The story is set 3,000 years into the future. Earth humans live in totally enclosed underground cities (caves of steel), while their robot servants work in mines and farms in the open country. Space Humans (Spacers) live in outer space and on many other extra-solar planets. They live for 350 years and are disease-free. Sarton, a Spacer, is killed in a Spacer colony just outside New York City. An Earth human detective, Baley, from New York, is assigned to investigate this murder case. To Baley's dislike, the Spacers insist that he partner up with, R. Daneel Olivaw, an android, to assist him with the case. Baley and Olivaw eventually solve the case and become friends in the process.
The Caves of Steel is, quite simply, a little mystery. I like to think I'm pretty adept at pegging the endings of detective novels I read about half the time, but Asimov stayed several jumps ahead of me throughout this story.
My rating: ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5 stars)
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