![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These nine stories first appeared in the early 1940s in Astounding magazine. ![]() The Oxford English Dictionary credits him with the earliest uses of robotics and positronic” (Touponce, Isaac Asimov, 32). In addition, Asimov added two new words to the English language through these stories. Robotics is now recognized as a field of study, and computer-controlled machines are now in industrial use. Prejudice against machines and technology is in fact the constant background, if not the subject matter, of the robot stories… Asimov’s robot stories also have predicted certain real developments. “I, Robot is by most critical accounts one of the most influential books in the history of modern science fiction because it established new conventions for writing robot stories… Asimov did much in his stories to counter the Faustian image of science that had arisen in the public imagination. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition, first issue, of Asimov’s influential collection of nine robot stories, inscribed on the title page: "To Dick, Isaac Asimov, 25 Sep 81."Īsimov’s robot stories were among his most successful and popular, and helped establish his reputation as a pioneer of the science fiction genre. “ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION”: FIRST EDITION OF I, ROBOT, INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOVĪSIMOV, Isaac. ![]()
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