“OK, I think Asimov dates pretty badly because of his antiquated approach to male/female relationships. His white bread world view doesn't match real well with the futuristic landscapes he tried to portray.
This isn't even a real great mystery. It takes too long to introduce most of the suspects.
But this book does work in two areas: the interaction between Detective Bailey and Daniel Olivaaw is a lot of fun. And the contrast of Bailey's agoraphobic view with the spacers' fear of contact is truly interesting and still worth thinking about after all these years. So as with the first book in this series, Caves of Steel, this is not perfect but still quite entertaining and worth a look.”
