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* GenreAnthology: This collection of ScienceFiction by Dr Asimov contains thirty-one stories about robots of various types. These robots range from plot devices to create a PuzzleThriller, to [[AndroidsArePeopleToo deeply emotional and well-rounded protagonists]].
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* BilledAboveTheTitle: The author's name appears above the title in every publication of this book, and only sometimes is the publishing company included about Dr Asimov's name. Some of the time, the title is so small it looks the "Asimov" is the name of the book instead of the author.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how it had been [[InspirationForTheWork inspired]] and claims that this is his favourite Susan Calvin story.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: [[invoked]] In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how it had been [[InspirationForTheWork inspired]] and claims that this is his favourite Susan Calvin story.
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* InspirationForTheWork: [[invoked]] In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how Creator/HoraceGold requested a story from him, but he was too busy working on [[Literature/BiochemistryAndHumanMetabolism a biochemistry textbook]]. However, not long after he said that, he came up with an idea for a story and sent that in.
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A ScienceFiction GenreAnthology[=/=]{{Omnibus}} published by Creator/IsaacAsimov, with the help of {{Creator/Doubleday}} publishing company. Featuring stories from his Literature/RobotSeries, a much slimmer copy of the book was also published as ''Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots'', created by absenting the two Elijah Baley books.
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A ScienceFiction GenreAnthology[=/=]{{Omnibus}} published in 1964 by Creator/IsaacAsimov, with the help of {{Creator/Doubleday}} publishing company. Featuring stories from his Literature/RobotSeries, a much slimmer copy of the book was also published as ''Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots'', created by absenting the two Elijah Baley books.
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->''My robots were machines designed by engineers, not pseudo-men created by blasphemers. My robots reacted along the rational lines that existed in their "brains" from the moment of construction.''
-->--'''Dr Asimov''', Introduction
A ScienceFiction GenreAnthology[=/=]{{Omnibus}} published by Creator/IsaacAsimov, with the help of {{Creator/Doubleday}} publishing company. Featuring stories from his Literature/RobotSeries, a much slimmer copy of the book was also published as ''Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots'', created by absenting the two Elijah Baley books.
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!!''The Rest of the Robots'' contains the following stories:
[[index]]
* "Literature/RobotAL76GoesAstray" (1942)
* "Literature/VictoryUnintentional" (1942)
* "Literature/FirstLaw" (1956)
* "Literature/LetsGetTogether" (1957)
* "Literature/SatisfactionGuaranteed" (1951)
* "{{Literature/Risk}}" (1955)
* "{{Literature/Lenny}}" (1958)
* "Literature/GalleySlave" (1957)
* ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' (1954)
* ''Literature/TheNakedSun'' (1957)
[[/index]]
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!!''The Rest of the Robots'' provides examples of:
* BilledAboveTheTitle: The author's name appears above the title in every publication of this book, and only sometimes is the publishing company included about Dr Asimov's name. Some of the time, the title is so small it looks the "Asimov" is the name of the book instead of the author.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1974 Creator/PyramidBooks ''Eight Stories from'' cover has two humans in spacesuits surprised by an enormous robot in a sandy environment. The closest any story gets to this scene is Donovan, alone, getting surprised by Emma in "Literature/FirstLaw", and ''even then''' she isn't much larger than a human is.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how it had been [[InspirationForTheWork inspired]] and claims that this is his favourite Susan Calvin story.
* {{Dedication}}: Dr Asimov prefaced this [[{{Anthology}} collection]] with "To Tim, Tom and Dick -- my stalwart supporters at {{Creator/Doubleday}}". Tom refers to Creator/TomSloane, one of the editors at Doubleday and grandson of [[Creator/TomOConorSloane T. O'Conor Sloane]], editor of ''Magazine/AmazingStories''.
* FishbowlHelmet: The 1974 Creator/PyramidBooks cover has two men wearing spacesuits with clear glass spheres as helmets.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome:
** The 1968 {{Creator/Panther}} cover has a pink/red robot head in the centre of the cover and eight translucent duplicates around it, all on a black background.
** The 2018 Creator/HarperCollins cover has a yellow robot head in the centre of the cover and six duplicates around it, all on a dynamic purple background.
* GenreAnthology: This collection of ScienceFiction by Dr Asimov contains thirty-one stories about robots of various types. These robots range from plot devices to create a PuzzleThriller, to [[AndroidsArePeopleToo deeply emotional and well-rounded protagonists]].
* InspirationForTheWork: In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how Creator/HoraceGold requested a story from him, but he was too busy working on [[Literature/BiochemistryAndHumanMetabolism a biochemistry textbook]]. However, not long after he said that, he came up with an idea for a story and sent that in.
