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Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers (1st Edition)
Machines That Think The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers - 1st Edition
Author: Isaac Asimov (Editor)
A collection of twenty-nine science fiction writers probe the scientific, spiritual, and moral facets of computers and robots while speculating on their future.  Includes stories by: Ambrose Bierce, John Wyndham, Isaac Asimov, Robert Moore Williams, Philip K. Dick, Vernor Vinge, Robert Silverberg
ISBN-13: 9780805006230
ISBN-10: 0805006230
Pages: 627
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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Contents

* 1 Introduction: Robots, Computers, and Fear (1984) essay by Isaac Asimov
* 15 Moxon's Master (1909) shortstory by Ambrose Bierce
* 29 The Lost Machine (1932) novelette by John Wyndham
* 50 Rex (1934) shortstory by Harl Vincent
* 68 Robbie (1940) shortstory by Isaac Asimov (aka Strange Playfellow) [as by Isaac Asimov ]
* 93 Farewell to the Master (1940) novelette by Harry Bates
* 139 Robot's Return (1938) shortstory by Robert Moore Williams (aka Robots Return) [as by Robert Moore Williams ]
* 153 Though Dreamers Die (1944) novelette by Lester del Rey
* 175 Fulfillment (1951) shortstory by A. E. van Vogt
* 209 Runaround [Mike Donovan (Robot)] (1942) novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 233 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) shortstory by Harlan Ellison
* 251 The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin (Robot)] (1950) novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 279 A Logic Named Joe (1946) shortstory by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins ]
* 297 Sam Hall (1953) novelette by Poul Anderson
* 332 I Made You (1954) shortstory by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
* 345 Triggerman (1958) shortstory by J. F. Bone
* 357 War with the Robots (1962) novelette by Harry Harrison
* 380 Evidence [Susan Calvin (Robot)] (1946) novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 405 2066: Election Day (1956) shortstory by Michael Shaara
* 422 If There Were No Benny Cemoli (1963) novelette by Philip K. Dick
* 448 The Monkey Wrench (1951) shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
* 461 Dial F for Frankenstein (1964) shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke (aka Dial "F" for Frankenstein) [as by Arthur C. Clarke ]
* 470 The Macauley Circuit (1956) shortstory by Robert Silverberg
* 481 Judas (1967) shortstory by John Brunner
* 491 Answer (1954) shortstory by Fredric Brown
* 495 The Electric Ant (1969) shortstory by Philip K. Dick
* 519 The Bicentennial Man (1976) novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 565 Long Shot (1972) shortstory by Vernor Vinge
* 581 Alien Stones (1972) novelette by Gene Wolfe
* 616 Starcrossed (1973) shortstory by George Zebrowski


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