I, the robot

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Ich, der Robot , also Ich, der Roboter , (English title I, Robot ) is a novel published by Isaac Asimov in 1950 , which combines nine short stories with one another through a framework plot. The individual stories appeared in various science fiction magazines between 1940 and 1950. The German first edition came out in 1952 under the title Ich, der Robot by Rauch-Verlag.

The book is considered a classic of science fiction literature. In the contained narrative Runaround , Asimov's three robot laws are postulated for the first time.

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The framework consists of an interview between the narrator and the main character Dr. Susan Calvin, a robot psychologist who works for the leading manufacturer of robots , US Robots. In a review of their lives, Calvin describes the development of the robots, which is told chronologically in nine short stories. The author describes the problems, fears and the philosophical and moral questions that arise from the existence of robots that differ less and less from humans and are even superior to them in many respects. At the same time, it also shows the strengths and weaknesses of humans compared to robots.

Included narratives

  • Robbie ( Robbie ), first as a Strange Playfellow in Super Science Stories , September 1940.
  • Runaround ( runaround ), first in Astounding March 1942nd
  • Reason ( Reason ), first in Astounding April 1941st
  • Catch the rabbit first! ( Catch That Rabbit ), first in Astounding , February 1944.
  • A liar ( Liar ), first in Astounding , May 1941.
  • Little lost Robot ( Little Lost Robot ), also called little lost robot , first in Astounding March 1947th
  • Escape ( Escape ), first as Paradoxical Escape in Astounding August 1945th
  • Evidence ( Evidence ), first in Astounding September 1946th
  • The avoidable conflict ( The evitable Conflict ), first in Astounding June 1950th

Relevant movie content

literature

  • Isaac Asimov: I, Robot . Gnome Press, 1950 (English first edition).
  • Isaac Asimov: Me, the robot . Rauch-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1952 (German first edition).
  • Isaac Asimov: Me, the robot . With an afterword by Ingo Schwarz. Verlag Das Neue Berlin, GDR 1982.
  • Isaac Asimov: My friends, the robots . with a foreword by Greg Bear (=  Heyne books, masterpieces of science fiction . No. 21531 ). Revised New edition, 2nd edition. Heyne, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-453-21531-1 (first edition: 1982, contains besides I, the robot also the collections of Beloved Robots and The Bicentenary ).
  • Isaac Asimov: All robot stories (=  Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch, Science-Fiction . No. 23317 ). Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-23317-5 (first edition: 2007).

Radio plays

  • Robbie, the nanny ( Robbie ), WDR 1969
  • Robot carousel ( Runaround ), SDR 1970
  • Reason ( Reason ), WDR 1969
  • A liar ( Liar! ), WDR 1969
  • Little lost son, also titled little lost robot broadcast ( Little Lost Robot ), WDR 1969
  • The governor is too perfect ( Evidence ), SDR 1969
  • Evidence ( Evidence ), WDR 1969

notes

  1. ↑ udT logic translated by Peter Naujack, in: Robot. Fischer TB, 1971, ISBN 978-3-436-01363-9 , pp. 7-27. First Diogenes Verlag, 1962. Also in The best SF stories, 1970. Also in Erik Simon (Hrsg.): Maschinenmenschen. New Berlin, Berlin 1980.
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