Most readers will be familiar with the 2004 Will Smith film adaptation.
This is actually part of a series of novels & short stories that Isaac Asimov wrote called the "robot series". The Series comprises 37 science fiction short stories and six novels
The main ones comprise:
1. I, Robot (1950). Later robot stories included:
The Complete Robot (1982), Robot Dreams (1986), and Robot Visions (1990)
2. "The Bicentennial Man" (1976) & The Positronic Man (1992
3. "Mother Earth" (1948)
4. The Caves of Steel (1954)
5. The Naked Sun (1957)
6. "Mirror Image" (1972)
7. The Robots of Dawn (1983)
8. Robots and Empire (1985)
This is the cover of the first edition.
Publisher Gnome Press
Publication date December 2, 1950
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 253
The 9 stories comprising I, Robot originally appeared in two magazines:
Super Science Stories & Astounding Science Fiction (1940 to 1950).
They were then compiled into a book by Gnome Press in 1950
The first edition was of 5,000 copies
The 9 Stories that make up I' Robot are:
1. Robbie - September 1940 under the title "Strange Playfellow" - Super Science Stories
This 1st story was republished in a 1950 revised edition
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Robbie_(short_story)
2. Runaround (March 1942 - Astounding Science Fiction)
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You will notice that the dates of publication for the stories are not chronological.
They are independent stories that were collected and turned into the I, Robot novel in 1950.
It's facinating to read these old magazines.
The "world of the future" as it was viewed 70 years ago.
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