<\/p>\n

I’m about to commit what some might call tantamount to geek treason. I’m about to trash an Isaac Asimov book. <\/p>\n

First, though, I’m going to make a somewhat shocking confession: Prior to now, I have never actually read an Isaac Asimov novel. <\/p>\n

Okay, I’ll wait while you all digest that. <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Yes, I did just admit that I was an Asimov virgin until now. Well, not completely. You can’t be a geek, especially a TNG geek, without knowing Asimov. After all, our favorite android possessed a “Soong-type positronic brain.” Positronic brains came straight from the brain of one Mr. Isaac Asimov, father of the three laws of robotics: <\/p>\n

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1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.<\/li>\n
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.<\/li>\n
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   This is all moot, however, since none of this relates to the Asimov book I did read, The Stars, Like Dust.<\/a><\/em> Apparently, this is a recent re-release. It was positioned on the New Arrivals shelf at the library, all sparkly new and, strangely enough, without a protective plastic cover. I quickly snatched it up, taking its presence as a sign that it was time I delved into something Asimovian. <\/p>\n

   I should have gone to find I, Robot<\/em> instead. This was not at all what I was expecting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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