- Hardcover: 557 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (March 1982)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385177240
- ISBN-13: 978-0385177245
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #473,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A series of graded readers covering a wide range of styles and kinds of English, both fiction and non-fiction, with comprehension exercises, questions and crosswords. Level 2 has a vocabulary of 600 words.
--This text refers to the
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edition.
About the Author
Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, the world's most prolific author of fiction and non-fiction. The Good Doctor's fiction has been enjoyed by millions for more than half a century.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderfull read,
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This review is from: Complete Robot (Hardcover)
This is my first reading of Asimov and I have enjoyed this book very much. The short stories are well written and although some of them were written in the 40s, it still feels as if each of them could have been written yesterday.Highly recommended to anyone, even those having small interest in robot and technology.
1 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
THE GREEN PIRATE,
By A Customer
This review is from: Complete Robot (Hardcover)
Yo! Friends, enimies, and... urr-body,My name is cap'n Henry! I live in an outhouse! That's also a shack! My shack is like a buddy to me, for I can make my 'swishy swishys' in it. =D My friends are: Davis I have a Mrs. Henry too. SOMETIMES Henry Wink and me play games. SOMETIMES that game is called an SSF (I'll leave what that stands for up to your imagination). Davis is fun. and Bald. Rachel... Well, Rachel, he doesn't like clothes all that much. I am also a pirate. My friends are my crew. =D We sail to Henry Wink's island made of poop and Davis falls off the ship. SO. To sum it up: I Am Cap'n Henry. I am a pirate. I like poop. Pee S. I highly reccomend the book 'Everyone Poops.' A good read, it is! =D
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4.6 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews) 131 of 138 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Includes all the I, Robot stories,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Robot (Mass Market Paperback)
Not so much review as info - I own this book, and was wondering if it had the I, Robot book's stories, to read before seeing the movie. The first review listed here said that it's not really complete, and you'd still need I, Robot (and two others). But a quick cross-check of I, Robot's contents with this book's reveals that all 9 of the I, Robot stories are indeed included in The Complete Robot.Robot Visions has 7 of the 9 I, Robot stories, plus 2 stories from Bicentennial Man, plus 2 others. The Complete Robot includes the 2 from Bicentennial Man, but not the other two. Robot Dreams is actually a more generic compendium and has only three robot stories, the title story being unique to Robot Dreams. The other three are included in The Complete Robot (one of those is from I, Robot as well). So The Complete Robot has all the I, Robot stories, and all the robot stories of Robot Dreams and Robot Visions excepting their respective title stories, which were newly written for those books and together with the fantastic artwork of Ralph McQuarrie probably justifies the purchase for collectors, completists and fans. 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing, amusing intro to future history according to Asimov,
By Neal C. Reynolds - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Complete Robot (Hardcover)
This collection of classic science fiction short stories works on a number of levels.First and foremost, this is darn good reading, filled with Asimov's good humor and ability to tell an entertaining story. Secondly, it is mostly a prelude to his robot novels, Empire series, and Foundation series. Most of the stories are in a time period before CAVES OF STEEL. One obvious exception is an Elijah Bailey & R. Daneel Olivaw short which is a follow-up to the first two robot novels. One story, "Victory Unintentional", refers to the Terrestrian Empire, and others, especially some of the Susan Calvin stories, have to do with man's first expansion beyond our own Solar system. Thirdly, we're given a variety of levels of science-fiction writing. We're told where the original stories were first published, and we see Asimov's versatility and ability to write for various markets. Many come from Astounding/Analog, the magazine which published the hardest core science fiction. A couple come from the Ziff-Davis magazines, AMAZING STORIES & FANTASTIC which were soft-core s-f magazines. A couple come from THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE-FICTION which had a more literary slant. Several other classic s-f magazines are represented. However, some stories come from non science-fiction magazines, such as SATURDAY EVENING POST and the Boy Scout magazine BOY'S LIFE, each carefully tailored for the market. As noted by others, the Susan Calvin stories are especially good. They, along with a few other stories, appear to have been slightly revised for the sake of continuity. In fact, I question whether or not Susan Calvin was originally mentioned in "Robbie", Asimov's first robot story. Somehow, I doubt it. At any rate, this is easily one of the best collections of classic science-fiction as well as being just plain darn good reading that you'll find. 16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
It was worth the special order price!,
By David Pinkston - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Robot (Mass Market Paperback)
I suppose I'm biased as an Asimov fan, but I really think it's a shame this book is out of print in the U.S. It was worth the $20.00+ price. If you want to read the robot stories of Asimov's which he did not include in _I, Robot_ ("Robot AL-76 Goes Astray" was great), this is a must.
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