The Complete Robot
The Complete RobotIsaac Asimov
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The Complete Robot (1982)

Isaac Asimov

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The complete collection of Isaac Asimov’s classic Robot stories. In these stories, Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age – when Earth is ruled by master-machines and when robots are more human than mankind. The Complete Robot is the ultimate collection of timeless, amazing and amusing robot short stories from the greatest science fiction writer of all time, offering golden insights into robot thought processes. Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics were programmed into real computers thirty years ago at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – with surprising results. Readers of today still have many surprises in store… A Boy's Best Friend Sally Someday Some Immobile Robots Point of View Think! True Love Some Metallic Robots Robot AL-76 Goes Astray Victory Unintentional Stranger in Paradise Light Verse Segregationist Robbie Some Humanoid Robots Let's Get Together Mirror Image The Tercentenary Incident Powell and Donovan First Law Runaround Reason Catch That Rabbit Susan Calvin Liar! Satisfaction Guaranteed Lenny Galley Slave Little Lost Robot Risk Escape! Evidence The Evitable Conflict Feminine Intuition Two Climaxes —That Thou Art Mindful of Him! The Bicentennial Man

ISBN:
9780246119230
Length:
557 pages

Genres: science fiction

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