![]() ![]() 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. Isaac Asimov.”Īsimov’s robot stories were among his most successful and popular, and helped establish his reputation as a pioneer of the science fiction genre. Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst edition, first issue, of Asimov’s influential collection of nine robot stories, inscribed in the year of publication by the author, “For: Lester Mayer with best regards and crossed fingers against boredom. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. ![]() ‘WITH BEST REGARDS AND CROSSED FINGERS AGAINST BOREDOM”: FIRST EDITION OF I, ROBOT, INSCRIBED BY ASIMOV TO “FIRST FAN” LESTER MAYER IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATIONĪSIMOV, Isaac. ![]()
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