I-Robot

By Cory Doctorow

I, Robot was published on April 15, 2005. According to Doctorow: “In spring 2004, in the wake of Ray Bradbury pitching a tantrum over Michael Moore appropriating the title of Fahrenheit 451 to make Fahrenheit 9/11, I conceived of a plan to write a series of stories with the same titles as famous sf shorts, which would pick apart the totalitarian assumptions underpinning some of sf’s classic narratives.”

The story takes place in a police state that exists to ensure that only one organization can make only one specific type of robot. The story follows detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg as he attempts to find his missing teen daughter.

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“I, Robot is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published April 15, 2005. According to Doctorow’s website:

In spring 2004, in the wake of Ray Bradbury pitching a tantrum over Michael Moore appropriating the title of Fahrenheit 451 to make Fahrenheit 9/11, I conceived of a plan to write a series of stories with the same titles as famous sf shorts, which would pick apart the totalitarian assumptions underpinning some of sf’s classic narratives.

The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type of robot is allowed.

The story follows single Father detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg while he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. The detective is a bit of an outcast because his wife defected to Eurasia, a rival Superpower.”

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Author	Cory Doctorow
Publisher	Thunder's Mouth
Series	The story was included in Cory Doctorow's 2007 short story collection "Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present."
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