Robbie
- Robbie can also refer to the pop singer Robbie Williams.
Robbie (1940) (also known as Strange Playfellow) is science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.
This story is basically about the technophobia that surrounds robots, and how it is misplaced. This is not such a strange place to start, when you see that almost every science fiction story to feature a robot up until publication of this one was of the 'robot turns against creator' theme.
Robbie was a mute robot, a nursemaid for a girl called Gloria Weston. Her mother was not convinced that robots were safe, and she decided that they had to take the robot back. Her view changed when Robbie saved Gloria's life in the US Robots' factory.
| Included in: | Series: | Followed by: |
|---|---|---|
| I, Robot The Complete Robot | Robot Series Foundation Series | Runaround |
| I, Robot |
| Robbie | Runaround | Reason | Catch That Rabbit | Liar! | Little Lost Robot | Escape!| Evidence | The Evitable Conflict |
| The Complete Robot |
| Boy's Best Friend, A | Sally | Someday | Point of View | Think! | True Love | Robot AL-76 Goes Astray | Victory Unintentional | Stranger In Paradise | Light Verse | Segregationist | Strange Playfellow | Let's Get Together | Mirror Image | The Tercentenary Incident | First Law | Runaround | Reason | Catch That Rabbit | Liar! | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Lenny | Galley Slave | Little Lost Robot | Risk | Paradoxical Escape| Evidence | The Evitable Conflict | Feminine Intuition | —That Thou Art Mindful of Him | The Bicentennial Man |
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