Editing Robot series (section)

=== Overview of the Robot Novels ===
The first book is ''[[I, Robot]]'' (1950), a collection of nine previously published short stories woven together as a 21st-century interview with ''[[robopsychologist]]'' Dr. [[Susan Calvin]]. The next four robot novels ''[[The Caves of Steel]]'' (1953), ''[[The Naked Sun]]'' (1955), ''[[The Robots of Dawn]]'' (1983), and ''[[Robots and Empire]]'' (1985) make up the [[Elijah Baley]] (sometimes "Lije Baley") series, and are mysteries starring the Terran Elijah Baley and his humaniform robot partner, [[R. Daneel Olivaw]]. They are set thousands of years after the short stories and focus on the conflicts between Spacers — descendants of human settlers from other planets — and the people from an overcrowded Earth. "[[Mirror Image (short story)|Mirror Image]]", one of the short stories from ''The Complete Robot'' anthology, is also set in this time period (between ''[[The Naked Sun]]'' and ''[[The Robots of Dawn]]'') and features both Baley and Olivaw. Another short story (found in ''[[The Early Asimov]]'' anthology), "[[Mother Earth (novelette)|Mother Earth]]", is set about a thousand years before the robot novels, when the Spacer worlds chose to become separated from Earth.

''The Caves of Steel'' and ''The Naked Sun'' are both considered classics of the genre, but the later novels were also well received, with ''The Robots of Dawn'' nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1984<ref name="WWE-1984">{{cite web |title=1984 Award Winners & Nominees |url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1984 |access-date= |work=Worlds Without End}}</ref> and ''Robots and Empire'' shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1986.<ref name="WWE-1986">{{cite web |title=1986 Award Winners & Nominees |url=http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1986 |access-date= |work=Worlds Without End}}</ref>