An edition of Robbie (1976)

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An edition of Robbie (1976)

Robbie

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  • 3 Have read

When Gloria's mother deprives her of her beloved robot playmate Robbie, Gloria is inconsolable and goes into a decline.

Publish Date
Publisher
Creative Education
Language
English
Pages
35

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Cover of: Robbie
Robbie
1989, Creative Education
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Cover of: Robbie
Robbie
July 1976, Walker & Co
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July 1976, Walker & Co Library
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Edition Notes

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Published in
Mankato, Minn
Series
A Creative classic
Copyright Date
1989

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.A835 Ro 1989, PZ7.A835Ro 1989

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
35 p. :
Number of pages
35

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2182868M
Internet Archive
robbie0000asim
ISBN 10
0886822319
ISBN 13
9780886822316
LCCN
89000600
Library Thing
2720101
Goodreads
837233

Work Description

"Robbie" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was his first robot story and writing commenced on June 10, 1939. It was first published in the September 1940 issue Super Science Stories magazine as "Strange Playfellow", a title that was chosen by editor Frederik Pohl and described as "distasteful" by Asimov. A revised version of "Robbie" was reprinted under Asimov's original title in the collections I, Robot (1950), The Complete Robot (1982), and Robot Visions (1990). "Robbie" was the fourteenth story written by Asimov, and the ninth to be published. The story is also part of Asimov's Robot series, and was the first of Asimov's positronic robot stories to see publication.

The story centers on the technophobia that surrounds robots, and how it is misplaced. Almost all previously published science fiction stories featuring robots followed the theme 'robot turns against creator'; Asimov has consistently held the belief that the Frankenstein complex was a misplaced fear, and the majority of his works attempted to provide examples of the help that robots could provide humanity.

In 2016 Robbie won a retrospective 1941 Hugo Award for best short story.



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Collected short stories
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