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Robbie

Robbie (1940) (also known as Strange Playfellow) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.

Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers

This story is basically about the technophobia that surrounds robots, and how it is misplaced. This is not such a strange place to start, when you see that almost every science fiction story to feature a robot up until publication of this one was of the 'robot turns against creator' theme.

Robbie was a mute robot, a nursemaid for a girl called Gloria Weston. Her mother was not convinced that robots were safe, and she decided that they had to take the robot back. Her view changed when Robbie saved Gloria's life in the US Robots' factory.

Included in:
I, Robot
The Complete Robot
Robot Series
Foundation Series
Followed by:
Runaround

Referenced By

Asimov | I, Robot | IsaacAsimov | Isaac Asimov | Isaac Asimov/IRoboT | Issac Asimov | Laws of Robotics | List of science fiction short stories | Runaround | Three Laws Of Robotics

 

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