Three Laws of Robotics stated explicitly. Several years later Asimov's friend Randall Garrett attributed the Laws to a symbiotic partnership between the two men – a suggestion that Asimov adopted enthusiastically. According to his autobiographical writings, Asimov included the First Law's "inaction" clause because of Arthur Hugh Clough's poem "The Latest Decalogue" (), which includes the satirical lines "Thou shalt not kill, but needst not strive / officiously to keep alive". Although Asimov pins the creation of the Three Laws on one particular date, their appearance in his literature happened over a period. He wrote two robot stories with no explicit mention of the
Sci-Fi Valley Con Sci-Fi Valley Con Sci-Fi Valley Con is an annual three-day speculative fiction (science fiction and fantasy, or SF) convention had in Altoona, Pennsylvania at the Blair County Convention Center; it is promoted by Assett Conventions, LLC (solely owned and operated by Casey B. Bassett) and is the first such convention in the area. The convention has featured a variety to different forms of entertainment over the years in order to drawl in the visitors, such as; Magic: The Gathering, HeroClix, & Warhammer 40,000 tournaments, video game tournaments, trivia tournaments, costume contests, guest speaking panels, film festival, dealers, artists, charity auctions,