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These classics revolutionized science fiction, and just a few years later, in 1957, asimov s birth country would forever change history by launching the worlds first artificial satellite, sputnik. Robbie is a science fiction short story by isaac asimov. I, robot, the first and most widely read book in asimov s robot series, forever changed the worlds perception of artificial intelligence. Other characters that appear in these short stories are powell and. Most of asimov s robot short stories, which he began to write in 1939, are set in the first age of positronic robotics and space exploration. His stories were so successful that in 1950 nine of his best short stories were selected for publication as the book i, robot.
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