I, Robot

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" "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)

subjects: smear campaigns,  supercomputers,  computers,  Frankenstein complex,  hyperspace,  heisenbugs,  asteroids,  Shahada,  space stations,  space-based solar power,  cognitive dissonance,  selenium,  robots,  morality,  robotics,  robopsychology,  positronic brains,  three laws of robotics,  American Science fiction,  Readers (Secondary),  Readers,  Fiction,  Science fiction,  human-robot relations,  Thriller,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  Science fiction, American,  Short stories,  American Short stories,  Artificial intelligence,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Fiction, science fiction, short stories,  Roman,  Fiction, science fiction, collections & anthologies,  American literature,  Robots in fiction,  Children's fiction,  High tech and hard science fiction

People: Susan Calvin (Fictitious character),  Alfred Lanning (Fictitious character),  Robbie,  Gloria,  Mrs. Weston,  Mr. Weston,  Powell,  Donovan,  Robot SPD-13,  Gilbert and Sullivan,  QT-1,  DV-5,  Stephen Byerley,  Francis Quinn,  Peter Bogert,  Gerald Black,  RB-34,  René Descartes,  Gloria Weston

Places: New York City,  Museum of Science and Industry,  Finmark Robot Corporation,  Mercury,  Hyper Base,  Earth

Times: 21st Century,  2015,  1982,  1998,  2052