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A [[GenreAnthology collection]] of ScienceFiction by Creator/IsaacAsimov, first published in 1976 (printed by {{Creator/Doubleday}}). The book has also appeared as ''Bicentennial Man'', using the poster of ''Film/BicentennialMan'' as the cover, but the inside title remains ''The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories''.
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A [[GenreAnthology collection]] of ScienceFiction by Creator/IsaacAsimov, first published in 1976 (printed by {{Creator/Doubleday}}).Doubleday). The book has also appeared as ''Bicentennial Man'', using the poster of ''Film/BicentennialMan'' as the cover, but the inside title remains ''The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories''.
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* AdvertisingByAssociation: The {{Creator/Ballantine}} publication points out that Dr Asimov is also the author of bestselling book ''Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn''.
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* BilledAboveTheTitle: Since the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} publication, Dr Asimov's name is always at the top of the book cover. Before then, the title was listed more prominently.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover, using the title ''The Bicentennial Man'', features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, using EyeBeams to attack a fighter jet. For one, nothing of the sort occurs in "Literature/TheBicentennialMan". For two, none in the rest of the stories feature four-armed robots (giant or otherwise). For three, ''nothing'' written by Dr Asimov ever featured robots larger than a fighter jet!
* {{Dedication}}: This collection is dedicated to Creator/JudyLynnDelRey, who had been Judy-Lynn Benjamin when Dr Asimov had met her, working as managing editor of ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' and publishing some of his stories. He makes many jokes at her expense (and his own) in the [[TheAnnotatedEdition annotations]].
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The 1990 {{Creator/Gollancz}} cover has a white/grey pattern for the most part, with an enormous metal man lying down on the floor with sliding doors into their head where you can see a dusk-like sky, and skinny human figures made of solid colour are standing around with shadows. [[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/7/76/THBCNTNNLM1990.jpg Pretty weird]].
* DividedForPublication: When ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' republished this collection in their series, it had to be split into issue #736 and #738.
* EyeBeams: For [[CoversAlwaysLie some unknown reason]], the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, blasting a damaged triangular plane with beams from the "head" of the robot, spaced so that they look like eyes.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover, using the title ''The Bicentennial Man'', features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, using EyeBeams to attack a fighter jet. For one, nothing of the sort occurs in "Literature/TheBicentennialMan". For two, none in the rest of the stories feature four-armed robots (giant or otherwise). For three, ''nothing'' written by Dr Asimov ever featured robots larger than a fighter jet!
* {{Dedication}}: This collection is dedicated to Creator/JudyLynnDelRey, who had been Judy-Lynn Benjamin when Dr Asimov had met her, working as managing editor of ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' and publishing some of his stories. He makes many jokes at her expense (and his own) in the [[TheAnnotatedEdition annotations]].
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The 1990 {{Creator/Gollancz}} cover has a white/grey pattern for the most part, with an enormous metal man lying down on the floor with sliding doors into their head where you can see a dusk-like sky, and skinny human figures made of solid colour are standing around with shadows. [[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/7/76/THBCNTNNLM1990.jpg Pretty weird]].
* DividedForPublication: When ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' republished this collection in their series, it had to be split into issue #736 and #738.
* EyeBeams: For [[CoversAlwaysLie some unknown reason]], the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, blasting a damaged triangular plane with beams from the "head" of the robot, spaced so that they look like eyes.
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* BilledAboveTheTitle: Since the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} Panther publication, Dr Asimov's name is always at the top of the book cover. Before then, the title was listed more prominently.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1978{{Creator/Panther}} Panther cover, using the title ''The Bicentennial Man'', features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, using EyeBeams to attack a fighter jet. For one, nothing of the sort occurs in "Literature/TheBicentennialMan". For two, none in the rest of the stories feature four-armed robots (giant or otherwise). For three, ''nothing'' written by Dr Asimov ever featured robots larger than a fighter jet!
* {{Dedication}}: This collection is dedicated toCreator/JudyLynnDelRey, Judy Lynn Del Rey, who had been Judy-Lynn Benjamin when Dr Asimov had met her, working as managing editor of ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' ''Galaxy' and publishing some of his stories. He makes many jokes at her expense (and his own) in the [[TheAnnotatedEdition annotations]].
