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The Evitable Conflict

Isaac Asimov

First published 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Positronic Robot Stories › Susan Calvin

Synopsis

What started off as a conundrum involving robots and humans had lead to an ultimatum of mutual continuance.

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Publications (74)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1950 I, Robot Gnome Press Collection 225
1950 I, Robot Gnome Press Collection
June 1950 Astounding Science Fiction, June 1950 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 48
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 170
May 1957 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 170
January 1961 I, Robot Signet Collection 170
1963 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 195
August 1963 I, Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 195
April 1964 I, Robot Signet / New American Library Collection 170
March 1966 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 195
1967 I, Robot Dennis Dobson Collection 195
1968 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
1968 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
July 1968 I, Robot Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 170
1969 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
August 1970 I, Robot Fawcett Crest Collection 170
1971 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
1973 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
1974 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
1975 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
1975 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 183
April 1977 I, Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 195
June 1977 I, Robot Panther Collection 183
1978 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 183
1980 I, Robot Fawcett Crest Collection 170
1981 I, Robot Granada Collection 183
April 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday Collection 447
July 1982 The Complete Robot Doubleday & Company / SFBC Collection 447
October 1982 The Complete Robot Granada Collection 447
1983 The Robot Collection Doubleday Omnibus
December 1983 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 170
December 1983 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 170
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 546
1984 I, Robot Panther / Granada Collection 183
1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Allen Lane Anthology 251
1984 The Complete Robot Panther Collection 546
January 1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 251
July 1984 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 170
November 1984 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 170
1985 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Penguin Books Anthology 251
July 1985 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 170
August 1985 I, Robot Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 170
1986 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 546
May 1986 I, Robot Grafton Collection 183
1988 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 546
1990 The Complete Robot Grafton Collection 546
1990 Robot Visions Guild Publishing Collection 156
April 1990 Robot Visions Roc / Penguin Collection 191
September 1990 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection 156
March 1991 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 191
May 1991 Robot Visions VGSF / Victor Gollancz Collection 156
December 1991 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 240
1992 I, Robot Doubleday Collection 170
1992 War with the Robots: 28 of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction Wings Books Anthology 233
1993 The Complete Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 546
September 1993 Robot Visions VGSF / Gollancz Collection |17
October 1993 I, Robot HarperCollins (UK) Collection 221
1995 The Complete Robot Voyager Collection 546
July 1996 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 240
February 1997 Robot Visions Vista Collection |17
November 2000 The Complete Robot Doubleday / SFBC Collection 447
April 2001 Robot Visions Gollancz Collection |17
June 2004 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 198
June 2004 I, Robot Bantam Spectra Collection 240
July 2004 Robot Visions Roc / New American Library Collection 191
March 2013 I, Robot Harper Voyager (UK) Collection 216
June 2013 I, Robot HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 215
September 2015 Robot Visions Recorded Books Collection |156
May 2018 The Complete Robot HarperVoyager Collection 485
May 2018 I, Robot HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 215
April 2019 Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction British Library Publishing Anthology 233