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“ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION”: I, ROBOT, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ASIMOV

ASIMOV, Isaac. I, Robot. New York: Gnome Press, (1950). Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket.

First edition, first issue, inscribed: “With best regards, Isaac Asimov.”

Asimov’s Robot stories were among his most successful and popular, helping to establish his reputation as one of the pioneers of science fiction. “I, Robot is by most critical accounts one of the most influential books in the history of modern science fiction because it established new conventions for writing robot stories? Asimov did much in his stories to counter the Faustian image of science that had arisen in the public imagination. Prejudice against machines and technology is in fact the constant background, if not the subject matter, of the robot stories? Asimov’s robot stories also have predicted certain real developments. Robotics is now recognized as a field of study, and computer-controlled machines are now in industrial use. In addition, Asimov added two new words to the English language through these stories. The Oxford English Dictionary credits him with the earliest uses of robotics and positronic” (Touponce, Isaac Asimov, 32). First issue, in cloth binding (later issue bound in wrappers). Currey, 17.

Book fine. Light wear to spine ends of very good price-clipped dust jacket. A desirable inscribed first edition of one of science fiction’s most important novels.