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Liar!

Isaac Asimov

First published May 1941
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Positronic Robot Stories › Susan Calvin

Synopsis

A production fault results in a robot which can read human minds. It acts on this ability in an unusual and unforseen way.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (93)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1941 Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1941 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 43
1950 I, Robot Gnome Press Collection 111
1950 I, Robot Gnome Press Collection
1952 I, Robot Grosset & Dunlap Collection
1952 I, Robot Grayson & Grayson Collection
March 1954 I, Robot The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
April 1954 Human? Lion Books Anthology 138
March 1956 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 82
May 1957 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 82
1958 I, Robot Digit Books Collection
January 1961 I, Robot Signet Collection 82
1963 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 99
August 1963 I, Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 99
April 1964 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 82
1965 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 295
1966 Doorway Into Time Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 117
1966 Masters' Choice Simon & Schuster Anthology 15
1966 Doorway Into Time Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 117
March 1966 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 99
1967 I, Robot Dennis Dobson Collection 99
October 1967 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 295
1968 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
1968 Masters' Choice Herbert Jenkins Anthology
1968 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
July 1968 I, Robot Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 82
1969 Masters' Choice 1 Tandem Anthology 15
1969 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
August 1970 I, Robot Fawcett Crest Collection 84
1971 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
January 1971 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 1
September 1971 Mind to Mind Thomas Nelson Anthology 102
1973 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
October 1973 Doorway Into Time Manor Books Anthology 117
1974 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 295
1974 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 295
1974 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
February 1974 Mind to Mind Dell Anthology 88
1975 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
1975 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 92
July 1975 In Dreams Awake Dell Laurel Anthology 208
April 1977 I, Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 99
June 1977 I, Robot Panther Collection 92
September 1977 Liar! Cambridge University Press Chapbook
1978 Approaches to Science Fiction Houghton Mifflin Anthology 348
1978 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 92
1980 I, Robot Fawcett Crest Collection 84
March 1980 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 DAW Books Anthology 131
March 1980 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 131
1981 I, Robot Granada Collection 92
April 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday Collection 267
July 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday & Company / SFBC Collection 267
October 1982 The Complete Robot Granada Collection 267
1983 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 131
1983 The Robot Collection Doubleday Omnibus
December 1983 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 84
December 1983 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 84
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 329
1984 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 92
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 329
July 1984 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 84
November 1984 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 84
July 1985 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 84
August 1985 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 84
1986 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 329
May 1986 I, Robot Grafton Collection 92
1988 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 329
1990 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 329
1990 Robot Visions Guild Publishing Collection 80
April 1990 Robot Visions Roc / Penguin Collection 93
September 1990 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection 80
March 1991 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 93
May 1991 Robot Visions VGSF / Victor Gollancz Collection 80
December 1991 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 111
1992 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 84
1993 The Complete Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 329
September 1993 Robot Visions VGSF / Gollancz Collection |12
October 1993 I, Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 108
1995 The Complete Robot Voyager Collection 329
July 1996 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 111
February 1997 Robot Visions Vista Collection |12
November 2000 The Complete Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 267
April 2001 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection |12
June 2004 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 91
June 2004 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 111
July 2004 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 93
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 282
May 2009 Mind to Mind Wildside Press Anthology
March 2013 I, Robot Harper Voyager (UK) Collection 102
June 2013 I, Robot HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 101
2015 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 141
September 2015 Robot Visions Recorded Books Collection |80
May 2018 The Complete Robot HarperVoyager Collection 286
May 2018 I, Robot HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 101