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Title: The Machine and the Robot Title Record # 133617
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1978-06-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Synopsis: Machines and robots supplanting humanity is a theme in dystopian fiction but it may actually be a natural and desirable phase of evolution.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1978 The Myth of the Machine
Year Language Title
1984Translated by Thomaz Newlands Neto.
Portuguese O mito da máquina
1984Translated by Laura Serra
Italian Il mito della macchina
1992Translated by Eduardo Saló
Portuguese A máquina e o robot
1996Translated by Ronaldo Sérgio de Biasi
Portuguese A Máquina e o Robô

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology 1978-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick Harper & Row 0-06-046943-9   xviii+
476
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology 1978-06-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick Harper & Row 0-06-011626-9
$14.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Rubin Checkmark
Asimov on Science Fiction 1981-04-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday & Company 0-385-17443-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Asimov on Science Fiction 1981-07-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 5223
$5.50?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic  
Asimov on Science Fiction 1982-04-00 Isaac Asimov Discus / Avon 0-380-58511-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
300
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic Checkmark
Asimov on Science Fiction 1983-00-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-246-12044-4
£7.95?£: UK pound
334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Checkmark
No Mundo da Ficção Científica 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Francisco Alves (Mundos da Ficção Científica #34)     415
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
non-fic  
Guida alla fantascienza 1984-04-00 Isaac Asimov Mondadori (Urania Blu #1) 1
Lit 3,500?Lit: Italian lira
254
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
non-fic Karel Thole  
Robot Visions 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Guild Publishing CN 6847   383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Visions 1990-04-03 Isaac Asimov Roc / Penguin 0-451-45000-0 / LE5000
$18.95?$: US dollar
x+
482
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Visions 1990-09-00 Isaac Asimov Gollancz 0-575-04841-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Robot Visions 1991-03-00 Isaac Asimov Roc / New American Library 0-451-45064-7
$4.99?$: US dollar
x+
482
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Visions 1991-05-09 Isaac Asimov VGSF / Victor Gollancz 0-575-05056-X
£5.99?£: UK pound
383
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
On the Past, Present & Future - 66 Essays 1992-00-00 Isaac Asimov Barnes & Noble Books 0-88029-939-8   viii+
374
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Checkmark
Visões de robot?Visoes de robot
1992-00-00 Isaac Asimov
Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America
972-1-03521-1   412
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Robot Visions 1993-09-00 Isaac Asimov VGSF / Gollancz 0-575-05527-8
£4.99?£: UK pound
511
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Visões de Robô 1996-00-00 Isaac Asimov Record 85-01-04081-9   462
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Robot Visions 1997-02-00 Isaac Asimov Vista 0-575-60152-3
£5.99?£: UK pound
511
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology 1998-00-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander, Patricia Warrick HarperCollins 0-06-046943-9
$15.62?$: US dollar
 
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Robot Visions 2001-04-00 Isaac Asimov Gollancz 1-85798-336-X
£6.99?£: UK pound
511
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Visões de Robô 2002-00-00 Isaac Asimov Record 85-01-04081-9   462
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Checkmark
Robot Visions 2004-07-00 Isaac Asimov Roc / New American Library 0-451-45064-7
$7.99?$: US dollar
x+
482
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
Robot Visions date unknown Isaac Asimov Roc / New American Library 0-451-45064-7
C$5.99?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
482
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Visions date unknown Isaac Asimov Roc 0-451-45064-7 / LE5064
$4.99?$: US dollar
x+
482
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie Checkmark
Robot Visions date unknown Isaac Asimov Roc / New American Library 0-451-45064-7
$7.99?$: US dollar
x+
482
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Ralph McQuarrie  
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