Book Group, Thursday 13th December: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

<font face="Arial"><i style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>I, Robot</b></i><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is a collection of nine </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">science fiction</a><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_stories" title="Short stories" class="mw-redirect" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">short stories</a><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Isaac Asimov</a><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, first published</span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in 1950. </span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The stories can be read separately, but together they share a theme of the interaction of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human" title="Human" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">humans</a><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" title="Robot" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">robots</a><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, and morality. </span></font><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial"><br></font></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Several copies are available across Haringey Libraries. To buy, the most widely available versions are ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small;">978-0586025321 and ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small;">978-0586025321. I am not certain that it is still in print but there are several second hand copies available through a well known online book retailer. </span></font></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><font face="Arial">This is probably the book clubs first foray into science fiction and we welcome both new comers and old timers. As it is December we plan to have a bite to eat (venue TBC) but will meet on Thursday 13th December at 7:30pm. </font></span></div>

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