so-soThere were some really interesting world building aspects of this novella that would have been better served in a novel-length work. A lot of page time is spent in backstory for each character, so the plot itself felt a bit thin. It was still an enjoyable read, but maybe my expectations were set too high.
pickWhile “Automatic Noodle” is short in length, it is long in wisdom and a sense of fun.
pickHoly F- Could not have asked for a better reading experience to start off 2026.
I suppose it's not very flattering that I keep being surprised by how much I love these books, but there's something about Asimov's writing that leads me to underestimate him in the first half, just so I can be blown away in the latter and in reflecting upon the whole.
Without a doubt, this robot series is sci-fi, but it is strongly mystery as well. 1/?
Please tell me somebody wrote their thesis on this passage. 🤔
Fascinating to consider how empathy would look in an artificial brain, but incredibly unethical to create a robot that feels the equivalent of pain each moment it somehow fails to help a human who has not properly expressed how they require aid. 🫤
Feelings in this case: An unusual experience for Daneel and Baley. 😏
“If the World of the Dawn had a quiet sunlit Day, who on that world would clamor for storm?“
Admittedly, I'd appreciate a few less thunderclouds in the 2020s...🌩️
Superficial changes. Correct forms of address are part of it, but truly respecting an individual's identity and worth has to go deeper.
pickThis book was so lovely. Four robots and a human open up a noodle shop. Even though it takes place in 2064, it has so much to say about the present. It takes place in San Francisco in a California that is no longer apart of America. I got emotional because there‘s a robot who got so excited when they learned how to make biang biang noodles and I got emotional when some robophobe 1star review bombs the restaurant and the same robot leaves to 👇🏼
