I, Robot. ASIMOV, Isaac.

First edition of Asimov's landmark story collection, coining the term "robotics" in the story "Liar!", and proposing the Three Laws of Robotics in the story "Runaround". The work's remarkable influence has extended from science fiction to cybernetics, posing prescient questions on what distinguishes man from machine. "Upon realizing he had coined a new and lasting word, Asimov recognized the uniquely profitable position he had created for himself, and along with the successful prediction of space travel, self-driving cars, and war-computers among others, would go on to position himself as a sort of friendly-but-rough-around-the-edges technological herald, someone entertaining, trustworthy, and often right" (Jung). These nine stories were printed in the magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950 prior to their first appearance here in book form. Anatomy of Wonder 3.20; Currey, p. 17; Locke I, p. 24. Gia Jung, "Our AI Overlord: The Cultural Persistence of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics in Understanding Artificial Intelligence", Emergence, 5 June 2018. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black, robot design to front cover in black. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, light marks to edges; jacket unclipped, slightly rubbed and creased, with a handful of small tears, 2 cm closed tear to head of front joint, splash marks to verso, barely visible on bright recto: a very good copy in like jacket.