Three Laws of Robotics "Lucky Starr" series of young-adult fiction. The Laws are incorporated into almost all of the positronic robots appearing in his fiction, and cannot be bypassed, being intended as a safety feature. Many of Asimov's robot-focused stories involve robots behaving in unusual and counter-intuitive ways as an unintended consequence of how the robot applies the Three Laws to the situation in which it finds itself. Other authors working in Asimov's fictional universe have adopted them and references, often parodic, appear throughout science fiction as well as in other genres. The original laws have been altered and elaborated on by Asimov and
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,