Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441004829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens and Caliban is created. A robot without guilt or conscience, a robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity--a robot without the Three Laws.
Isaac Asimov's Caliban
Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441004829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens and Caliban is created. A robot without guilt or conscience, a robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity--a robot without the Three Laws.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441004829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens and Caliban is created. A robot without guilt or conscience, a robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity--a robot without the Three Laws.
Isaac Asimov's Caliban
Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9781857981681
Category : Cybernetics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The First Law states, A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens. Caliban is created... A robot without guilt or conscience. A robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity. A robot without the Three Laws. Caliban is a searing examination of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, a challenge welcomed and sanctioned by Isaac Asimov, the late beloved genius of science fiction, and written with his cooperation by one of today's hottest talents, Roger MacBride Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Ambush at Corella, The Modular Man, and The Ring of Charon.
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9781857981681
Category : Cybernetics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The First Law states, A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens. Caliban is created... A robot without guilt or conscience. A robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity. A robot without the Three Laws. Caliban is a searing examination of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, a challenge welcomed and sanctioned by Isaac Asimov, the late beloved genius of science fiction, and written with his cooperation by one of today's hottest talents, Roger MacBride Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Ambush at Corella, The Modular Man, and The Ring of Charon.
Isaac Asimov's Caliban
Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher: Ace Trade
ISBN: 9780441090792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Among Asimov's contributions to science fiction are the 'Three Laws of Robotics', ethics built into every robot to ensure it never hurts humans. In 1990, Asimov developed the idea of a robot subject to revised laws - Caliban. This book follows the possible adventures of such a robot.
Publisher: Ace Trade
ISBN: 9780441090792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Among Asimov's contributions to science fiction are the 'Three Laws of Robotics', ethics built into every robot to ensure it never hurts humans. In 1990, Asimov developed the idea of a robot subject to revised laws - Caliban. This book follows the possible adventures of such a robot.
Isaac Asimov's Inferno
Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher: Millennium Orion Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781857984033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A key politician is murdered and hysteria breaks out about the free-roaming robots.Caliban, a robot, is called upon to intercede between robots & huma
Publisher: Millennium Orion Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781857984033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A key politician is murdered and hysteria breaks out about the free-roaming robots.Caliban, a robot, is called upon to intercede between robots & huma
Isaac Asimov's Utopia
Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441004713
Category : Robots
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The world of Inferno will soon be uninhabitable unless a daring plan is enacted--drop a comet to create new rivers that would save the planet but could also destroy Inferno.
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441004713
Category : Robots
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The world of Inferno will soon be uninhabitable unless a daring plan is enacted--drop a comet to create new rivers that would save the planet but could also destroy Inferno.
Aurora
Author: Mark W. Tiedemann
Publisher: iBooks
ISBN: 9781416504153
Category : Robots
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
After the diplomatic failures of the Spacer mission on Earth, Ambassador Ariel Burgess and roboticist Derec Avery are recalled to their home planet. Their situation only worsens as they become suspects in yet another murder--one that could only have been committed by a non-human.
Publisher: iBooks
ISBN: 9781416504153
Category : Robots
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
After the diplomatic failures of the Spacer mission on Earth, Ambassador Ariel Burgess and roboticist Derec Avery are recalled to their home planet. Their situation only worsens as they become suspects in yet another murder--one that could only have been committed by a non-human.
Foundation's Friends
Author: Martin H. Greenberg
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780765328304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No work of science fiction in the twentieth century captured the imagination of so many readers as the epic future history put forth in the stories and novels of Isaac Asimov. In this volume, a select group of the Good Doctor's fellow writers explore his astonishing creation from their own unique perspectives—and offer personal tributes to the late, great Asimov some years after his death. Foundation's Friends features contributions by Ben Bova, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Carl Sagan, Harry Turtledove, and others.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780765328304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No work of science fiction in the twentieth century captured the imagination of so many readers as the epic future history put forth in the stories and novels of Isaac Asimov. In this volume, a select group of the Good Doctor's fellow writers explore his astonishing creation from their own unique perspectives—and offer personal tributes to the late, great Asimov some years after his death. Foundation's Friends features contributions by Ben Bova, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Carl Sagan, Harry Turtledove, and others.
Asimov's Mirage
Author: Mark W. Tiedmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596870543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to come to harm. At a crucial conference uniting the Spacers, the Settlers, and representatives of Earth, Senator Clar Eliton of Earth and Senior Space Ambassador Galiel Humadros of Aurora are advocating the restoration of positronic robots on Earth, repudiating years of fear and resentment. As the Spacer delegates arrive on Earth, conspirators assassinate Sentor Eliton and Ambassador Humadros. Derec Avery is called in to investigate what may have caused the robot bodyguards to fail at the most critical hour. But when his inquiries are stone-walled, he joins forces with Special Agent Mia Daventri and Calvin Instititute attache Ariel Burgess to penetrate a vast conspiracy that threatens to bring all three worlds to the brink of war.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596870543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to come to harm. At a crucial conference uniting the Spacers, the Settlers, and representatives of Earth, Senator Clar Eliton of Earth and Senior Space Ambassador Galiel Humadros of Aurora are advocating the restoration of positronic robots on Earth, repudiating years of fear and resentment. As the Spacer delegates arrive on Earth, conspirators assassinate Sentor Eliton and Ambassador Humadros. Derec Avery is called in to investigate what may have caused the robot bodyguards to fail at the most critical hour. But when his inquiries are stone-walled, he joins forces with Special Agent Mia Daventri and Calvin Instititute attache Ariel Burgess to penetrate a vast conspiracy that threatens to bring all three worlds to the brink of war.
Isaac Asimov's Caliban
Author: Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857981360
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857981360
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Shakespeare After All
Author: Marjorie Garber
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307490815
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. Supremely readable and engaging, and complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, this magisterial work is an ever-replenishing fount of insight on the most celebrated writer of all time.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307490815
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. Supremely readable and engaging, and complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, this magisterial work is an ever-replenishing fount of insight on the most celebrated writer of all time.