War With the Robots

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Summary: From gears to organic brains, you'll be stunned...
Review: ...and delighted by how far ahead of their time these prescient authors were. From 'Rex,' the robot-surgeon striving for the perfection of the human race, to 'Star-Crossed,' the dual minds of a ship turned lovers and then ultimately destroyed, 'War With the Robots' provides a comprehensive view of robots, their progression and society, by some of the greatest minds of science fiction. All the stories are realistic fiction, and many give you the impression that the author was speaking his view of the future, prophet of space-travel and the development of super-fast computers.

The book is broken up into several sections, most with more than one story under its heading, all in chronological order (of the date they were first published). For anyone interested in the history of robot technology and ideas, this book is fun to read as well as educating. I recommend it for all with the drive to push technology to its limits.

Rating:
Summary: From gears to organic brains, you'll be stunned...
Review: ...and delighted by how far ahead of their time these prescient authors were. From 'Rex,' the robot-surgeon striving for the perfection of the human race, to 'Star-Crossed,' the dual minds of a ship turned lovers and then ultimately destroyed, 'War With the Robots' provides a comprehensive view of robots, their progression and society, by some of the greatest minds of science fiction. All the stories are realistic fiction, and many give you the impression that the author was speaking his view of the future, prophet of space-travel and the development of super-fast computers.

The book is broken up into several sections, most with more than one story under its heading, all in chronological order (of the date they were first published). For anyone interested in the history of robot technology and ideas, this book is fun to read as well as educating. I recommend it for all with the drive to push technology to its limits.

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Summary: Picks of the litter...
Review: Although there are maybe 3 or 4 really good stories in this book filled with short stories, the rest seem all too familiar to those old black and white sci-fi serials from the 50's or 60's.

My favorite one of all being the Bicentenniel Man short story. I read this years before they made the movie with Robin Williams (which, wasn't that bad of a movie, albeit a few bad translations of things from the book). By far the best short story in the book. I got this book as a gift from my father for a birthday. He paid around [$] for this one when he bought me the book Nightfall on a sale for [$]. A good buy for any old-time sci-fi fan.