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Entry Eight: 03/22/2012 I think I did a good job putting my research paper together and filling it out with the information. Next time I could do a better job proofreading my paper. Entry Seven: 03/9/2012 I wrote my research paper on Isaac Asimov. I found that writing a paper is a lot easier than I originally anticipated. The introduction and conclusion were probably the most difficult part for me. Entry Six: 03/03/2012

Asimov Research Blog
I've been researching Isaac Asimov. He became interested in science fiction while reading magazines in his parents candy store. I've learned that there's a lot of different research methods. One of the sources I've used on this project is [|this website.]

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Entry Five: 02/15/2012

=The Mystery is Solved=

**__Characters__**
1.Lije Baley - The main character and protaganist of the book. He's a New York City policeman about 3,000 years in the future. He has a wife named Jessie and a son named Bentley. Lije, like most earthmen, don't like robots or spacers and want to live without them. R. Daneel is Lije's partner during the book. 2.Robot Daneel Olivaw - R. Daneel is another protaganist and Lije's partner. R. Daneel is a highly advaned robot modeled after a spacer named Dr. Sarton. He is incapable of hurting humans and bound by the laws of robotics. His appearance is almost completely human. 3.Commisioner Julius Enderby - Enderby is the police commisioner of New York City, and Lije's boss. He is the one who assigns Lije to the murder case with R. Daneel. Enderby is strange compared to most earthmen, because he doesn't mind spacers or robots. Enderby is an antaganist in the book. 4.Jessie Baley - Lije's wife and another antaganist. Jessie is a normal housewife who spends most of her time at home or with her friends. She is part of a harmless underground organization, and mainly participates in it for the social aspect. =__Summary__= The Caves of Steel revolves around the murder of Dr. Sarton, a renowned robot expert living in Spacetown. Lije Baley is assigned to the case and is given a robot named Daneel Olivaw to hep him. Daneel was created by Dr. Sarton before his murder and looks exactly like him. Over the course of a few days Lije and R. Daneel attempt to solve the murder, but they can't seem to make much headway. Eventually they travel to Spacetown to investigate the crime scene, and interview witnesses. The 2 partners soon find out something much bigger than a murder is going on. =__**Rating**__= I would rate this book a __**3/**__5. It was a very entertaining book to read, but it was almost too short. The book is a very fast read, but I would reccomend this other to any Sci-Fi fans. A list of Asimo's many books can be found [|here.] =__**Wiki Reflections**__= Using a Wiki to discuss our books is a great idea, but using this Wiki was sometimes hard and frusturating. Spacing and putting everything in the correct format was hard to do using the Wiki's tools.

Entry Four: 02/04/2012 Caves of Steel Movie I have learned that 20th Century Fox is thinking of making a film adaptation of my novel, __Caves of Steel__. There is no set release date yet, but you can learn more by visiting [|this link.] Currently in my book, Lije is introducing R. Daneel to his family. Lije's wife, Jesse, is deathly afraid of Daneel due to how human like he is. Lije's family, like most other earthlings, despise all robots. The robots are slowly replacing earth jobs. This storyline, even though it takes place 3,000 years in the future, is very much like todays social issues involving immigration and racism. So far I'm enjoying this book, and would reccomend it anyone who likes Science Fiction or Mystery. Seeing as this is a murder mystery, I don't want to give away too much of the plot. Caves of Steel is just the first in a long series of books involving these two characters, I look forward to reading the sequels. The book's greatest strength is that it moves at a good pace and holds your interest.

Entry three: 01/25/12 Asimov's Laws of Robotics "Don't ever threaten a human being wih a blaster again." " I would not have fired under any circumstances, Elijah, as you know very well. I am incapable of hurting a human." - Lije Baley arguing with his partner, Robot Daneel Olivaw. This quote mentions one of Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics. These laws are used throughout his novels and have inspired a complete genre of Science Fiction built around these laws when robots are used in the writing. So far this has been the only mention of the laws in __The Caves of Steel__, but I'm sure they'll appear later in the book. The quote appeared in the book after Daneel stopped a riot by threatening humans with his blaster. Lije thought this was way out of line, but Daneel reminded him of the laws. [|You can learn more about the Laws of Robotics here.]

[|To learn more click this link.] Entry two:01/20/2012 Earthlings, Spacers, and Robots I'm reading __The Caves of Steel__ by Isaac Asimov. The book is set 3,000 years in the future in New York City. A race of alien/human hybrids known as Spacers lives above the city, while Humans live in massive buildings. Lije Baley is the main character, he's a detective who hates robots. Lije prefers to live like people from thousands of years ago, he's referred to as a "medievilist". When a Spacer is murdered by a human and riots threaten to start, Lije is partnered with a remarkably human like robot to solve the murder. This is a great book so far, and I look forward to reading more from the author.

Entry one:01/13/2012 The name of the author I will be studying is Isaac Asimov. The name of the book I will be reading is __The Caves of Steel__. I predict that the main character, Lije Baley, wont get along with his robot partner, but they will eventually bond.