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Voyager Classics timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy.The classic collection of robot stories from the master of the genre.In these stories Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age.Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand:1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

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I Robot Isaac Asimov

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperVoyager
      Published 6 June 2013
      ISBN-13 9780007532278
      978-0007532278
      ISBN-10 000753227X
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      Fiction Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Science Fiction Sci-Fi Books by Isaac Asimov

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Voyager Classics timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy.The classic collection of robot stories from the master of the genre.In these stories Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age.Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand:1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.But what happens when a rogue robot's idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

      Trade Review

      ‘An exciting science thriller…’
      New York Times

      ‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age…It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
      Carl Sagan

      ‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’
      Daily Telegraph

      ‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’
      The Times

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