* KissingTheGround: In the preamble to "{{Literature/Lenny}}", Dr Asimov describes how he hates vacations. When he returned home, he kissed the walls of his attic, where he works, to celebrate his escape from "vacation".
* MadScientist: During the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] the creation of this trope, tying it to ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Building life was blasphemous because mankind cannot build souls, but the war had shown that it could destroy life very easily. Thus, the "Evil Scientist or, at best, the Foolishly Sacrilegious Scientist", became a common archetype.
* TheNamesake: The preface of "Part II: The Laws of Robotics" explains that this [[{{Anthology}} collection]]'s title comes from it containing stories that were not included in ''Literature/IRobot''. As Dr Asimov was inclined to continue writing robot stories, an interested reader may wish to pick up ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'' instead.
* {{Omnibus}}: After this book was first published, the eight short stories were reprinted both as ''Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots'' and under this title. The original book also includes ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
* ShoutOut:
** The introduction starts with a "Great Man" and his "little woman", which refers to Creator/PercyByssheShelley and Creator/MaryShelley. The familiarity of his stories ''{{Literature/Adonais}}'', ''Literature/OdeToTheWestWind'', and ''Literature/TheCenci'' are contrasted against her more famous story, ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}''.
** During the introduction, Dr Asimov compares ''{{Myth/Faust}}'' to ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'', as both works are about [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow dangerous knowledge]]. He develops the Faustian conflict further in the introduction, explaining that Faust must face Mephistopheles, but the plot did not require some sort of failing on Faust's end.
** Creator/KarelCapek's ''{{Theatre/RUR}}'': The introduction describes how ''R.U.R.'' was following in the footsteps of ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and ''{{Myth/Faust}}'', with artificial life that [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow causes trouble due to its existence]].
** During the introduction, Creator/JulesVerne is mentioned as a master storyteller who dabbled in ScienceFiction.
** During the preface of "Part II: The Laws of Robotics", Dr Asimov mentions ''Literature/TheIliad'', citing Book XVIII, where Hephaistos has female servants built from gold.
** Dr Asimov obliquely mentions ''{{Magazine/Escapade}}'' magazine, calling it only, "one of those magazines that feature the undraped female form divine". The August 1960 issue had reprinted his tale, "Literature/LetsGetTogether".
* {{Tagline}}:
** "They did Man's dirty work-- but could they be trusted?" -- 1966 {{Creator/Pyramid}} publication of ''Eight Stories from''
** "Science fiction's masterwriter at his most exciting!" -- 1969 {{Creator/Pyramid}} publication of ''Eight Stories from''
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: In the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] how fiction often showed how trying to do something godlike (such as [[CreatingLife creating artificial life]]) was something hubristic that needed to be punished. His decision to have robots as tools was an attempt to defy that literary tradition.
* TwoFaced: The original cover had a stylised figure with skin/veins on the right and natal bars/springs/wires on the left, making it half-man and half-machine from their head to their legs (and presumably lower).
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->''My robots were machines designed by engineers, not pseudo-men created by blasphemers. My robots reacted along the rational lines that existed in their "brains" from the moment of construction.''
-->--'''Dr Asimov''', Introduction
A ScienceFiction GenreAnthology[=/=]{{Omnibus}} published by Creator/IsaacAsimov, with the help of {{Creator/Doubleday}} publishing company. Featuring stories from his Literature/RobotSeries, a much slimmer copy of the book was also published as ''Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots'', created by absenting the two Elijah Baley books.
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!!''The Rest of the Robots'' contains the following stories:
[[index]]
* "Literature/RobotAL76GoesAstray" (1942)
* "Literature/VictoryUnintentional" (1942)
* "Literature/FirstLaw" (1956)
* "Literature/LetsGetTogether" (1957)
* "Literature/SatisfactionGuaranteed" (1951)
* "{{Literature/Risk}}" (1955)
* "{{Literature/Lenny}}" (1958)
* "Literature/GalleySlave" (1957)
* ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' (1954)
* ''Literature/TheNakedSun'' (1957)
[[/index]]
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!!''The Rest of the Robots'' provides examples of:
* BilledAboveTheTitle: The author's name appears above the title in every publication of this book, and only sometimes is the publishing company included about Dr Asimov's name. Some of the time, the title is so small it looks the "Asimov" is the name of the book instead of the author.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The 1974 Creator/PyramidBooks ''Eight Stories from'' cover has two humans in spacesuits surprised by an enormous robot in a sandy environment. The closest any story gets to this scene is Donovan, alone, getting surprised by Emma in "Literature/FirstLaw", and ''even then''' she isn't much larger than a human is.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how it had been [[InspirationForTheWork inspired]] and claims that this is his favourite Susan Calvin story.
