Product Description

This classic collection includes the title story, acclaimed as Asimov's single finest Robot tale, and now made into a Hollywood movie starring Robin Williams. Each of the eleven stories here sparkle with characteristic Asimov inventiveness and imagination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1333709 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 211 pages

Review
'He never falls below a certain level of excellence...a highly appetising read' -- MARTIN AMIS, OBSERVER

About the Author
SALES POINTS * 'A masterly collection' Sunday Telegraph * 'He never falls below a certain level of excellence' Martin Amis * 'A good read ... anyone who feels that the Three Laws of Robotics had all the pith sucked from them years ago should read this collection' New Scientist

Customer Reviews

The greatest short story ever written
I am *not* just popping off when I make that statement. "The Bicentennial Man" contains within it all the best of Asimov's writing, and a theme (a robot decides it's time to become more of a man, and does whatever it takes to realize his dream) that has the elements of courage, love, devotion, friendship, and determination that any truly great story could have. The other stories are excellent, but buy the book for "The Bicentennial Man." You *won't* be disappointed.

Vintage Asimov
Bicentenial Man, now made into a movie? It was one if Asimov's better works, but not his absolute best. Near the end of his career, Issac started pulling all his novels together in the last books of his Foundation Series. To fully appreciate his work, Foundation, Foundation & Empire and Second foundation are required reading. Also Caves of Steel presents the theme of the "human" robot. If you want to grok fully the Foundation conclusion. I Robot would also be very helpful, if you enjoy Asimov.

Check out the musical interpretaion by The Alan Parsons Project, I Robot. It is a tribute, if you will, to the book. By someone else who obviously HAS read it.

Fantastic
I found the story of a robot wanting to become more human fantastic. We take for granted all of the things that we experience and feel...and a robot wanted to experience the same things we did. I found it touching when he wanted to do what we find either dull or average. To him it was all new and wonderful.