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"The Complete Robot" Author: Isaac Asimov [USA] Original title: The Complete Robot Douban Science Fiction Top 100 Ranked 13
"The Complete Robot" Author: Isaac Asimov [USA] Original title: The Complete Robot Douban Science Fiction Top 100 Ranked 13
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Introduction · · · · · ·
The three laws of robotics:
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own safety as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
—Handbook of Robotics, 56th edition, 2058 AD
Asimov is a natural writing machine, an incredible polymath, a popular writer who writes about everything, an incurable narcissist, an almighty science promoter, a spokesman for rationalism, and the greatest science fiction writer of the 20th century. The Robot Short Stories is the sum of all his fantastic ideas. It is in this book that Asimov created the "Three Laws of Robotics" with his genius mind and conceived a series of robot short stories that are free from the "Three Laws". Each of them challenges the reader's thinking limit with its extremely genius and wonderful creativity.
"Asimov: The Complete Robot Short Stories" is the most complete collection of robot short stories by Asimov, the "father of modern robot novels", and a classic masterpiece that has inspired countless science fiction writers and Hollywood movies.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), a Russian-American writer, is hailed as a "god-like man" by readers all over the world; the US government awarded him the unique title of "National Resource and Natural Miracle" in recognition of his outstanding contribution to "expanding human imagination."
Asimov is an all-knowing and versatile writer, whose works cover many fields, from popular novels to the history of the Roman Empire, from popular science books to the Bible and scientific guides. Each of his works is simple, rigorous and humorous.
Asimov was also a prophetic writer. He predicted today's biotechnology, artificial intelligence, digital libraries in the Internet age, and even the fact that humans would colonize space. Throughout his life, he believed that his greatest contribution was the invention of a set of robot ethics rules - the "Three Laws of Robotics". This set of rules created the literary genre of modern robot science fiction and became the basic rules of contemporary robotics. The "intelligent computers" in Asimov's works have had a profound impact on later science fiction writers and even scientists, so he is honored as the "father of robot science fiction."
Asimov's representative works are: robot science fiction novels and the "Galactic Empire" series.
Table of contents · · · · · ·
Non-humanoid robot ∕1
A child’s best friend∕2
Sally/5
One day ∕23
The motionless robot∕33
Viewpoints/34
Think! ∕38
True Love∕47
Metal Robot∕51
AL76 Lost Story∕52
Unintentional Victory∕64
Stranger in Paradise∕82
Light Sculpture/108
Separatists/113
Small machine ∕119
Humanoid Robot∕137
Let's stay together∕138
Mirror Image∕153
Three hundred years event ∕168
Ball and Donovan∕183
First Law∕184
Spinning around∕187
Rationality/205
Catching Rabbits∕223
Susan Kevin/243
Liar! ∕244
Satisfaction guaranteed∕262
Lenny∕276
Janitor/289
Disappear without a trace∕322
Escape! ∕348
Adventure ∕ 371
Evidence/395
Avoidable Conflicts / 417
Female Intuition∕438
Two finale works ∕459
...You actually thought of him/460
Double Hundred People/484
Conclusion ∕522