(The word “robot” is from a Czech word meaning “compulsory labor.”) Though Rossum meant well, it didn’t work out as he planned: the robots rebelled, and the human species was destroyed. stands for “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” Rossum, an English industrialist, produced artificial human beings designed to do the labor of the world and to free humanity for a life of creative leisure. , which was first staged in 1921 in Czechoslovakia, but was soon translated into many languages. Mechanical human beings are to be found in ancient and medieval myths and legends, and the word “robot” originally appeared in Karl Capek’s play R.U.R. Robots were, after all, nothing new in science fiction, not even in 1939. The writing side of my love affair with robots began on May 10, 1939, but as a science-fiction reader it began earlier still. About the Author Introduction THE STORY BEHIND THE ROBOT NOVELS
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