The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)

by Isaac Asimov

“Many might refuse to broaden the word so far, but we are free to devise definitions to suit ourselves if it is useful.

in the rather unreasonable way people have of seeking to attribute to others the blame for unpleasantness that is clearly their own fault.”

—Andrew Martin was a robot who, gradually, step by step, was supposed to have become humaniform. To be sure, there have been humaniform robots before Daneel, but they were all simple toys, little more than automatons. Nevertheless, amazing stories are told of the abilities of Andrew Martin—a sure sign of the legendary nature of the tale. There was a woman who was part of the legends who is usually known as Little Miss.

The Bicentennial Man.

Earthmen live crowded together and it takes a puritan ethic to keep the family system stable under such conditions.