![]() Daneel Olivaw, later his favorite protagonists. Isaac Asimov introduces Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw, introduced in Caves of Steel, turning out to have survived over tens of thousands of years and have played a key role in the eras of both the Empire and the Foundation(s). Decades later, however, Asimov linked them, making the time of Caves of Steel a much earlier part of an extensive future history leading up to the rise of the Galactic Empire, its fall and the rise of two Foundations to replace it – with the Robot R. A Doubleday hardcover followed in 1954.Īt the time of writing, Asimov conceived of The Caves of Steel as completely distinct from his Foundation Trilogy, published a few years earlier. The book was first published as a serial in Galaxy magazine, from October to December 1953. It is a detective story and illustrates an idea Asimov advocated, that science fiction can be applied to any literary genre, rather than just being a limited genre in itself. ![]() ![]() The Caves of Steel is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov. The first instalment of Asimov's The Caves of Steel took the cover of the October 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction, illustrated by Ed Emshwiller. ![]()
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