Showing results for "Robot" in Genre Fiction

Could a robot ever show true creativity? Is it wise to trust self-driving cars? Will robotic body parts transform human beings into machines? Will organic technology allow robots to become human? Featuring Dr. Susan Calvin, Donovan and Powell, and the detective Elijah Baley, hero of the Robot novels, this is the ultimate collection of short stories from a genius of the genre.

Isaac Asimov’s ROBOT series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial...

The sixteen stories and two screenplays that make up Volume One of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death & Robots.

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial...

From the #1 global bestselling author of The 5AM Club and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari comes a powerful parable about reclaiming our humanity. Returning to the storytelling form that made him a global phenomenon, Robin Sharma shows us that our greatest power lies not in what we do, but in who...

Arto has a problem. For one, he's a robot. He’s awoken with no memory of who he is, with nothing but a mysterious letter, in a world bereft of those fleshy, talky things that made him. So why is he alone, and where have all the people gone? He stumbles upon a lost, cheeky kitten and selects it as his best friend for the adventure of a lifetime, trying to make sense of all this existence stuff. Just as Arto begins to fear he's the only sentient thing left on the whole planet, a cantankerous robot falls from the sky. She says she's his sister.

Synopsis:In a not-so-distant future, the city of Neo-Lumen thrives at the intersection of advanced technology and humanity, where life is a delicate balance of coexistence between humans and KEVIAN units, sentient AIs designed to support and enrich everyday life. However, this harmony is not...

The fifteen stories and three screenplays that make up Volumes Two and Three of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots. Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

Is BER-66 a human or a machine? As he navigates the corridors and locked rooms of a strange bunker, he must solve the mysteries of murderous doppelgangers, a slow-motion city on the verge of destruction and, ultimately, the all-powerful Mechanism itself.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Far out on the Scatter, past the place where the trade-lanes thin and give out, the crew of the space barge The Marigold come upon a thing adrift in the cold void: a small worn machine, wiped nearly to nothing, still turning one faithful light toward a...

In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together. 

Narrated by Rupert Degas, and behind-the-scenes diaries narrated by the author and screenwriter Mark Stay. This audiobook also features exclusive sound effects from the film. To find his father, one boy must defy an empire.... Three years ago, Earth was conquered by a force of robots from a distant world. They have one rule: stay in your homes. Step outside and you get one warning before you're vaporised by a massive robot Sentry or a crawling Sniper or a flying Drone.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. They all agreed the old engine was finished. Not one of them had asked it why it would not go. A warm, hopeful cozy science fiction novella for grown-ups, perfect for readers who love a low-stakes, big-heart comfort read with a found-family crew, a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. You will expect a marching automaton. You will find a child’s tin soldier no longer than a thumb, his paint worn grey, his ankle mended with a careful bead of solder. The barge The Marigold puts down on Bellow’s Pile, a working junk-moon run by one...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A beloved travelling carnival of clockwork wonders pitches in a hard-pressed frontier town, and its marvels begin failing on cue, the same charming fumble the same way twice, always where the crowd can see. This is the cozy science fiction comfort read...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The barge The Marigold puts down at Dust Creek for a quiet supper and finds a whole town gone mad with bunting. The frontier’s biggest wedding in a generation is tomorrow, and the hired ceremonial crew, a brace of servers, two ushers, and one stately...

Whether it’s the assassins out to collect a bounty, or Björn Thorson–that pitiless zillionaire with an unhealthy god complex–the hunter has now become the hunted. But no one is more eager to make the kill than Lance the rogue lovebot. He has it in his plasma gel brain that Charlie has committed a crime against him that can only be corrected through a bloody act of vengeance. The ensuing chase will propel both man and mandroid on a test of survival into their own hearts of darkness, as well as the dark soul of the failing humanity from which they both were born.

First published in 1921, Karel Capek's ultra-prescient play R.U.R has become a classic of dystopian literature, giving us the word 'robot' and inspiring movies and TV series from Blade Runner to Westworld. Set in Capek's 1920s version of the future, this radio reimagining blends music, comedy and drama to tell the story of a world dominated by mechanisation and the pursuit of profit.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. They all agreed the keeper was a glitch. Not one of them had gone out to ask it why it kept the light. A warm, hopeful cozy science fiction novella for grown-ups, perfect for readers who love a low-stakes, big-heart comfort read with a found-family crew...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Some machines break. The Sisters of Mercy are running exactly as they were built to. That is the whole trouble. A warm, hopeful cozy science fiction novella for grown-ups, perfect for readers who love a low-stakes, big-heart comfort read with a...