short story "I, Robot" by Eando Binder (story credit inspiration)
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The short story "I, Robot" by Eando Binder is a pioneering 1939 science fiction tale about a sympathetic robot named Adam Link that helped shape later robot literature and inspired subsequent works using the same title.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| short story "I, Robot" by Eando Binder (story credit inspiration) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
science fiction work
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television episode ⓘ |
| author | Eando Binder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorCollectivePseudonymFor |
Earl Binder
NERFINISHED
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Otto Binder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | subject to 20th-century US copyright law ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacterType | robot ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | pulp science fiction magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Amazing Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Adam Link in Business NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Outer Limits episode "I, Robot" (1964)
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The Outer Limits episode "I, Robot" (1995) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRobotCharacter | Adam Link NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later robot literature
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popular culture depictions of robots ⓘ subsequent works titled "I, Robot" ⓘ |
| inspiredTitleReuse | Isaac Asimov collection "I, Robot" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Adam Link NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Adam Link NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early sympathetic robot protagonist
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pioneering treatment of robot psychology ⓘ |
| originalAudience | readers of pulp science fiction magazines ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Adam Link stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
robot accused of killing its creator
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robot seeks to prove its innocence ⓘ |
| portraysRobotsAs |
capable of emotion
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morally aware beings ⓘ |
| protagonistType | sentient robot ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| robotCreator | Dr. Charles Link NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| robotName | Adam Link NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Earth ⓘ |
| subgenre | robot fiction ⓘ |
| theme |
prejudice against artificial beings
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responsibility of creators toward creations ⓘ sympathetic portrayal of robots ⓘ what it means to be human ⓘ |
| tone |
pathos-driven
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tragic ⓘ |
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