$25 · *FIRST EDITION* The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov (1976 HC)*

**Browse our huge selection of vintage items and collectibles! Click "View seller's list" in the user profile section of this ad. Click "Next" at the bottom right of the last ad to flip to the next page.** ----------- Price firm The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, First Edition, 1976 Hardcover with dust jacket The Positronic Man (1992), co-written with Robert Silverberg, and the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams, are based on the novel. NDR is an humanoid robot created by U.S Robots and Mechanical Men. It is acquired by a rich family. It posseses a positronic brain. They change its name to the more familiar Andrew. Andrew takes care of the two daughters and one in particular loves him too much. The robot calls her Little Miss. Andrew starts to make art and it gives a doll to her. The robot starts taking conscience and wants more freedom. It gets a bank account which his owner helps it to acquire. Andrew wants to have some rights. The owner of the robot dies. The robot cannot cry but it feels very sad about it. Little Miss grows to adulthood and helps the robot to gain its rights. The robot goes to mechanical men to acquire some upgrades by they had discontinued the project. It then goes to an amateur roboticist and he makes him an upgrade to look like a real man. Now, we can name the robot as "he". Andrew meets a female robot, and is disappointed because she is artificial. She later dies and he is very depressed, deciding to end his life. He goes to the robotist and asks him to change his brain so he may die like a human. People consider him human, at last, and he dies at 200 years of age, fitting the name of the novel. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To see our entire selection of vintage and antique books, go to: www.usedvictoria.com/classifieds/all?description=1A0B4C9D3E8F2G7 To see our other books of this category, go to: www.usedvictoria.com/classifieds/all?description=1A0B4C9D3E8F2G7+NOVEL * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . . ----- 1A0B4C9D3E8F2G7 DSC books novel