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->''My various robot short stories have appeared in no less than seven different collections of mine. Why should they be so separated? Since they appear to be far more important than anyone dreamed they would be (least of all, I) at the time they were written, why not pull them together in a single book?''
-->--'''Dr Asimov''', Introduction
First published in 1982 by Dr Creator/IsaacAsimov with Creator/{{Doubleday}}, this [[{{Anthology}} collection]] contained every ShortStory within his overall Literature/RobotSeries. At least, that was the [[NonindicativeName implication]]. Aside from the fact that he would write at least a half-dozen more short positronic robot stories, it only contains three Multivac stories ("Point of View", "True Love", and "...That Thou Art Mindful of Him!"). Nor are all of these robots, even if they have a positronic brain, ThreeLawsCompliant! "Sally" and "The Tercentenary Incident" both contain positronic robots that have the ability to kill humans. Still, this volume remains one of the most complete collections if you just want to read about robots.
''The Complete Robot'' is split into several sections, based around a certain theme or setting detail, such as [[IronLady Dr Calvin]] or [[ThoseTwoGuys Powell and Donovan]]. Each section has a short blurb summarizing Dr Asimov's thoughts about the section and their personal significance.
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[[folder:Stories in the collection]]
[[index]]
* [[AC:''Some Non-human Robots'']] %%The AC glitch makes it ugly if I remove the first bullet from each line, so this system is a work-around until the wiki no longer does a hard-enter after the All-Caps command%%
** "Literature/ABoysBestFriend"
** "{{Literature/Sally}}"
** "{{Literature/Someday}}"
* [[AC:''Some Immobile Robots'']]
** "Literature/PointOfView"
** "{{Literature/Think}}"
** "Literature/TrueLove"
* [[AC:''Some Metallic Robots'']]
** "Literature/RobotAL76GoesAstray"
** "Literature/VictoryUnintentional"
** "Literature/StrangerInParadise"
** "Literature/LightVerse"
** "{{Literature/Segregationist}}"
** "{{Literature/Robbie}}"
* [[AC:''Some Humanoid Robots'']]
** "Literature/LetsGetTogether"
** "Literature/MirrorImage"
** "Literature/TheTercentenaryIncident"
* [[AC:''Powell and Donovan'']]
** "Literature/FirstLaw"
** "{{Literature/Runaround}}"
** "{{Literature/Reason}}"
** "Literature/CatchThatRabbit"
* [[AC:''Susan Calvin'']]
** "Literature/Liar1941"
** "Literature/SatisfactionGuaranteed"
** "{{Literature/Lenny}}"
** "Literature/GalleySlave"
** "Literature/LittleLostRobot"
** "{{Literature/Risk}}"
** "{{Literature/Escape}}"
** "{{Literature/Evidence}}"
** "Literature/TheEvitableConflict"
** "Literature/FeminineIntuition"
* [[AC:''Two Climaxes'']]
** "Literature/ThatThouArtMindfulOfHim"
** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan"
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
This book has also been republished in an {{Omnibus}} called ''The Robot Collection'', which adds ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
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!!''The Complete Robot'' provides examples of:
* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Throughout this collection, Dr Asimov [[ConversationalTroping calls this trope]] Robots-as-Pathos; stories where the audience is expected to sympathize with the robot and believe that it has human-like emotions.
* AudioAdaptation:
** Creator/WarnerAudioPub produced an abridged two-cassette copy of this anthology in 1985, with Creator/LloydBattista as narrator. This version was republished by Creator/RandomHouseAudio in 1988.
** Creator/BooksOnTape created an unabridged audiocassette adaptation in 1986, voiced by [[Creator/LarryMcKeever Larry McKeever]]. It is a [[{{Doorstopper}} whopping 17 cassettes]].
* BilledAboveTheTitle: Naturally by this point Dr Asimov is famous enough that his name is plastered across the covers of each book, most of the time at least as large as the title itself. The only exception is the Dutch translation, ''De Totale Robot'', where the 1984 cover puts his name at the bottom.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: During [[InUniverse the blurb]] for ''Two Climaxes'', Dr Asimov admits that his favourite robot story is "Literature/TheBicentennialMan".
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: When introducing ''Some Humanoid Robots'', Dr Asimov specifies that these are stories about robots that can be mistaken for human beings, due to some form of skin-like covering.
-->''In science fiction it is not uncommon to have a robot built with a surface, at least, of synthetic flesh; and an appearance that is, at best, indistinguishable from the human being. Sometimes such humanoid robots are called "androids" (from a Greek term meaning "manlike") and some writers are meticulous in making the distinction. I am not. To me a robot is a robot.''
* {{Dedication}}: Dr Asimov published many books, and he prefaced this [[{{Anthology}} collection]] with the names of three publishers who had current manuscript contracts with him; Creator/MarjorieGoldstein, Creator/DavidBearinger, and Creator/HughONeill.
* {{Doorstopper}}: This anthology is over 550 pages in length, although several pages are blank or short to provide more spacing between the different {{Short Stor|y}}ies.