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The 1990{{Creator/Gollancz}} Gollancz cover has a white/grey pattern for the most part, with an enormous metal man lying down on the floor with sliding doors into their head where you can see a dusk-like sky, and skinny human figures made of solid colour are standing around with shadows. [[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/7/76/THBCNTNNLM1990.jpg Pretty weird]].
* DividedForPublication: When''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' ''Urania'' republished this collection in their series, it had to be split into issue #736 and #738.
* EyeBeams: For [[CoversAlwaysLie some unknown reason]], the 1978{{Creator/Panther}} Panther cover features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, blasting a damaged triangular plane with beams from the "head" of the robot, spaced so that they look like eyes.
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* HousePseudonym: In the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope shares the anecdote]] that in the review for ''Literature/AsimovOnChemistry'', he was called a "label and linchpin of a New York corporate authorship", meaning that the reviewer thought that other people had written the book and Asimov was a publishing house churning out books. However, Dr Asimov quite proudly considers himself a one-man operation in his career.
* HousePseudonym: In the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope shares the anecdote]] that in the review for ''Literature/AsimovOnChemistry'', he was called a "label and linchpin of a New York corporate authorship", meaning that the reviewer thought that other people had written the book and Asimov was a publishing house churning out books. However, Dr Asimov quite proudly considers himself a one-man operation in his career.
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* ThinkerPose: The 1985 {{Creator/Ballantine}} cover features an obviously mechanical man sitting out on the open lunar surface, with a [[ColonizedSolarSystem dome in the distance]]. Meanwhile, the robot is leaning over with its head supported by the right hand (the one nearest the audience) and left hand resting on its knee, to indicate contemplation.
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* ThinkerPose: The 1985 {{Creator/Ballantine}} cover features an obviously mechanical man sitting out on the open lunar surface, with a [[ColonizedSolarSystem dome in the distance]]. Meanwhile, the robot is leaning over with its head supported by the right hand (the one nearest the audience) and left hand resting on its knee, to indicate contemplation.
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* ThinkerPose: The 1985{{Creator/Ballantine}} Ballantine cover features an obviously mechanical man sitting out on the open lunar surface, with a [[ColonizedSolarSystem dome in the distance]]. Meanwhile, the robot is leaning over with its head supported by the right hand (the one nearest the audience) and left hand resting on its knee, to indicate contemplation.
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A [[GenreAnthology collection]] of ScienceFiction by Creator/IsaacAsimov, first published in 1976 (printed by {{Creator/Doubleday}}). The book has also appeared as ''Bicentennial Man'', using the poster of ''Film/BicentennialMan'' as the cover, but the inside title remains ''The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories''.
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!!Works published in this [[{{Anthology}} collection]]:
[[index]]
* "Literature/ThePrimeOfLife" (1966)
* "Literature/FeminineIntuition" (1969)
* "{{Literature/Waterclap}}" (1970)
* "Literature/ThatThouArtMindfulOfHim" (1974)
* "Literature/StrangerInParadise" (1974)
* "Literature/TheLifeAndTimesOfMultivac" (1975)
* "Literature/The Winnowing" (1976)
* "Literature/TheBicentennialMan" (1976)
* "Literature/MarchingIn" (1976)
* "Literature/OldFashioned" (1976)
* "Literature/TheTercentenaryIncident" (1976)
* "Literature/BirthOfANotion" (1976)
[[/index]]
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!!''The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories'' provides examples of:
* AdvertisingByAssociation: The {{Creator/Ballantine}} publication points out that Dr Asimov is also the author of bestselling book ''Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn''.
* TheAnnotatedEdition: Creator/IsaacAsimov writes a one-two page preface for each of the stories to add a bit more RealLife context to each of his tales.
* BilledAboveTheTitle: Since the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} publication, Dr Asimov's name is always at the top of the book cover. Before then, the title was listed more prominently.
* BoxSet: A 1978 Italian translation sold ''Literature/NightfallAndOtherStories'' and ''Literature/BuyJupiterAndOtherStories'' as a two-volume box set.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover, using the title ''The Bicentennial Man'', features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, using EyeBeams to attack a fighter jet. For one, nothing of the sort occurs in "Literature/TheBicentennialMan". For two, none in the rest of the stories feature four-armed robots (giant or otherwise). For three, ''nothing'' written by Dr Asimov ever featured robots larger than a fighter jet!
