Isbn: 9780385177245 - complete robot (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. First edition stated. Thick hardcover in gray paper covered boards over maroon cloth spine. xiv+ 557 pp. Fine (prev. own. stamp front pastedown completely hidden by the jacket flap; in bright crisp dust jacket, minor wear to the extremities WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICE OF 1995 INTACT ON FRONT FLAP; Isaac Asimov first coined the word "robotics" some 40 years before this compilation was published. It was the first collection of his robot tales under one cover. It contains thirty-one stories; we meet Robbie, the faithful nursemaid, and Tony, whose thoughtful and considerate attentions to a lonely wife provoke an all-too-human response. there are robots who don't behave as they were designed to, robots who obey their iridium brains all too literally, and robots who aspire to humanity. Meet also the humans: Mike Donovan, Greg Powel, Peter Bogert. Alfred Lanning, Gerald Black and Dr. Susan Calvin. Includes some robot stories never before published in book form. The book club edition, though still sought after, if far more common than the actual, price intact first edition.…