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The Bicentennial Man

Isaac Asimov

First published February 1976
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Foundation Universe › The Positronic Robot Stories

Notes

"The Bicentennial Man is a novelette in the Robot series by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story serves as the basis for the 1992 novel The Positronic Man, which Asimov co-wrote with Robert Silverberg.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1977 Hugo Award Best Novelette Winner
1977 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Winner
1977 Nebula Award Novelette Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (79)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1976 Stellar #2 Ballantine Books Anthology 85
August 1976 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Doubleday Collection 135
September 1976 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Doubleday & Company / SFBC Collection 135
January 1977 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Gollancz Collection
May 1977 The 1977 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 127
May 1977 The 1977 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 127
July 1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 332
July 1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 332
July 1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 332
July 1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 Victor Gollancz Anthology 332
September 1977 The 1977 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 123
1978 The Bicentennial Man Panther / Granada Collection 164
1978 The Bicentennial Man Panther / Granada Collection 164
February 1978 Nebula Winners Twelve Harper & Row Anthology 127
June 1978 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Fawcett Crest Collection 143
December 1978 Nebula Winners Twelve Harper & Row Anthology 127
1979 The Bicentennial Man Panther / Granada Collection 164
1979 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Fawcett Crest Collection 143
March 1979 Opus 200 Houghton Mifflin Collection |1.08
April 1979 Nebula Winners Twelve Bantam Books Anthology 133
November 1979 The World's Best SF. 4 Dennis Dobson Anthology
1980 Opus: A Selection from the First 200 Books Andre Deutsch Omnibus |2001.08
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 521
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Arbor House Anthology 521
December 1980 Opus 200 Dell Collection 83
1981 The Bicentennial Man Panther / Granada Collection 164
April 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday Collection 519
July 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday & Company / SFBC Collection 519
October 1982 The Complete Robot Granada Collection 519
December 1982 Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Six DAW Books Anthology 127
1983 The Robot Collection Doubleday Omnibus
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 635
1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Allen Lane Anthology 519
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 635
January 1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 519
June 1984 Philosophy and Science Fiction Prometheus Books Anthology 183
1985 The Bicentennial Man Grafton Collection 164
1985 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Penguin Books Anthology 519
February 1985 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 143
February 1985 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 143
April 1985 The Hugo Winners: Volume 4 Doubleday Anthology 259
1986 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 635
October 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 229
1987 The Bicentennial Man Grafton Collection 164
February 1987 Beyond the Stars Severn House Anthology 259
November 1987 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century Avenel Books Anthology 521
1988 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 635
1988 Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories Macmillan Anthology 39
February 1988 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 143
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 535
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 535
1990 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 635
1990 Robot Visions Guild Publishing Collection 198
April 1990 Robot Visions Roc / Penguin Collection 245
May 1990 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories VGSF / Gollancz Collection 135
September 1990 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection 198
1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Legend Collection 658
March 1991 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 245
April 1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Five Ace Books Collection 129
May 1991 Robot Visions VGSF / Victor Gollancz Collection 198
October 1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume Two Legend Collection 173
1992 War with the Robots: 28 of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction Wings Books Anthology 501
February 1992 The Complete Stories, Volume 2 Foundation / Doubleday Collection 492
May 1992 The Complete Stories, Volume 2 Doubleday Foundation / SFBC Collection 568
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 55
1993 The Complete Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 635
September 1993 Robot Visions VGSF / Gollancz Collection |20
January 1994 The Complete Stories, Volume 2 HarperCollins (UK) Collection 492
1995 The Complete Robot Voyager Collection 635
February 1997 Robot Visions Vista Collection |20
February 2000 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Doubleday / SFBC Collection
March 2000 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Millennium / Victor Gollancz Collection 135
November 2000 The Complete Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 519
April 2001 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection |20
July 2004 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 245
September 2015 Robot Visions Recorded Books Collection |198
May 2018 The Complete Robot HarperVoyager Collection 564
June 2024 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |170
8888 The Complete Stories, Volume 2 Foundation / Doubleday Collection 568