I, Robot
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Positronic: A User's Manual. A collection of nine short stories by Isaac Asimov, one of the founding pillars of early science fiction. My first Asimov collection, and probably not the last, though can’t say I’m a fan. This is the first entry in the “Robot” series, which consists of several short st......more

Robot #0.1: Asimov had 9 short stories published (in magazines) set in the same 'Robot' reality over a decade, before putting them all together in this ground breaking book. Key robot-psychologist Susan Calvin recounts some of the key robot (milestone) stories to the narrator, ranging from ominous m......more

First Law A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Until I started reading this book, I did not know it is a series of short stories. I have always expected this to be a novel with one main story. There is some connection between the stories as th......more

It occurs to me that if Isaac Asimov had written this book today it would have been called I, AI It also occurs to me that I might possibly not be the only person to have thought of that. Ah well - original review follows ... ***** Unredacted transcript of the meeting between Dr Susan Calvin, Head Psyc......more

Isaac Asimov's books were far from the normal trash novels you might buy for a 2 day read. Within anything he has written, he tries to spell out lessons in psychology. How would we react to Robots once they become free thinkers? How should we react to Robots when they become our slaves? Should we insti......more