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Little Lost Robot

Isaac Asimov

First published March 1947
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Positronic Robot Stories › Susan Calvin

Synopsis

The vague command given to a robot by a human causes it to do what it was told: "get lost."

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Publications (100)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1947 Astounding Science Fiction, March 1947 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 111
February 1948 Astounding Science Fiction, February 1948 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 43
1950 I, Robot Gnome Press Collection 133
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
March 1956 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 99
September 1956 Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 102
May 1957 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 99
1958 I, Robot Digit Books Collection
September 1958 Best SF Two The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
1960 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 102
January 1961 I, Robot Signet Collection 99
1962 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 102
1963 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 118
August 1963 I, Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 118
1964 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 102
April 1964 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 99
March 1966 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 118
1967 I, Robot Dennis Dobson Collection 118
1968 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
1968 The Stars and Under Faber and Faber Anthology 72
1968 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 102
1968 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
July 1968 I, Robot Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 99
1969 The Stars and Under Faber and Faber Anthology 72
1969 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
August 1970 I, Robot Fawcett Crest Collection 100
1971 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
1973 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
1974 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
1975 The Stars and Under Faber and Faber Anthology 72
1975 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
1975 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 110
April 1977 I, Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 118
June 1977 I, Robot Panther Collection 110
September 1977 Little Lost Robot Cambridge University Press Chapbook
1978 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 110
1980 I, Robot Fawcett Crest Collection 100
1981 I, Robot Granada Collection 110
April 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday Collection 349
July 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday & Company / SFBC Collection 349
October 1982 The Complete Robot Granada Collection 349
1983 The Robot Collection Doubleday Omnibus
February 1983 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 9, 1947 DAW Books Anthology 15
February 1983 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 9, 1947 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 15
December 1983 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 100
December 1983 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 100
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 427
1984 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 110
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 427
July 1984 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 100
November 1984 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 100
1985 The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fifth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 15
July 1985 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 100
August 1985 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 100
1986 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 427
May 1986 I, Robot Grafton Collection 110
November 1986 Robot Dreams Berkley Books Collection 15
November 1986 Robot Dreams Berkley Books Collection 15
April 1987 Robot Dreams Gollancz Collection 15
1988 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 427
May 1988 Robot Dreams VGSF / Gollancz Collection
1989 Robot Dreams VGSF Collection 19
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 137
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 137
1990 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 427
1990 Robot Visions Guild Publishing Collection 133
April 1990 Robot Visions Roc / Penguin Collection 161
June 1990 Robot Dreams Ace Books Collection 1
September 1990 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection 133
October 1990 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Two Ace Books Collection 33
1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Legend Collection 159
March 1991 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 161
May 1991 Robot Visions VGSF / Victor Gollancz Collection 133
October 1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume One Legend Collection 159
December 1991 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 136
1992 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 100
1993 The Complete Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 427
September 1993 Robot Visions VGSF / Gollancz Collection |16
October 1993 I, Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 130
1995 The Complete Robot Voyager Collection 427
July 1996 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 136
February 1997 Robot Visions Vista Collection |16
November 2000 The Complete Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 349
April 2001 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection |16
April 2001 Robot Dreams Gollancz Collection 19
June 2004 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 112
June 2004 Robot Dreams Ace Books Collection 1
June 2004 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 136
July 2004 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 161
February 2013 One and Wonder: Piers Anthony's Remembered Stories Fantastic Planet Books Anthology |6
March 2013 I, Robot Harper Voyager (UK) Collection 124
June 2013 I, Robot HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 123
September 2014 Robot Dreams Recorded Books Collection |15
October 2014 One and Wonder: Piers Anthony's Remembered Stories Open Road Integrated Media Anthology |6
September 2015 Robot Visions Recorded Books Collection |133
May 2018 The Complete Robot HarperVoyager Collection 377
May 2018 I, Robot HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 123