![]() The stories stand by the strength of Asimov's conviction. In Asimov's hands, steel and "positronic brains" have a warmth and humanity that few authors today can successfully attach to their flesh and blood creations. Machines with a heart of gold may very well be a cliché today. Though inescapably dated in many ways - "Robbie" is set in a 1998 that we know has not come to pass - these stories hold an important place in the history of science fiction, not least for their establishment of the highly influential Three Laws of Robotics, but also for the groundbreaking way in which Asimov combined technological speculation with heartwarming, humanistic storytelling. Susan Calvin and her involvement with the history of the robots, the stories have been assembled in chronological order to form a novel in effect. With a framing device involving an interviewer who's researching the life of Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not technically a novel, I, Robot in fact collects the earliest of Asimov's robot short stories and novellettes from the pages of (mostly) Astounding, spanning the entire decade of the 40's. Book cover art by Stephen Youll (left) Don Dixon (right). ![]()
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