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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| film "Bicentennial Man" | 3 |
| "Bicentennial Man" | 1 |
| The Positronic Man | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
science fiction novella
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short fiction ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Bicentennial Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
novel "The Positronic Man" ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| awarded |
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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Nebula Award ⓘ
surface form:
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
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| awardYear |
1976 Nebula Award for Best Novelette
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1977 Hugo Award for Best Novelette ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterTypeCreatedBy | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
human–robot relations
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identity ⓘ legal recognition of personhood ⓘ mortality ⓘ quest for humanity ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
artificial intelligence ethics
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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
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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
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surface form:
Asimov's positronic robot stories
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| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| series | Robot series ⓘ |
| setting | future Earth ⓘ |
| subgenre | robot fiction ⓘ |
| universe |
Robots and Empire
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surface form:
Isaac Asimov's Robot–Foundation universe
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Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
"Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
The Positronic Man