An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

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An edition of I, Robot (1950)

I, Robot

6th printing
  • 4.22 ·
  • 148 Ratings
  • 840 Want to read
  • 60 Currently reading
  • 240 Have read

Here is a whole panorama of strange and thrilling tales about Earth in the years ahead when robots reach such an advanced stage that they threaten to rise up and control the world.

I, Robot
The classic chronicle-novel about a future civilization helped, and menaced, by complex servomechanisms —has been hailed as the outstanding science-fiction book of its kind.
--back cover

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
192

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Les robots
Les robots
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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I, Robot
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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New York

Table of Contents

Robbie
Runaround
Reason
Catch that rabbit
Liar!
Little lost robot
Escape!
Evidence
The evitable conflict

Edition Notes

"A Signet book."

All stories previously published in Super science stories and Astounding science fiction.

Series
Signet science fiction -- S1282
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1950

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.52
Library of Congress
PS3551.S5 I13 1956

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
192 p. ;
Number of pages
192

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24211062M
Internet Archive
irobot00asim
OCLC/WorldCat
2457622, 1112611092
Goodreads
55808570

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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January 19, 2023 Edited by Lisa Merge works
October 26, 2020 Edited by Lisa added details from linked copy
April 9, 2020 Edited by Lisa Added new cover
February 22, 2019 Edited by sherryjaye Title case
May 5, 2010 Created by ImportBot Imported from Internet Archive item record.