The Rest Of The Robots: A part of the 'Positronic Robot' series of books

Asimov, Isaac

ISBN 10: 000827780X / ISBN 13: 9780008277802

Published by HarperCollins / HarperVoyager

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© 1964: A collection of 8 short stories by Isaac Asimov in the 'Positronic Robot' series of books. Unknown publication date. 3rd printing of 2018 edition:- Contents: Robot AL-76 Goes Astray / Victory Unintentional / First Law / Lets Get Together / Satisfaction Guaranteed / Risk / Lenny / Galley Slave:- Synopsis: In 'The Rest Of The Robots', robopsychologist Dr Susan Calvin and engineers Powell and Donovan return to investigate puzzling and catastrophic malfunctions. With characteristic wit, foresight and imagination, Asimov's collection of short robot stories uncovers the practical and ethical issues humanity will encounter in a robotic future:- Review(s): Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-winning author. Isaac Asimov's 'Robot' series - spanning from the iconic 'I, Robot' to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction, Establishing and testing the 'Three Laws Of Robotics', they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day":- (original cost £8.99).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rest Of The Robots: A part of the 'Positronic Robot' series of books
• Publisher: HarperCollins / HarperVoyager
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000827780X
• ISBN 13: 9780008277802
• Binding: Paperback: 7¾" x 5"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Mike Topping
• Edition: 2018 Edition
• Condition: New: A new, unread book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Isaac Asimov s ROBOT series from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day.

How could robots be used in a time of war? Could a robot be raised like a child? Could we allow them to have children of their own? Is there any human profession that could never be performed by a robotic replacement?

In The Rest of the Robots, robopsychologist Dr. Susan Calvin and engineers Powell and Donovan return to investigate many more puzzling anomalies and catastrophic malfunctions.

With characteristic wit, foresight and imagination, Asimov s stories uncover the practical and ethical issues humanity will encounter in a robotic future.

About the Author

Isaac Asimov, world maestro of science fiction, was born in Russia near Smolensk in 1920 and was brought to the United States by his parents three years later. He grew up in Brooklyn where he went to grammar school and at the age of eight he gained his citizen papers. A remarkable memory helped him finish high school before he was sixteen. He then went on to Columbia University and resolved to become a chemist rather than follow the medical career his father had in mind for him. He graduated in chemistry and after a short spell in the Army he gained his doctorate in 1949 and qualified as an instructor in biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine where he became Associate Professor in 1955, doing research in nucleic acid. Increasingly, however, the pressures of chemical research conflicted with his aspirations in the literary field, and in 1958 he retired to full-time authorship while retaining his connection with the University.

Asimov s fantastic career as a science fiction writer began in 1939 with the appearance of a short story, Marooned Off Vesta , in Amazing Stories. Thereafter he became a regular contributor to the leading SF magazines of the day including Astounding, Astonishing Stories, Super Science Stories and Galaxy. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula Award once. With nearly five hundred books to his credit and several hundred articles, Asimov s output was prolific by any standards. Apart from his many world-famous science fiction works, Asimov also wrote highly successful detective mystery stories, a four-volume History of North America, a two-volume Guide to the Bible, a biographical dictionary, encyclopaedias, textbooks and an impressive list of books on many aspects of science, as well as two volumes of autobiography.

Isaac Asimov died in 1992 at the age of 72.