Introduction: Andrew was one of Earth's first house robot domestic servants鈥攕moothly designed and functional. But when Andrew started to develop special talents which exceeded the confines of his allotted positronic pathways, he abandoned his domestic duties in favour of more intellectual pursuits. As time passed, Andrew acquired knowledge, feelings and ambitions way beyond anything ever experienced by any other mechanical men. And he found himself launched on to a career which would bring him fame fortune鈥攁nd danger. For a robot who wants to be human must also be prepared to die... In the Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov returns to his first and most enduring love鈥攔obotics. The result is a brilliant book of first-class entertainment and mind-spinning ideas which confirm Asimov's supreme status as Grand Master of science fiction....