Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
by Isaac Asimov
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I am a huge fan of Isaac Asimov, and especially of his robots. As I have noticed with some writers of short fiction in this genre, new collections almost always include favorites from previous years, so there will be some repetition (that feeling of deja vu which is hardly ever unwelcome considering the author and the stories and, in my opinion worth a re-read). His short stories often have a punchline which is uniquely typical of Asimov, and very often an amusing one. It does not matter if I have read most of these stories before, they are always a welcome revisit, and still provide for me a fascinating look into a possible future that I find myself wistfully wishing for.
I love Asimov's robot stories, and this book is essentially a continuation of "I, Robot". Asimov was at the top of his craft in writing these stories.
I believe the technical term for stories such as these is "quaint".
#249 in our old book database. Not rated.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents:
I. The Coming of the Robots
• Robot AL-76 Goes Astray
• Victory Unintentional
II. The Laws of Robotics
• First Law
• Let's Get Together
III. Susan Calvin
• Satisfaction Guaranteed
• Risk
• Lenny
• Galley Slave
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents:
I. The Coming of the Robots
• Robot AL-76 Goes Astray
• Victory Unintentional
II. The Laws of Robotics
• First Law
• Let's Get Together
III. Susan Calvin
• Satisfaction Guaranteed
• Risk
• Lenny
• Galley Slave
A collection of the short stories that did not make it into I, Robot.
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Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at show more the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
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- The Rest of the Robots (Spine) (Spine)
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- 1964-11 (Collection) (Collection)
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- Susan Calvin
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- To Tim, Tom and Dick
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--"Galley Slave" - Original language
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- There are two distinct Isaac Asimov works entitled The Rest of the Robots. This version is approximately 200 pages and reprints only the eight short stories noted below. It has at various points been published under th... (show all)e titles The Rest of the Robots and Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots. The other version is 550 pages and collects these same stories as well as the novels The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun.
Contents:
I. The Coming of the Robots
• Robot AL-76 Goes Astray
• Victory Unintentional
II. The Laws of Robotics
• First Law
• Let's Get Together
III. Susan Calvin
• Satisfaction Guaranteed
• Risk
• Lenny
• Galley Slave
Combination issue: LibraryThing currently has two separate work records for the short story collection. They cannot be combined currently as they each have more than 200 records attached. The other record is here: https://www.librarything.com/work/4304...
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