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Not quite as good as Asimov himself, this is a decent approximation. Set in Asimov's universe, and exploring the usual human/robot relationship. ( )

Utopia is the third and final Asimov universe book from Allen. It centers around an attempt to accelerate the terraforming of a planet by drastic measures which drive third law robots wild... The measures are so drastic that they endanger humans, whilst protecting a large number of humans. Unfortunately three law robots have trouble seeing the difference between the two.

I don't think this book is as well written as the earlier two Allen books (Caliban and Inferno) and therefore not as good as the Asimov books set in the universe. It was however reasonably engaging and I'm not offended that I spent time and money on it. An ok book, but nothing special basically.

http://www.stillhq.com/book/Roger_Mac... ( )

See Caliban.

My sixth-month journey through random bits of Isaac Asimov that began with Foundation and Chaos finally comes to an end. Allen turns in another solid installment in the Caliban trilogy, even if it does entirely lack a murder mystery in what is ostensibly a series of them. But that's easy to overlook, as what we're left with is another thorough examination of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws and their implications. Inferno's better, but only by a hair. Unit Dee is the difficulties of the First Law taken to their radical conclusion, and Caliban finally gets to contribute to the plot in the series ostensibly named after him. And the terraforming feats in this novel are spectacularly audacious. It's a shame none of Allen's ideas were ever really followed up on, though given the quality of most Asimov tie-in fiction, that's probably for the best.