An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

Paperback edition 1996 (14)
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An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

Paperback edition 1996 (14)
  • 4.22 ·
  • 148 Ratings
  • 843 Want to read
  • 61 Currently reading
  • 241 Have read

l, ROBOT
In these stories, Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age.

When Earth is ruled by master-machines. When robots are more human than mankind.

But an insane telepathic robot results from a production error; a robot assembled in space logically deduces its superiority to non-rational humanity; and when machines serve mankind rather than individual humans, the machine's idea of what is good for society may itself contravene the -sacred Three Laws...

Amazing and timeless robot stories from the greatest science fiction writer of all time.

THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law
--back cover

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
249

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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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Published in

Hammersmith, London

Edition Notes

UK/CAN

Series
Voyager
Copyright Date
1950

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
249p.
Number of pages
249
Dimensions
7 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
Weight
4.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7882647M
Internet Archive
irobot0000asim_h2b4
ISBN 10
0586025324
ISBN 13
9780586025321
Google
EPpE-MXZncMC
Library Thing
5196084
Goodreads
837144

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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