The Bicentennial Man

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The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov that explores a robot’s centuries-long quest for humanity, identity, and legal recognition as a person.

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instanceOf science fiction novella
short fiction
adaptedAs The Bicentennial Man self-linksurface differs
surface form: film "Bicentennial Man"

novel "The Positronic Man"
author Isaac Asimov
awarded Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Nebula Award
surface form: Nebula Award for Best Novelette
awardYear 1976 Nebula Award for Best Novelette
1977 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
basedOnCharacterTypeCreatedBy Isaac Asimov
centralTheme human–robot relations
identity
legal recognition of personhood
mortality
quest for humanity
collectionPublicationYear 1976
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept artificial intelligence ethics
civil rights for robots
definition of a person
featuresLaw Three Laws of Robotics
filmAdaptationStar Robin Williams
filmAdaptationYear 1999
firstPublicationYear 1976
firstPublishedIn St. Martin's Press anthology "Stellar #2"
focusesOn gradual transformation from robot to human
legal battles over robot rights
form prose
genre science fiction
hasRobotDesignationForProtagonist NDR-series robot
influenced later depictions of sentient robots in fiction
language English
laterPublishedIn collection "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories"
mainCharacter Andrew Martin
mainCharacterType robot
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeScope spans two centuries
novelAdaptationCoAuthor Robert Silverberg
partOf I, Robot
surface form: Asimov's positronic robot stories
publisherOfCollection Doubleday
series Robot series
setting future Earth
subgenre robot fiction
universe Robots and Empire
surface form: Isaac Asimov's Robot–Foundation universe

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The Bicentennial Man adaptedAs The Bicentennial Man self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: film "Bicentennial Man"
Hallie Kate Eisenberg appearedIn The Bicentennial Man
this entity surface form: film "Bicentennial Man"
The Rest of the Robots containsWork The Bicentennial Man
Hallie Kate Eisenberg knownFor The Bicentennial Man
this entity surface form: film "Bicentennial Man"
Hallie Kate Eisenberg notableWork The Bicentennial Man
this entity surface form: "Bicentennial Man"
Isaac Asimov notableWork The Bicentennial Man
Isaac Asimov notableWork The Bicentennial Man
this entity surface form: The Positronic Man