false <![CDATA[I, Robot]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169757904m/41804.jpg 41804 62 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. 1796026 book 1950 I, Robot total:9383|5:2684|4:3964|3:2293|2:366|1:76| 9383 36963 11706 523 4 6 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 16:25:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 22:07:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 14:49:22 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:40:14 -0700 2009 Interplanetary Press is interviewing robopsychologist Susan Calvin, just retired. Wanting to get the “human interest” angle, he pries stories from her that reveal the evolution of robotic technology, and the evolution of robots into machines with a higher order...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Jul 19 12:10:09 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 12:17:33 -0700 2007
How would we react to Robots once they become free thinkers?

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Robbie: A robot serves as a child's playmate and loves to tell stories. In this s...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Jun 30 10:20:38 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 10:27:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:32:10 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 05:22:29 -0700 2009 2 5 3 false false Fri Aug 22 10:07:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 09:56:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:13:54 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:15:18 -0800 2008
I first cracked the cover of Asimov’s short-fiction collection I, Robot without much relish. I’ve never enjoyed hard science fiction, a genre whose proponents often seem more interested with the gravitational pull on Mars or the finer points of quan...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 04:25:04 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 16:03:32 -0800 2007
LAW1 A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

LAW2 A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 10:56:59 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 18:23:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 16:35:40 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 11 20:46:52 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 14:51:42 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 15:19:01 -0800 2008
I had seen the movie previously but I have learned not to trust a movie v...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 06:26:18 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 06:27:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Sep 05 07:32:19 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 13:06:07 -0700 2007 I, Robot this summer, before seeing the only-tangentially-related movie, but some SOB stole/lost the library's copy & the only copies I could find locally had Will Smith's smug face all over them.

I found a lovely hardback edition with an artsy dust cover still intac...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 02 02:46:44 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 02:54:35 -0800 2008 The book is a series of short stories about robots- or rather human-robot interaction, ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 06:39:21 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 08:17:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 08:34:18 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 01:59:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 11 04:17:25 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 05:10:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 08 08:14:16 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 08:25:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 15:26:46 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 15:53:50 -0800 2009 As I read this book, something surprised me and I am still thinking about that.th e relation between human and robot, will it still be like the creator and the created? This conception attracts my mind by thinking about our future on earth. by the time robot are able to...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=41804