The Soul of the Robot in John Sladek's "Roderick". Brian Stableford's review compared Bayley's absurd stylings with that of Alfred Jarry, concluding that the book was "thoroughly likeable." Alastair Reynolds remembered the "massive enjoyment" he had reading the book and mentioned that Jasperodus had formed part of the inspiration for the character of Hesperus in "House of Suns". The Soul of the Robot The Soul of the Robot is the sixth science fiction novel by Barrington J. Bayley, featuring the character Jasperodus from his 1956 story "Fugitive". The book tells of Jasperodus, the only robot with a soul, as he attempts to prove that he
The Complete Robot about Asimov's positronic robots that do not obey the Three Laws of Robotics are: This collection includes most of Asimov's robot short stories. Missing ones were either written after its publication, or formed the text connecting the stories in "I, Robot", and Asimov's robot-centric novels, such as the Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw stories. The six Asimov robot short stories not included in this book are: The Complete Robot The Complete Robot (1982) is a collection of 31 of the 37 science fiction short stories about robots by American writer Isaac Asimov, written between 1939 and 1977. Most of