Trivia / The Robots of Dawn

• Sequel Gap: Twenty-six years after The Naked Sun, although there was a short story which came out "merely" eleven years earlier.
• Technology Marches On: Even with the Spacer dislike for being disturbed, it is hard to imagine today that Doctor Fastolfe would have given Baley two robots and a car for his own use, yet left the detective without a way to contact him in case of some problem the robots couldn't help with (a situation which occurred more than once in the time he was away). Especially considering that at the beginning of the novel, Baley is chastised for leaving his police pager at home. Today, he would have had a phone with him to contact Fastolfe the moment it became clear the car was sabotaged.