The Complete Robot

THE COMPLETE ROBOT is the ultimate collection of timeless, amazing and amusing robot stories from the greatest science fiction writer of all time, offering golden insights into robot thought processes. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics were programmed into real computers thirty years ago at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - with surprising results. Readers of today still have many surprises in store...What goes inside the mind of a robot who is provided with a mind that is possible because of the combined efforts by thousands of brilliant scientists?Getting Isaac Asimov books became a necessity after I completed a short story collection by him, he made me so deeply engrossed in his works that I often forgot about everything around me including the time. He is among the best writers that I have known till date. He pours his soul in his works, he know content delivery, pace setting, character development alongwith an excellent plot. Never think twice before buying his works.This book might be difficult for you sometimes because the beginning of every story just bounces off the head of a human brain similar to mine, like me you just have to push through the first few pages of each story in order to get acquainted with it's plot and characters deeply. You have to be patient while reading ths stories throughout this book and I assure you that your patience will award you with something that no other book ever did.Since it is an anthology it contains various stories and certainly not every story would be the best, for me the best one out of this book was "The Bicentennial Man". This was the only story that pulled out tears from my eyes after the legendary book "The Book Thief". So when I say it was the best story of this collection you can consider it as the best work by Isaac Asimov, I can't wait to watch it's 1999 movie adaptation which was lead by the legend Robin Williams.I would recommend this book to every person who loves science or products of science (yeah like the smartphone that you are using right now), go get this book and let your mind have an intense orgasm!!!

I'm a big fan of Asimov. Am replacing books I've lost. This is a good read, but not among his best.

Issac asimov and his creations need no introduction they are just beautiful and good for newcomers in sci fi genre

Good print and paper quality for a paperback.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Wonderful book and great read! I’d like to read the individual books at some point, too

Muito muito bom! Incrível o cara parece ter visto o futuro de fato

Acquistato per un regalo. Arrivato nei tempi stabiliti e perfetto

I guess I was expecting more. Don't know why. The introduction put me off as he gives himself a pat on the head claiming his greatness.. so I was curious..maybe asimov really is like some lord of sf. I stopped reading after a few stories.. I get the idea but it's little more than mental masturbation.

Excellent Isaac Asimov collection of his Robot short stories written across many decades. There are a couple of stories that he wrote subsequently that appear in later collections (Gold, Robot Dreams and Robot Visions) which haven't been added to this, presumably because of rights issues.This book supersedes I, Robot and The Rest of the Robots, adding a few more stories and dropping the 'fix up novel' links from I, Robot, where 'Robot Psychologist' Susan Calvin introduced the various stories. If you're starting out with Asimov's broader Robot/Empire/Foundation saga, I recommend reading this after the first two novels: The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun. This collection includes an Elijah Bailey/Daneel Olivaw short story set after the latter novel and before The Robots of Dawn.The beauty of Asimov's writing is its simplicity. Science fiction tends to be extremely complex these days, with some stunning writing, but Asimov gives us easy reads with characters painted in broad strokes, while concentrating on plot. He presents complex ideas so simply that you often absorb them without questioning them. This is the second time I've bought the book, having previously owned it in the 1980s. The stories are good enough that, now in my 40s, I can still remember plots and characters in stories here that I read in my early teens. Highly recommended.