The Humanoids is set in a universe in which humans have colonized an unknown (and apparently high) number of proximate planets, and have access to interstellar flight. At some point, capable androids (the humanoids) were created to protect and help people. The problem is that they do it too well! The book follows the human resistance to the humanoids. This review contains minor spoilers, but nothing to obviate the book!
I was initially prepared to be disappointed by this book. I immediately noticed that some of the language was dated. I don't tend to like classic science fiction as much as newer stuff, a lot of it seems heavy on the science and light on things that make for good fiction, like character development. This might have been the case here to a limited extent, but I still really enjoyed the book.
