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This man grew up very close to where I spent my childhood. The main setting of this book could almost be my parent's house (or most other houses around my hometown). That alone made this book well worth it for me.
That said, the quality of the story here is uneven. Cobbled out of a series of stories published separately, this book spans centuries of human (and robot and dog) development. Published in 1952, it is very concerned with violence and human nature and war. The ideas are interesting and exactly what I want science fiction to be concerned with. However, the story-telling can feel cliche and a little bald at times.
That said, the quality of the story here is uneven. Cobbled out of a series of stories published separately, this book spans centuries of human (and robot and dog) development. Published in 1952, it is very concerned with violence and human nature and war. The ideas are interesting and exactly what I want science fiction to be concerned with. However, the story-telling can feel cliche and a little bald at times.