An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

1st Ballantine Books ed.
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January 19, 2023 | History
An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

1st Ballantine Books ed.
  • 4.22 ·
  • 148 Ratings
  • 843 Want to read
  • 61 Currently reading
  • 241 Have read

ROBOPSYCHOLOGIST
Dr. Susan Calvin had seen it all when it came to robots. As a girl she had seen the early models -- mute and totally faithful. She joined U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. when they began adapting Earth robots for work in space -- and Earth men for work with the strictly logical robots!

She had driven the first -- and only -- mind-reading robot out of its mind, and coaxed the childlike Brain to invent the interstellar engine.

Finally, at the end of her career, she faced the final question: who was really in charge; and who should be?

IN THESE STORIES OF THE EARLY DAYS OF ROBOTS, ISAAC ASIMOV ESTABLISHED THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS AND DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITIES THAT HAVE MADE HIM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS.
--back cover

Publish Date
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
Pages
192

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Les robots
2015-05, J'ai Lu
mass market paperback in French
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I, Robot
2008-05, Bantam Books
Paperback in English - printing (4)
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2004-06, FollettBound
library binding in English - printing (37)
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I, Robot
2004-06, Bantam Books
Hardcover in English - Bantam hardcover ed. (2)
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I, Robot
1996, HarperCollins Publishers
Mass Market Paperback in English - Paperback edition 1996 (14)
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I, Robot
1991-12, Spectra/Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam edition
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I, Robot
1983-12, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books ed.
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I, Robot
1977?, Fawcett Crest
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Fawcett Crest printing (24)
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I, Robot
1956-03, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 6th printing
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I, Robot
1950, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
hardcover in English - Book Club Edition

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New York

First Sentence

"I LOOKED AT MY NOTES AND I DIDN'T LIKE THEM."

Edition Notes

Series
Robot (1)
Copyright Date
1977

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
192p.
Number of pages
192

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9893172M
Internet Archive
irobot00isaa
ISBN 10
0345314824
ISBN 13
9780345314826
OCLC/WorldCat
10411310, 1035753802
Library Thing
5196084
Goodreads
55782089

Work Description

I, Robot is a fixup novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950 and were then compiled into a book for stand-alone publication by Gnome Press in 1950, in an initial edition of 5,000 copies. The stories are woven together by a framing narrative in which the fictional Dr. Susan Calvin tells each story to a reporter (who serves as the narrator) in the 21st century. Although the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots, and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics.


Contains:
"Introduction" (the initial portion of the framing story or linking text)
"Robbie" (1940, 1950)
"Runaround" (1942)
"Reason" (1941)
"Catch That Rabbit" (1944)
"Liar!" (1941)
"Little Lost Robot" (1947)
"Escape!" (1945)
"Evidence" (1946)
"The Evitable Conflict" (1950)



Contained in:
Foundation / I, Robot
Great Science Fiction Stories

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I looked at my notes and I didn't like them.
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