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.
Statements (48)
| 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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