Post by ScreenHead One on Nov 6, 2022 12:11:51 GMT -6
Author: Isaac Asimov ~ The Complete Robot (1982)
It was Isaac Asimov who coined the word “robotics” almost forty years ago. No less than seven of his collections have included stories of metal, plastic, and even organic mechanical men (and a woman or two as well, not to mention a dog) whose positronic brins lead them—usually with a little human assistance—into every variety of situation, often of the most unexpected sort and with the most unlooked-for consequences.
Now Asimov’s robot tales have been gathered under one cover for the first time. In THE COMPLETE ROBOT’s thirty-one stories you’ll find Robbie, the faithful nursemaid, and Tony, whose thoughtful and considerate attentions to a lonely wife provoke an all-too-human response. There are robots who do not behave as they were designed to, robots who obey their iridium brains all too literally, and robots who aspire to humanity. And then there are the humans: Mike Donovan and Greg Powell, the field testers for experimental robots; Peter Bogert, Alfred Lanning, Gerald Black, and the rest of the U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men research and development staff—and especially the company’s chief robot-psychologist, the steely Dr. Susan Calvin.
Here is every last one of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, including some which have never before appeared in a book. Asimov fans, science fiction fans, robot fans, and htose who love entertaining, logical, puzzling, and stimulating tales will all welcome THE COMPLETE ROBOT.
Now Asimov’s robot tales have been gathered under one cover for the first time. In THE COMPLETE ROBOT’s thirty-one stories you’ll find Robbie, the faithful nursemaid, and Tony, whose thoughtful and considerate attentions to a lonely wife provoke an all-too-human response. There are robots who do not behave as they were designed to, robots who obey their iridium brains all too literally, and robots who aspire to humanity. And then there are the humans: Mike Donovan and Greg Powell, the field testers for experimental robots; Peter Bogert, Alfred Lanning, Gerald Black, and the rest of the U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men research and development staff—and especially the company’s chief robot-psychologist, the steely Dr. Susan Calvin.
Here is every last one of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, including some which have never before appeared in a book. Asimov fans, science fiction fans, robot fans, and htose who love entertaining, logical, puzzling, and stimulating tales will all welcome THE COMPLETE ROBOT.
Contents
Introduction
Some Non-human Robots
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
A Last Word
Introduction
Some Non-human Robots
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
A Last Word