A Nail - Biting Short Story
Let's Get Together is a science - fiction
short story by Isaac Asimov. It is about a world in which both humans and robots live. The robots are divided in two parts, we & them. There is a cold war going on between the two sides. Them has recently made 10 humanoid robots who will burst if they get together. It is all up to the chief of bureau of robotics(in the 'we' side), Eliyas Lynn, to stop them from getting-together. Of course Breckenridge, who is a secret agent who has come from Moscow (occupied by 'them') to america (occupied by 'we') will be a lot of help to Eliyas Lynn, Or will he?
Will they both be able to stop the humanoid robots from getting together or not? Even if they will, how will they get to know when, and where they are getting together as, it is very hard to distinguish between humanoids and humans. Little do they know that they are in for an unexpected end to the story.
The really complicating part in this story is that residents of moscow call themselves 'we' and residents of america also call themselves 'we', the residents of moscow call americans 'them' while americans call the residents of moscow 'them'. So it all depends on the perspective from which you are reading the story. Isaac Asimov is telling the story from America's perspective.
In this story you have to really pay close attention to the dialogues as, all the clues are hidden in the way the characters speak. If you like science-fiction stories, adventure stories or thriller stories, I would recommend that you read this story.
I would give this story 5/5 dynamites
short story by Isaac Asimov. It is about a world in which both humans and robots live. The robots are divided in two parts, we & them. There is a cold war going on between the two sides. Them has recently made 10 humanoid robots who will burst if they get together. It is all up to the chief of bureau of robotics(in the 'we' side), Eliyas Lynn, to stop them from getting-together. Of course Breckenridge, who is a secret agent who has come from Moscow (occupied by 'them') to america (occupied by 'we') will be a lot of help to Eliyas Lynn, Or will he?
Will they both be able to stop the humanoid robots from getting together or not? Even if they will, how will they get to know when, and where they are getting together as, it is very hard to distinguish between humanoids and humans. Little do they know that they are in for an unexpected end to the story.
The really complicating part in this story is that residents of moscow call themselves 'we' and residents of america also call themselves 'we', the residents of moscow call americans 'them' while americans call the residents of moscow 'them'. So it all depends on the perspective from which you are reading the story. Isaac Asimov is telling the story from America's perspective.
In this story you have to really pay close attention to the dialogues as, all the clues are hidden in the way the characters speak. If you like science-fiction stories, adventure stories or thriller stories, I would recommend that you read this story.
I would give this story 5/5 dynamites
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