I, Robot - Softcover

Asimov, Isaac

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345314824 ISBN 13: 9780345314826

Publisher: Del Rey, 1983

Synopsis

In the late 1940s and early 1950s Isaac Asimov found a home on the pages of the science-fiction magazines Astounding and Super-Science Stories. World War II had just ended and the world was obsessed with air combat and the role of technology in society. Asimov s stories reflected the concerns over the danger of technology but they also humanized robots, indicating that it is not technology that is evil but the way it is sometimes abused. His stories were so successful that in 1950 nine of his best short stories were selected for publication as the book I, Robot. In this book you get such greats as:

Catch That Rabbit Runaround The Evitable Conflict Robbie These classics revolutionized science fiction, and just a few years later, in 1957, Asimov s birth country would forever change history by launching the world s first artificial satellite, Sputnik.

If you like this book, you may also enjoy Asimov s full-length featuresThe Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, also available in eBook format.

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Review

In this collection, one of the great classics of science fiction, Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction.

About the Author

Isaac Asimov began his Foundation Series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned pver 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decasdes. He died, at age of seventy-two, in April 1992.
From the Hardcover edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345314824
• ISBN 13: 9780345314826
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 192