I, Robot

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mass market paperback, 192 pages

English language

Published May 12, 1981 by Fawcett.

ISBN:
978-0-449-23949-0
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OCLC Number:
1035750450

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5 stars (2 reviews)

Here is Isaac Asimov's famous science fiction classic I-ROBOT

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A DRUNKEN ROBOT?

You may not believe it, but robots have problems too. Just like humans. In these mind-spinning tales, Isaac Asimov brings us an astonishing and delightful vision of a tomorrow filled with marvels and miracles—of computers in human form so incredibly real you cannot tell the man from the machine without a scorecard.

"To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal. Electricity and positrons. Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human- destroyed. But you haven't worked with them, so you don't know them. They're a cleaner, better breed than we are." —Dr. Susan Calvin, 2057 A.D. --back cover

36 editions

reviewed I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (Robot (1))

Dry but solid exploration of of "the three laws" and its ramifications

4 stars

Isaac Asimov: I, Robot (Paperback, 1984, Del Rey) 4 stars

I read it in dribs and drabs over the past few months. Although obviously anachronistic about robotic hardware, computer technology, and gender relations since it was written so long ago it was still a great exploration of how "the three laws" of robotics plays out in life scenarios. I loved the vignette style format and its attempt to deep dive into the technical problems being explored. I can see why all that is way too dry for others though.

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