{"id":23236,"date":"2024-05-21T19:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T23:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=23236"},"modified":"2024-05-21T19:50:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T23:50:33","slug":"i-robot-to-obey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/i-robot-to-obey\/","title":{"rendered":"I, Robot: To Obey"},"content":{"rendered":"

{4.5\/5} “Lawrence Robertson and his team created something unique, something beyond the understanding of much of society. USR has worked tirelessly for nearly three decades to produce a safe and useful product… Not only do they have a right to have the strongest say in the legacy of their creation, but I believe they knew exactly what might happen if anyone found a way to deactivate the Three Laws.”<\/p>\n

I, Robot: To Obey<\/strong> by Mickey Zucker Reichert, published in 2013<\/p>\n

At the beginning of year 2 of their residency Susan Calvin and her friend Kendall choose the same option so that they’re together to cope with the anniversary of Remington’s death. They choose Dementia. Initially she’s disconcerted by all the people wandering in a vegetative state. But Nate helps her look at the situation in a different way.<\/p>\n

This is the sequel to I, Robot: To Protect<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s about what happens when you have a superior who is less than reasonable, and when you find out shocking information that makes you rethink the past 20 years of your life.<\/p>\n

The 1st book in this trilogy is mostly about medicine, with a hint of robots. This one starts off about medicine, but then takes a turn — with the actions of people against robots, and people who want to use robots as soldiers.<\/p>\n

This is the 2nd novel I’ve read by Reichert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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