An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

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An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

Bantam mass-market reissue (36); Movie tie-in
  • 4.22 ·
  • 149 Ratings
  • 869 Want to read
  • 62 Currently reading
  • 243 Have read

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities - and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves, aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.

As humans and robots struggle to survive together - and sometimes against each other - in earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Here human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same question: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?
--back cover

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Language
English
Pages
272

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2008-05, Bantam Books
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2004-06, Spectra / Bantam Books
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I, Robot
2004-06, Bantam Books
Hardcover in English - Bantam hardcover ed. (2)
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I, Robot
2004-06, FollettBound
library binding in English - printing (37)
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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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Book Details


First Sentence

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

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2004

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3551.S5 I13 2004, PS3551.S5

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
xv, 272p.
Number of pages
272

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30777319M
Internet Archive
irobot0000asim
ISBN 10
0553294385
ISBN 13
9780553294385
LCCN
2003069139
OCLC/WorldCat
474667282, 57365978
Goodreads
76684

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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