The Robot and the Man

The Robot and the Man

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Editor	Martin Greenberg
Cover artist	Ric Binkley
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1953
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	251
OCLC	1143109

The Robot and the Man is a 1953 anthology of science fiction short stories regarding robots edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding SF and Galaxy Science Fiction.

Contents

• Foreword, by Martin Greenberg
• "The Mechanical Answer", by John D. MacDonald
• "Self Portrait", by Bernard Wolfe
• "Deadlock", by Lewis Padgett
• "Robinc", by Anthony Boucher using his H. H. Holmes pseudonym
• "Burning Bright", by Robert Moore Williams using his John S. Browning pseudonym
• "Final Command", by A. E. van Vogt
• "Though Dreamers Die", by Lester del Rey
• "Rust", by Joseph E. Kelleam
• "Robots Return", by Robert Moore Williams
• "Into Thy Hands", by Lester del Rey

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller reported that "the theme hangs together very well," with some "whittling" by the editor to make the stories seem more consistent. He noted that many of the better stories regarding robots had already been anthologized elsewhere.[1]

References

1. "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, March 1954, p.158

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 302.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-02-28.