The Rest of the Robots [Hardcover]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1964

The Rest of the Robots is the third timeless, amazing and amusing volume of Isaac Asimov's robot stories, offering golden insights into robot thought processes. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have since been programmed into real computers the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and used as the outline for a legal robotic charter in Korea. ROBOT TONY is the first robot designed to perform domestic duties by the US Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation. Is it Tony's fault that the lady of the house where he's field tested falls in love with him? - ROBOT AL was intended for shipment to a mining outfit on the moon. Instead, he's loose in the mountains of Virginia...building from scraps of junk his very own, very dangerous disintegrator. - ROBOT LENNY answers workaday questions in babytalk. So why is Dr Susan Calvin, the world's top robopsychologist, fascinated by this messed up specimen of an industrial robot?

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THE CLASSIC COLLECTION OF ROBOT STORIES. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, the world's most prolific author of fiction and non-fiction. The Good Doctor's fiction has been enjoyed by millions for more than half a century. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition edition (June 1964)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385090412
• ISBN-13: 978-0385090414
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #911,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than "I, Robot.", December 28, 2003

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rest of the Robots (Mass Market Paperback)

I remember reading this volume late into the evening, in the dark, in a car sometime long ago when I was a teenager. I couldn't put it down. I think the stories in "The Rest of the Robots" are superior to "I, Robot." We get more of iron Susan Calvin, the robotics scientist whose metallic mannerisms hide a surprisingly vulnerable person inside, and the story "Lenny" is one of my favorites. If you like Asimov, this is not to be missed.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I, Robot" volume 2, June 4, 2000

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This review is from: The Rest of the Robots (Mass Market Paperback)

The companion volume to the seminal "I, Robot". This is a further collection of short stories, much in the same style. Vintage Asimov, not the latter day diluted stuff!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Collection, July 16, 2005

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Stephanie (Forest Hills, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rest of the Robots (Mass Market Paperback)

I had this book in hard cover on my shelf for a decade or more, handed down to me from my avid sci-fi reading Mom...all I can say is what was I waiting for? The collection of short stories in this book are wonderful. Each tale has its own charm and many include the familiar caharcters of Dr. Lanning and "cold as sttel" Dr. Calvin. The earliest story was written in 1942, and although it might be considered "dated", it certainly isn't. It's quite difficult to put down as the stories are fast paced and intersting the whole way through. If you are a robot fan, or an Asimov lover, or reader of classic sci-fi, this title is not to be missed!