Well for the Space Opera section I didn't really read a Space Opera novel, more of a Space Detective novel. BUT THAT'S OK! I'll make it work.
Caves of Steel addresses a lot of issues dealing with personal identity and how we let our preconceptions of other people color the way we interact with them and assume they are going to behave. Elijah's ideas about robots and their uses at first colors his opinion of his new robot partner R. Daniel. However he is also judged by others for living in the many domes that are scattered on the Earth shielding the residents from the sun.
The overall narrative is fun and rather engaging, and I love the idea that Asimov decided to prove that Sci Fi could be applied to any other genre and it would still work. While it may not have the same amount of adventure and conflict as space operas personally I enjoy these deeper twisting looks at people more.
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