The Naked Sun

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The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mystery novel
novel
science fiction novel
author Isaac Asimov
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Richard Powers
featuresDetectiveDuo Elijah Baley
surface form: Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw
featuresPlanet Solaria
featuresRobots yes
followedBy The Robots of Dawn
follows The Caves of Steel
genre mystery
science fiction
hasCharacter Dr. Delmarre
Gruer
R. Giskard Reventlov
hasInvestigationType murder investigation
hasMotiveInPlot fear of robots
marital conflict
hasPageCountApprox 191
hasTheme crime investigation
human–robot interaction
isolation
sociology of future societies
isSequelTo The Caves of Steel
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Elijah Baley
Gladia Delmarre
R. Daneel Olivaw
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor depiction of a sparsely populated planet
exploration of social distancing and remote interaction
integration of detective fiction and science fiction
originalPublicationMedium book
partOf Asimov universe
surface form: Asimov's Robot universe

Asimov universe
surface form: Asimov's broader Foundation–Robot universe
protagonistAffiliation New York City Police Department
protagonistOccupation detective
publicationYear 1957
publisher Doubleday
robotLawsUsed Three Laws of Robotics
series Elijah Baley novels
Robot series
setting Solaria
Spacer worlds
surface form: Spacer Worlds
timePeriodInFiction far future

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The Caves of Steel followedBy The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn follows The Naked Sun
Robot series hasPart The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn hasPrequel The Naked Sun
Isaac Asimov notableWork The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn precededBy The Naked Sun