An edition of I, Robot (1950)

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An edition of I, Robot (1950)

Io, robot

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10, Robot é stato e rimane il capolavoro della fantascienza tecnologica. II tratto distintivo dei robot di Asimov é una "umanitå" intesa non come semplice mimesi, ma quasi come superamento della mentalitå umana: il robot é per Asimov un essere razionale ma privo della libertå di commettere il male e rappresenta in senso lato l'attuazione concreta degli ideali umani di perfezione. Di qui l'ammirazione, l'invidia, l'ostilitå degli uomini nei suoi confronti. Privi di antenati diretti questi robot hanno invece una discendenza innumerevole e famosa. II robot positronico e soprattutto Le Tre Leggi della Robotica (esposte per la prima volta in questo libro) sono ormai dei capisaldi a cui nessun autore di science fiction oggi si sottrae, magari sottintendendole invece di esprimerle. Fondamentale nella storia della fantascienza, 10, Robot ne rappresenta ugualmente una delle espressioni migliori, fra le piü gradevoli anche al di fuori della cerchia degli iniziati. Le qualitå di narratore di Asimov, le sue invenzioni (il robot cartesiano, il robot che legge il pensiero, l'astronave manovrata dal Cervello) fanno di questi racconti una lettura affascinante.
--back cover

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Publisher
Arnoldo Mondadori
Language
Italian
Pages
250

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2015-05, J'ai Lu
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Io, Robot
2014, Oscar Mondadori
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I, Robot
2008-05, Bantam Books
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2004-06, Bantam Books
Hardcover in English - Bantam hardcover ed. (2)
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I, Robot
2004-06, FollettBound
library binding in English - printing (37)
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I, Robot
1996, HarperCollins Publishers
Mass Market Paperback in English - Paperback edition 1996 (14)
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I, Robot
1991-12, Spectra/Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam edition
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I, Robot
1983-12, Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books ed.
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I, Robot
1977?, Fawcett Crest
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Fawcett Crest printing (24)
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Io, robot
1974-09, Arnoldo Mondadori
Paperback in Italian
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I, Robot
1956-03, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 6th printing

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Edition Notes

Published in
Milano
Copyright Date
1950
Translation Of
I, Robot
Translated From
English

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54

Contributors

Translator
Roberta Rambelli

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
250p.
Number of pages
250

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25584856M
Internet Archive
iorobot00asim
Goodreads
55808549

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Work 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" (1940, 1950)
"Runaround" (1942)
"Reason" (1941)
"Catch That Rabbit" (1944)
"Liar!" (1941)
"Little Lost Robot" (1947)
"Escape!" (1945)
"Evidence" (1946)
"The Evitable Conflict" (1950)



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Foundation / I, Robot
Great Science Fiction Stories

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