Book review | The complete robot by Isaac Asimov

Inspired by yesterdays post I figured this as the opportune moment to mention a word or two about Isaac Asimov and his collection of robot stories, The complete Robot.

For those of you seeking enlightenment on today's topic, Isaac Asimov is a major player in the sci-fi world and also the person who coined the three laws of robotics.

1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given 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.

This book is an amazing collection of timeless short stories, each with a different conundrum between human and robots. There are every type of robot in here from the typical worker droid to the humanoid helper, dealing with everything from short circuits to the oppression born from jealousy, fear, want of judgment and even love.

For those of you already familiar with his work will probably recognize some of the characters, several also stars the steely robopsychologist Susan Calvin. Whom most of... [yes, even those of you that has not read his work] will probably recognize from the I, robot movie.

If you find a liking to Äkta människor I advise you to pick this up at your nearest book store.