* FaceOnTheCover: Most authors aren't famous enough for their face to sell the book. However, Dr Asimov's portrait is included on the back cover of the Science Fiction Book Club edition because this was supposed to be the definitive [[{{Anthology}} collection]] of his robot stories. (He wrote more, he's addicted to writing more.)
* FullCircleRevolution: During the introduction, Dr Asimov talks about how he had become known as "the father of the modern robot story" by choosing a path between [[KillerRobot Robots-as-Menace]] and [[AndroidsArePeopleToo Robots-as-Pathos]]. This path has robots being sensible tools built by sensible men for practical purposes. He invented ThreeLawsCompliant to prevent both paths. However, he ends the [[{{Anthology}} collection]] by admitting that the stories in ''Two Climaxes'' are both guided by the Three Laws, yet still they diverge and each fulfills one of the two paths he had set out to avoid from the very beginning.
* GenreAnthology: This collection of ScienceFiction by Dr Asimov contains thirty-one stories about robots of various types. These robots range from plot devices to create a PuzzleThriller, to [[AndroidsArePeopleToo deeply emotional and well-rounded protagonists]].
* KillerRobot: Throughout this collection, Dr Asimov [[ConversationalTroping calls this trope]] Robots-as-Menace; stories where the audience is expected to fear technology/science because the robot that represents our advancement turns violent and dangerous.
* NonindicativeName: At the time of publication (1982), this book ''was'' a complete [[{{Anthology}} collection]] of the short fiction in Dr Asimov's ''Literature/RobotSeries''. However, he couldn't resist writing more, such as "Literature/RobotDreams" in 1986.
* {{Omnibus}}: ''The Robot Collection'' contains ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'', ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
* ReachingTowardsTheAudience: The only artwork on the Science Fiction Book Club cover merges with the title; a robotic claw coming from the side and forming the 'C' in "C[-OMPLETE-]".
* ShoutOut:
** In the Introduction, Dr Asimov name-drops the ''Literature/AdamLink'' series by Creator/EandoBinder.
** In the Introduction, Dr Asimov cites Creator/LesterDelRey's story, "Literature/HelenOLoy", as an example of [[AndroidsArePeopleToo Robots-as-Pathos]].
** In the blurb for ''Powell and Donovan'', Dr Asimov admitted that they were inspired by Creator/JohnWCampbell's Penton and Blake, the protagonists of ''Literature/ThePlaneteers''.
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->''My various robot short stories have appeared in no less than seven different collections of mine. Why should they be so separated? Since they appear to be far more important than anyone dreamed they would be (least of all, I) at the time they were written, why not pull them together in a single book?''
-->--'''Dr Asimov''', Introduction
First published in 1982 by Dr Creator/IsaacAsimov with Creator/{{Doubleday}}, this [[{{Anthology}} collection]] contained every ShortStory within his overall Literature/RobotSeries. At least, that was the [[NonindicativeName implication]]. Aside from the fact that he would write at least a half-dozen more short positronic robot stories, it only contains three Multivac stories ("Point of View", "True Love", and "...That Thou Art Mindful of Him!"). Nor are all of these robots, even if they have a positronic brain, ThreeLawsCompliant! "Sally" and "The Tercentenary Incident" both contain positronic robots that have the ability to kill humans. Still, this volume remains one of the most complete collections if you just want to read about robots.
''The Complete Robot'' is split into several sections, based around a certain theme or setting detail, such as [[IronLady Dr Calvin]] or [[ThoseTwoGuys Powell and Donovan]]. Each section has a short blurb summarizing Dr Asimov's thoughts about the section and their personal significance.
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[[folder:Stories in the collection]]
[[index]]
* [[AC:''Some Non-human Robots'']] %%The AC glitch makes it ugly if I remove the first bullet from each line, so this system is a work-around until the wiki no longer does a hard-enter after the All-Caps command%%
** "Literature/ABoysBestFriend"
** "{{Literature/Sally}}"
** "{{Literature/Someday}}"
* [[AC:''Some Immobile Robots'']]
** "Literature/PointOfView"
** "{{Literature/Think}}"
** "Literature/TrueLove"
* [[AC:''Some Metallic Robots'']]
** "Literature/RobotAL76GoesAstray"
** "Literature/VictoryUnintentional"
** "Literature/StrangerInParadise"
** "Literature/LightVerse"
** "{{Literature/Segregationist}}"
** "{{Literature/Robbie}}"
* [[AC:''Some Humanoid Robots'']]
** "Literature/LetsGetTogether"
** "Literature/MirrorImage"
** "Literature/TheTercentenaryIncident"
* [[AC:''Powell and Donovan'']]
** "Literature/FirstLaw"
** "{{Literature/Runaround}}"
** "{{Literature/Reason}}"
** "Literature/CatchThatRabbit"
* [[AC:''Susan Calvin'']]
** "Literature/Liar1941"
** "Literature/SatisfactionGuaranteed"
** "{{Literature/Lenny}}"
** "Literature/GalleySlave"
** "Literature/LittleLostRobot"
** "{{Literature/Risk}}"
** "{{Literature/Escape}}"
** "{{Literature/Evidence}}"
** "Literature/TheEvitableConflict"
** "Literature/FeminineIntuition"
* [[AC:''Two Climaxes'']]
** "Literature/ThatThouArtMindfulOfHim"
** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan"
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
This book has also been republished in an {{Omnibus}} called ''The Robot Collection'', which adds ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
----
!!''The Complete Robot'' provides examples of:
* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Throughout this collection, Dr Asimov [[ConversationalTroping calls this trope]] Robots-as-Pathos; stories where the audience is expected to sympathize with the robot and believe that it has human-like emotions.
