The Complete Robot is a collection of science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov written between 1940 and 1976, which were previously collected in books I, Robot, The Rest of the Robots, and other anthologies. Although working well enough as standalone stories, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots and morality, and put together tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Isaac Asimov (c. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... I, Robot is a collection of science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1950. ... The Rest of the Robots (1964) is a collection of eight short stories and two full-length novels by Isaac Asimov. ... According to the American Heritage Dictionary, robotics is the science or study of the technology associated with the design, fabrication, theory, and application of robots. ...

Contents:

• "Boy's Best Friend, A"
• "Sally"
• "Someday"
• "Point of View"
• "Think!"
• "True Love"
• "Robot AL-76 Goes Astray"
• "Victory Unintentional"
• "Stranger In Paradise"
• "Light Verse"
• "Segregationist"
• "Strange Playfellow"
• "Let's Get Together"
• "Mirror Image"
• "The Tercentenary Incident"
• "First Law"
• "Runaround"
• "Reason"
• "Catch That Rabbit"
• "Liar!"
• "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
• "Lenny"
• "Galley Slave"
• "Little Lost Robot"
• "Risk"
• "Paradoxical Escape"
• "Evidence"
• "The Evitable Conflict"
• "Feminine Intuition"
• "—That Thou Art Mindful of Him"
• "The Bicentennial Man"

Sally is a short story by Isaac Asimov about renegade robotic cars that seek revenge when they discover they are about to be dismantled. ... Light poetry, also called light verse, is poetry that is less serious than other poetry to which it could be compared. ... Robbie (1940) (also known as Strange Playfellow) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Mirror Image was a 1972 short story by Isaac Asimov, originally collected in The Best of Isaac Asimov. ... First Law is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1956 in Fantastic Universe Science Fiction magazine and later collected in The Rest of the Robots and The Complete Robot. ... Runaround (1941) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Reason (1942) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Catch the Rabbit (1944) is a science-fiction short story found in I, Robot and written by Isaac Asimov. ... Liar! (1941) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Little Lost Robot (1947) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Escape! (first published as Paradoxical Escape) (1945) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Evidence (1946) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... The Evitable Conflict (1950) is a science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... —That Thou art Mindful of Him (1974) is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, which he intended to be an ultimate probe into the subtleties of his Three Laws of Robotics. ... The Bicentennial Man is a novella by Isaac Asimov. ...

Stories not set in the Foundation universe

Some of the stories found in this book definitely don't belong to the Robot Series, even though they are about Asimov's positronic robots who obey the Three Laws of Robotics. They are: Isaac Asimovs Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels. ... A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. ... This cover of I, Robot illustrates the story Runaround, the first to list all Three Laws of Robotics. ...

• "Let's Get Together"
• "Victory Unintentional"

Stories not included

This collection includes most of Asimov's robot stories, but not all. Stories not included in this book are:

• "Mind and Iron" (the binding text from I, Robot)
• "Robot Dreams" (found in the anthology of the same title)
• "Christmas Without Rodney" (found in Robot Visions)
• "Cal" (found in Gold)
• "Kid Brother" (found in Gold)
• "Mother Earth" (found in The Early Asimov, volume 3)