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eBook Category: Science Fiction/Classic Literature
eBook Description: The Touching, Dramatic Mechanical Man Story That Inspired Asimov's Robot Series and The Famous Outer Limits Episodes! First published in 1938, golden age sf author Eando Binder's "I, Robot," the "confessions" of one Adam Link, a mechanical man, preceded, and according to Isaac Asimov inspired, his own robot series. Later with Binder's permission Asimov "borrowed" the title for the first collection of his robot tales. Until Binder's "I, Robot," the robots in science fiction stories had been menaces, either used as automatons by evil schemers in attempts to take over the world, or themselves being the evil schemers intent on conquering and exterminating humankind. For the first time, in "I, Robot?, Binder made the robot the hero of the piece and made prejudiced humanity the villains. And for the first time, the author told his story from the viewpoint of the robot himself. In "I, Robot," the protagonist Adam Link is created and educated by an aging scientist, who keeps the idealistic robot in his house, safe from discovery. But when the scientist dies, Adam Link blunders into the real world. There he finds his fine ideals about humanity and his attempt to make friends repelled by those he meets, who view him as a Frankenstein monster. Soon Adam finds himself a fugitive, hunted down by a humanity intent on putting an end to his mechanical life. "I, Robot," is an unforgettable story, whose timeless theme is as powerful and relevant today as it was when the author first penned it. Perhaps that's why the producers of the original Outer Limits and the New Outer Limits both chose to adapt it for the television series (with Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy appearing in both productions). The story's author, Eando Binder blazed a pioneering path through three key 20th century genres: he was an early and popular contributor to the science fiction pulps; he began writing for comic books almost from their beginning (co-creating and writing the original Captain Marvel and eventually creating the Legion of Super Heroes); and later he was the editor of Space World, one of the first serious, scientific magazines about the newly burgeoning aerospace industry. This first ever audio version of "I, Robot" features a dramatized reading by actor/producer Bill Mills, enhanced with dramatic and evocative background music as well as an absorbing introduction about the story, the author and the role of robots in the history science fiction literature.

eBook Publisher: Renaissance E Books/PageTurner, Published: 2006
Fictionwise Release Date: May 2006

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Available eBook Formats [MP3 Audio - What's this?]: MP3 Audio - Standard Quality (MP3) [10.8 MB], MP3 Audio - High Quality (MP3) [33.4 MB]
Running Time: 0 hours, 48 minutes, 58 secs
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED

Sample Audio File: a_Binder_IRobot-sa.mp3