* {{Dedication}}: This collection is dedicated to Creator/JudyLynnDelRey, who had been Judy-Lynn Benjamin when Dr Asimov had met her, working as managing editor of ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' and publishing some of his stories. He makes many jokes at her expense (and his own) in the [[TheAnnotatedEdition annotations]].
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The 1990 {{Creator/Gollancz}} cover has a white/grey pattern for the most part, with an enormous metal man lying down on the floor with sliding doors into their head where you can see a dusk-like sky, and skinny human figures made of solid colour are standing around with shadows. [[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/7/76/THBCNTNNLM1990.jpg Pretty weird]].
* DividedForPublication: When ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' republished this collection in their series, it had to be split into issue #736 and #738.
* EyeBeams: For [[CoversAlwaysLie some unknown reason]], the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, blasting a damaged triangular plane with beams from the "head" of the robot, spaced so that they look like eyes.
* FaceOnTheCover:
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} for the cover of the original 1976 publication, where Dr Asimov appears holding up the face of a completely unrelated statue. Still, by this point he had grown his sideburns and started wearing glasses constantly, so his face is readily recognizable even if it isn't a closeup.
** On the 1978 Creator/FawcettCrest cover is a man with unusual eyes, indicating that it is intended to represent Andrew Martin.
* HousePseudonym: In the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope shares the anecdote]] that in the review for ''Literature/AsimovOnChemistry'', he was called a "label and linchpin of a New York corporate authorship", meaning that the reviewer thought that other people had written the book and Asimov was a publishing house churning out books. However, Dr Asimov quite proudly considers himself a one-man operation in his career.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: The 1977 {{Creator/Gollancz}} cover has only the publisher's mark, the title, and the author's name on a yellow background.
* {{Novelization}}: After the release of ''Film/BicentennialMan'', this anthology was released with the film poster as the cover, to more strongly resonate with potential readers, but "Literature/TheBicentennialMan" is the [[InvertedTrope original story]], not an adaptation of the film.
* {{Omnibus}}: German publisher {{Creator/Heyne}} created ''Meine Freunde, die Roboter'' as a combination of both ''Literature/IRobot'' and ''Literature/TheBicentennialManAndOtherStories''.
* {{Tagline}}:
** "A dozen dazzling tales by the superstar of science fiction" -- Creator/FawcettCrest
** "The Hugo and Nebula award-winning novelette" -- {{Creator/Ballantine}}, inserted between ''The Bicentennial Man'' and ''...And Other Stories''
* ThinkerPose: The 1985 {{Creator/Ballantine}} cover features an obviously mechanical man sitting out on the open lunar surface, with a [[ColonizedSolarSystem dome in the distance]]. Meanwhile, the robot is leaning over with its head supported by the right hand (the one nearest the audience) and left hand resting on its knee, to indicate contemplation.
* TitleDropAnthology: This collection takes its name from "Literature/TheBicentennialMan", one of twelve stories. The title, as seen on the cover, varies from simply ''Bicentennial Man'', to including ''And Other Stories'' as a subtitle, to making the last part as prominent as the rest of the title. The copyright page indicates that the full title contains all six words and no separation.
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A [[GenreAnthology collection]] of ScienceFiction by Creator/IsaacAsimov, first published in 1976 (printed by {{Creator/Doubleday}}). The book has also appeared as ''Bicentennial Man'', using the poster of ''Film/BicentennialMan'' as the cover, but the inside title remains ''The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories''.
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!!Works published in this [[{{Anthology}} collection]]:
[[index]]
* "Literature/ThePrimeOfLife" (1966)
* "Literature/FeminineIntuition" (1969)
* "{{Literature/Waterclap}}" (1970)
* "Literature/ThatThouArtMindfulOfHim" (1974)
* "Literature/StrangerInParadise" (1974)
* "Literature/TheLifeAndTimesOfMultivac" (1975)
* "Literature/The Winnowing" (1976)
* "Literature/TheBicentennialMan" (1976)
* "Literature/MarchingIn" (1976)
* "Literature/OldFashioned" (1976)
* "Literature/TheTercentenaryIncident" (1976)
* "Literature/BirthOfANotion" (1976)
[[/index]]
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!!''The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories'' provides examples of:
* AdvertisingByAssociation: The {{Creator/Ballantine}} publication points out that Dr Asimov is also the author of bestselling book ''Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn''.
