Tik-Tok

<b>From the back cover DAW paperback:</b> ""A robot shall not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm." - Asimov's First Law of Robotics. <p>Tik-Tok was one of the finest domestic robots ever made, but his asimov circuits were defective. He could injure people as much as he pleased - and he pleased to do it often! <p>But the life of a robot (if that isn't a contradiction) is still all service and unpaid labor. Tik Tok served many masters, all of whom came to a bad end. Happily he went on gathering steam with a trail of catastrophes getting bigger and bigger, destined to culminate with his campaign for the vice-presidency of the United States! <p><i>Science Fiction Review</i> calls John Sladek "one of the true and original lunatics of science fiction... one of the funniest writers in the field." <p>Now read the hilarious autobiography of Sladek's asimovian scofflaw!"

Year	Award	Category	Status
1983	British Science Fiction Award	Best Novel	Winner
1984	John W. Campbell Memorial Award	Best Science Fiction Novel	Nominee/Finalist
1984	Locus Poll Award	Best SF Novel	Nominee/Finalist
1986	Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award	Best International Long Fiction	Nominee/Finalist