| Elijah "Lije" Baley | |
|---|---|
| Robot series character | |
 Elijah Baley from a cover of The Caves of Steel | |
| First appearance | The Caves of Steel |
| Last appearance | Robots and Empire |
| Created by | Isaac Asimov |
| Portrayed by | Peter Cushing (BBC TV 1962) Paul Maxwell (BBC TV 1969) Stephen Rowe (1988 interactive movie) Ed Bishop (BBC Radio 4) |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | NYPD Homicide Detective |
| Spouse | Jezebel |
| Children | Bentley (son) |
| Nationality | American |
Elijah "Lije" Baley is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Robot series. He is the main character of the novels The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn, and of the short story "Mirror Image." He is seen in flashbacks several times and talked about frequently in Robots and Empire, which is set roughly 160 years after his death. He is further mentioned in passing in "Foundation and Earth" as a "Culture Hero". Besides Asimov's works he appears in the Foundation's Friends story "Strip-Runner" by Pamela Sargent, and "Isaac Asimov's 'The Caves of Steel'" poem by Randall Garrett.[1]
- ^ "Takeoff!" a book by Randall Garrett.