The Robots of Dawn: Difference between revisions

* [[Chekhov's Gun]] - {{spoiler|Giskard came to Lije's rescue during an agoraphobic panic attack on the spaceship approaching Aurora, even though he was outside and Daneel was inside the room at the time.}}

* [[The Determinator]] - Lije. Having to face his most crippling fears may slow him down, but they will not stop him.

* [[Epiphanic Prison]] - {{spoiler|Giskard}}'s opinion is that Earth's people are the ones who'll have to colonize the Galaxy... because they, at least, can see the walls of their prison.

* [[Everybody Smokes]] - Subverted, since Elijah quit after the second book.

* [[Expecting Someone Taller]] - The story of Baley's previous investigation was made into a "hyperwave drama". Consequently, everybody who he meets Baley tells him that he doesn't look like the actor playing him (who was [[Historical Beauty Update|younger and more handsome]]).

* [[Foreign Cuisine]] - Baley has trouble stomaching Auroran coffee. The rest of the time, it's subverted.

* [[Freud Was Right]] - Played with. Vasilia [[Unusual Euphemism|offers herself]] (i.e. proposes sexual intercourse) to [[Incest Is Relative|her father]], Han Fastolfe, though she insists that this was because he was the only man she knew up to that point. He himself believed it was natural for her, since he was close to her and [[The Talk|educated her on the subject]], and for the life of him couldn't figure out why he refused.

* [[Guile Hero]] - Lije, of course. He's a detective, and has very little in the way of resources to work with.

* [[MacGuffin]] - The [[Big Bad]] wants Daneel, the first (and, to some, best) humanoid robot for study purposes.

* {{spoiler|[[Psychic Powers]] - The final plot twist is that Giskard is both the real killer and a psychic robot. He puts a lock on Lije's mind, preventing Lije from ever revealing Giskard's powers, even accidentally.}} This is also what makes this book softer on the [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]] than its predecessors.

* [[Sequel Gap]]: Published 26 years after ''The Naked Sun''.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]] - Amadiro doesn't much care who gets hurt in his quest to populate the Galaxy with Aurora colonies indistinguishable from the original.