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Science Fiction · 2008 · G

I, Robot

by Isaac Asimov

The Three Laws of Robotics. And all the ways they can go wrong.

Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.

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No sexual content

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No substance use

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Philosophical puzzles about consciousness and obedience; no significant psychological distress

What this book is about

Isaac Asimov's foundational collection of robot short stories follows robopsychologist Susan Calvin and various characters as they encounter the paradoxes generated by Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics. Intellectually playful and philosophically rich, the stories explore what it means to think, to obey, and to be conscious through a series of elegant logical puzzles.

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