* {{Dedication}}: Dr Asimov prefaced this [[{{Anthology}} collection]] with "To Tim, Tom and Dick -- my stalwart supporters at {{Creator/Doubleday}}". Tom refers to Creator/TomSloane, one of the editors at Doubleday and grandson of [[Creator/TomOConorSloane T. O'Conor Sloane]], editor of ''Magazine/AmazingStories''.
* FishbowlHelmet: The 1974 Creator/PyramidBooks cover has two men wearing spacesuits with clear glass spheres as helmets.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome:
** The 1968 {{Creator/Panther}} cover has a pink/red robot head in the centre of the cover and eight translucent duplicates around it, all on a black background.
** The 2018 Creator/HarperCollins cover has a yellow robot head in the centre of the cover and six duplicates around it, all on a dynamic purple background.
* GenreAnthology: This collection of ScienceFiction by Dr Asimov contains thirty-one stories about robots of various types. These robots range from plot devices to create a PuzzleThriller, to [[AndroidsArePeopleToo deeply emotional and well-rounded protagonists]].
* InspirationForTheWork: In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how Creator/HoraceGold requested a story from him, but he was too busy working on [[Literature/BiochemistryAndHumanMetabolism a biochemistry textbook]]. However, not long after he said that, he came up with an idea for a story and sent that in.
* KissingTheGround: In the preamble to "{{Literature/Lenny}}", Dr Asimov describes how he hates vacations. When he returned home, he kissed the walls of his attic, where he works, to celebrate his escape from "vacation".
* MadScientist: During the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] the creation of this trope, tying it to ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Building life was blasphemous because mankind cannot build souls, but the war had shown that it could destroy life very easily. Thus, the "Evil Scientist or, at best, the Foolishly Sacrilegious Scientist", became a common archetype.
* TheNamesake: The preface of "Part II: The Laws of Robotics" explains that this [[{{Anthology}} collection]]'s title comes from it containing stories that were not included in ''Literature/IRobot''. As Dr Asimov was inclined to continue writing robot stories, an interested reader may wish to pick up ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'' instead.
* {{Omnibus}}: After this book was first published, the eight short stories were reprinted both as ''Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots'' and under this title. The original book also includes ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''.
* ShoutOut:
** The introduction starts with a "Great Man" and his "little woman", which refers to Creator/PercyByssheShelley and Creator/MaryShelley. The familiarity of his stories ''{{Literature/Adonais}}'', ''Literature/OdeToTheWestWind'', and ''Literature/TheCenci'' are contrasted against her more famous story, ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}''.
** During the introduction, Dr Asimov compares ''{{Myth/Faust}}'' to ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'', as both works are about [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow dangerous knowledge]]. He develops the Faustian conflict further in the introduction, explaining that Faust must face Mephistopheles, but the plot did not require some sort of failing on Faust's end.
** Creator/KarelCapek's ''{{Theatre/RUR}}'': The introduction describes how ''R.U.R.'' was following in the footsteps of ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and ''{{Myth/Faust}}'', with artificial life that [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow causes trouble due to its existence]].
** During the introduction, Creator/JulesVerne is mentioned as a master storyteller who dabbled in ScienceFiction.
** During the preface of "Part II: The Laws of Robotics", Dr Asimov mentions ''Literature/TheIliad'', citing Book XVIII, where Hephaistos has female servants built from gold.
** Dr Asimov obliquely mentions ''{{Magazine/Escapade}}'' magazine, calling it only, "one of those magazines that feature the undraped female form divine". The August 1960 issue had reprinted his tale, "Literature/LetsGetTogether".
* {{Tagline}}:
** "They did Man's dirty work-- but could they be trusted?" -- 1966 {{Creator/Pyramid}} publication of ''Eight Stories from''
** "Science fiction's masterwriter at his most exciting!" -- 1969 {{Creator/Pyramid}} publication of ''Eight Stories from''
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: In the introduction, Dr Asimov [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] how fiction often showed how trying to do something godlike (such as [[CreatingLife creating artificial life]]) was something hubristic that needed to be punished. His decision to have robots as tools was an attempt to defy that literary tradition.
* TwoFaced: The original cover had a stylised figure with skin/veins on the right and natal bars/springs/wires on the left, making it half-man and half-machine from their head to their legs (and presumably lower).
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