With this first survey of the duo Elijah Bailey / Daneel Olivaw, Asimov book again a great science fiction novel. If the investigation and how to circumvent the three laws of robotics is at the heart of the novel, the key is elsewhere and lies in the presentation of a fictional future for Humanity and in thinking about its future, racism , fear of the unknown and the need to project forward to survive, rather than turn inwards and past. A great SF novel, but also a great all short novel.