I, Robot.

Asimov, Isaac

Published by Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, New York, 1950

About this Item

First edition of this groundbreaking collection of stories. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on page bound in, "For Michael Raisbeck whose grandfather and aunt have already impressed me almost as much as I'm sure he will twenty years from now Isaac Asimov." Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed and inscribed. In this collection, one of the great classics of science fiction, Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction. It includes "The Evitable Conflict." in which machines that have made the world of the twenty-first century an economic utopia take control of Mankind's future, moving it "toward an unknown and happy destiny" (Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age). It is the basis for the 2004 film starring Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, and Alan Tudyk.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I, Robot.
• Publisher: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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