I, ROBOT.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, [1950]. Octavo, cover illustration by Edd Cartier, cloth. First edition. Influential collection of short fiction about robots with first postulation of the "Three Laws of Robotics," a concept used for plots in numerous tales by other writers in subsequent years. Includes "The Evitable Conflict." in which machines that have made the world of the twenty-first century an economic utopia take control of Mankind's future, moving it "toward an unknown and happy destiny." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 36-7. Loose basis for the recent film of the same title. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-49. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 995-99]. Ink stamp of Donald A Wollheim to rear free end paper. Small blindstamp to upper title page, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to the spine ends and corner tips with several tiny tears, mild fade to the spine panel. An attractive copy. (36166). Item #36166
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