* TheAnnotatedEdition: Creator/IsaacAsimov writes a one-two page preface for each of the stories to add a bit more RealLife context to each of his tales.
* BilledAboveTheTitle: Since the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} publication, Dr Asimov's name is always at the top of the book cover. Before then, the title was listed more prominently.
* BoxSet: A 1978 Italian translation sold ''Literature/NightfallAndOtherStories'' and ''Literature/BuyJupiterAndOtherStories'' as a two-volume box set.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover, using the title ''The Bicentennial Man'', features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, using EyeBeams to attack a fighter jet. For one, nothing of the sort occurs in "Literature/TheBicentennialMan". For two, none in the rest of the stories feature four-armed robots (giant or otherwise). For three, ''nothing'' written by Dr Asimov ever featured robots larger than a fighter jet!
* {{Dedication}}: This collection is dedicated to Creator/JudyLynnDelRey, who had been Judy-Lynn Benjamin when Dr Asimov had met her, working as managing editor of ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' and publishing some of his stories. He makes many jokes at her expense (and his own) in the [[TheAnnotatedEdition annotations]].
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The 1990 {{Creator/Gollancz}} cover has a white/grey pattern for the most part, with an enormous metal man lying down on the floor with sliding doors into their head where you can see a dusk-like sky, and skinny human figures made of solid colour are standing around with shadows. [[http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/7/76/THBCNTNNLM1990.jpg Pretty weird]].
* DividedForPublication: When ''{{Magazine/Urania}}'' republished this collection in their series, it had to be split into issue #736 and #738.
* EyeBeams: For [[CoversAlwaysLie some unknown reason]], the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, blasting a damaged triangular plane with beams from the "head" of the robot, spaced so that they look like eyes.
* FaceOnTheCover:
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} for the cover of the original 1976 publication, where Dr Asimov appears holding up the face of a completely unrelated statue. Still, by this point he had grown his sideburns and started wearing glasses constantly, so his face is readily recognizable even if it isn't a closeup.
** On the 1978 Creator/FawcettCrest cover is a man with unusual eyes, indicating that it is intended to represent Andrew Martin.
* HousePseudonym: In the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope shares the anecdote]] that in the review for ''Literature/AsimovOnChemistry'', he was called a "label and linchpin of a New York corporate authorship", meaning that the reviewer thought that other people had written the book and Asimov was a publishing house churning out books. However, Dr Asimov quite proudly considers himself a one-man operation in his career.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: The 1977 {{Creator/Gollancz}} cover has only the publisher's mark, the title, and the author's name on a yellow background.
* {{Novelization}}: After the release of ''Film/BicentennialMan'', this anthology was released with the film poster as the cover, to more strongly resonate with potential readers, but "Literature/TheBicentennialMan" is the [[InvertedTrope original story]], not an adaptation of the film.
* {{Omnibus}}: German publisher {{Creator/Heyne}} created ''Meine Freunde, die Roboter'' as a combination of both ''Literature/IRobot'' and ''Literature/TheBicentennialManAndOtherStories''.
* {{Tagline}}:
** "A dozen dazzling tales by the superstar of science fiction" -- Creator/FawcettCrest
** "The Hugo and Nebula award-winning novelette" -- {{Creator/Ballantine}}, inserted between ''The Bicentennial Man'' and ''...And Other Stories''
* ThinkerPose: The 1985 {{Creator/Ballantine}} cover features an obviously mechanical man sitting out on the open lunar surface, with a [[ColonizedSolarSystem dome in the distance]]. Meanwhile, the robot is leaning over with its head supported by the right hand (the one nearest the audience) and left hand resting on its knee, to indicate contemplation.
* TitleDropAnthology: This collection takes its name from "Literature/TheBicentennialMan", one of twelve stories. The title, as seen on the cover, varies from simply ''Bicentennial Man'', to including ''And Other Stories'' as a subtitle, to making the last part as prominent as the rest of the title. The copyright page indicates that the full title contains all six words and no separation.
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