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Recently, during a trip to Half Price Books, I found what I had been searching for. The search had lasted about 9 months, but it may have been longer. There it was! Staring at me, as if to say "Why haven't you picked me up yet? That kid over there is going to!" Not one to ignore a taunt from an inanimate book, I picked up I, Robot.

Why is I, Robot significant? Well, it's not... really, now that you ask. I had just been looking for this book, but the twist was that I wanted the original cover or at least one without the movie poster cover. Normally, when buying a book that has been made into a movie, I try to buy the book in its original form. In some dark recess of my mind, I imagine that my brain thinks the director somehow changed a classic piece of literature, or in this case a cornerstone of science fiction. Or it may be that I do not want to seem like I am only reading something because of a movie especially if that is the case.

Needless to say, when the movie came out, they flooded the market with more copies of the movie cover version than there are people on Earth. I had not been able to find one. No, I did not check online where I could have found it in seconds.

Now that I own said book, I know you are wondering 3 things. What did I think of the book? How does the movie compare? Why does my trivia section say that I am reading Eye of the World.

First, I enjoyed the book, but that will be another post. Asimov did a great job of handling morality, behavior and many other conditions of humanity by using something very un-human. I highly recommend I, Robot if you need something to read. It will not take long, I promise. The 3 other Robot books, in the entire Foundations series might take a bit longer if you really get interested.

Second, I am not sure why they called the movie I, Robot. None of the charaters in the book were in the movie, at least not more than simply a name. Or minor roles at the beginning. There were robots in both. There were humans in both and they share the same title. Go figure!

Third, I had anticipated reading Eye of the World first. I promised Jim Erwin that I would read it, but alas, when I looked at my stack, I, Robot jumped out at me. Now that I have done it, I am glad that I did. It was a good, short read. Jim, I am going to read Eye of the World next. I will start it tonight.

My trivia section is once again correct. I am reading the correct book now. My search for I, Robot is over. Now, I will start Book 1 of an 11 book series, where each book approaches 1,000 pages. I cannot promise I will finish this series, but for Jim's sake, I will start it!