I, Robot

By Isaac Asimov

Subjects: Short stories, ethics of artificial intelligence, Science fiction, Readers, cognitive dissonance, human-robot relations, High tech and hard science fiction, robotics, Frankenstein complex, computers, Reading Level-Grade 12, supercomputers, Shahada, Robots in fiction, selenium, Fiction, science fiction, short stories, Long Now Manual for Civilization, robopsychology, American Short stories, Fiction, science fiction, collections & anthologies, Science fiction, American, Roman, positronic brains, Artificial intelligence, Fiction, robots, Children's fiction, hyperspace, Reading Level-Grade 11, American Science fiction, space stations, Thriller, three laws of robotics, morality, space-based solar power, American literature, smear campaigns, Reading Level-Grade 10, heisenbugs, Readers (Secondary), asteroids

Description: I, Robot is a fixup novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950 and were then compiled into a book for stand-alone publication by Gnome Press in 1950, in an initial edition of 5,000 copies. The stories are woven together by a framing narrative in which the fictional Dr. Susan Calvin tells each story to a reporter (who serves as the narrator) in the 21st century. Although the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots, and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics. ---------- Contains: "Introduction" (the initial portion of the framing story or linking text) "[Robbie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46260W)" (1940, 1950) "Runaround" (1942) "Reason" (1941) "Catch That Rabbit" (1944) "Liar!" (1941) "Little Lost Robot" (1947) "Escape!" (1945) "Evidence" (1946) "The Evitable Conflict" (1950) ---------- Contained in: [Foundation / I, Robot](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20098770W) [Great Science Fiction Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL36759365W)