* AudioAdaptation:
** Creator/WarnerAudioPub produced an abridged two-cassette copy of this anthology in 1985, with Creator/LloydBattista as narrator. This version was republished by Creator/RandomHouseAudio in 1988.
** Creator/BooksOnTape created an unabridged audiocassette adaptation in 1986, voiced by [[Creator/LarryMcKeever Larry McKeever]]. It is a [[{{Doorstopper}} whopping 17 cassettes]].
* BilledAboveTheTitle: Naturally by this point Dr Asimov is famous enough that his name is plastered across the covers of each book, most of the time at least as large as the title itself. The only exception is the Dutch translation, ''De Totale Robot'', where the 1984 cover puts his name at the bottom.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: During [[InUniverse the blurb]] for ''Two Climaxes'', Dr Asimov admits that his favourite robot story is "Literature/TheBicentennialMan".
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: When introducing ''Some Humanoid Robots'', Dr Asimov specifies that these are stories about robots that can be mistaken for human beings, due to some form of skin-like covering.
-->''In science fiction it is not uncommon to have a robot built with a surface, at least, of synthetic flesh; and an appearance that is, at best, indistinguishable from the human being. Sometimes such humanoid robots are called "androids" (from a Greek term meaning "manlike") and some writers are meticulous in making the distinction. I am not. To me a robot is a robot.''
* {{Dedication}}: Dr Asimov published many books, and he prefaced this [[{{Anthology}} collection]] with the names of three publishers who had current manuscript contracts with him; Creator/MarjorieGoldstein, Creator/DavidBearinger, and Creator/HughONeill.
* {{Doorstopper}}: This anthology is over 550 pages in length, although several pages are blank or short to provide more spacing between the different {{Short Stor|y}}ies.
* FaceOnTheCover: Most authors aren't famous enough for their face to sell the book. However, Dr Asimov's portrait is included on the back cover of the Science Fiction Book Club edition because this was supposed to be the definitive [[{{Anthology}} collection]] of his robot stories. (He wrote more, he's addicted to writing more.)
* FullCircleRevolution: During the introduction, Dr Asimov talks about how he had become known as "the father of the modern robot story" by choosing a path between [[KillerRobot Robots-as-Menace]] and [[AndroidsArePeopleToo Robots-as-Pathos]]. This path has robots being sensible tools built by sensible men for practical purposes. He invented ThreeLawsCompliant to prevent both paths. However, he ends the [[{{Anthology}} collection]] by admitting that the stories in ''Two Climaxes'' are both guided by the Three Laws, yet still they diverge and each fulfills one of the two paths he had set out to avoid from the very beginning.
* GenreAnthology: This collection of ScienceFiction by Dr Asimov contains thirty-one stories about robots of various types. These robots range from plot devices to create a PuzzleThriller, to [[AndroidsArePeopleToo deeply emotional and well-rounded protagonists]].
* KillerRobot: Throughout this collection, Dr Asimov [[ConversationalTroping calls this trope]] Robots-as-Menace; stories where the audience is expected to fear technology/science because the robot that represents our advancement turns violent and dangerous.
* NonindicativeName: At the time of publication (1982), this book ''was'' a complete [[{{Anthology}} collection]] of the short fiction in Dr Asimov's ''Literature/RobotSeries''. However, he couldn't resist writing more, such as "Literature/RobotDreams" in 1986.
* {{Omnibus}}: ''The Robot Collection'' contains ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'', ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
* ReachingTowardsTheAudience: The only artwork on the Science Fiction Book Club cover merges with the title; a robotic claw coming from the side and forming the 'C' in "C[-OMPLETE-]".
* ShoutOut:
** In the Introduction, Dr Asimov name-drops the ''Literature/AdamLink'' series by Creator/EandoBinder.
** In the Introduction, Dr Asimov cites Creator/LesterDelRey's story, "Literature/HelenOLoy", as an example of [[AndroidsArePeopleToo Robots-as-Pathos]].
** In the blurb for ''Powell and Donovan'', Dr Asimov admitted that they were inspired by Creator/JohnWCampbell's Penton and Blake, the protagonists of ''Literature/ThePlaneteers''.
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