in April 1992.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
A Question is Asked	1	(17)
A Friend is Encountered	18	(16)
A Victim is Named	34	(16)
A Woman is Viewed	50	(12)
A Crime is Discussed	62	(12)
A Theory is Refuted	74	(17)
A Doctor is Prodded	91	(14)
A Spacer is Defied	105	(15)
A Robot is Stymied	120	(12)
A Culture is Traced	132	(15)
A Farm is Inspected	147	(14)
A Target is Missed	161	(17)
A Roboticist is Confronted	178	(13)
A Motive is Revealed	191	(13)
A Portrait is Colored	204	(17)
A Solution is Offered	221	(14)
A Meeting is Held	235	(16)
A Question is Answered	251