Title: Tik-Tok
Title Record # 1011
Author: John Sladek
Date: 1983-10-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Author: John Sladek
Date: 1983-10-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the back cover DAW paperback: ""A robot shall not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm." - Asimov's First Law of Robotics.
Tik-Tok was one of the finest domestic robots ever made, but his asimov circuits were defective. He could injure people as much as he pleased - and he pleased to do it often!
But the life of a robot (if that isn't a contradiction) is still all service and unpaid labor. Tik Tok served many masters, all of whom came to a bad end. Happily he went on gathering steam with a trail of catastrophes getting bigger and bigger, destined to culminate with his campaign for the vice-presidency of the United States!
Science Fiction Review calls John Sladek "one of the true and original lunatics of science fiction... one of the funniest writers in the field."
Now read the hilarious autobiography of Sladek's asimovian scofflaw!"
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Tik-Tok | 1983-10-00 | John Sladek | Gollancz | 0-575-03336-3 | £7.95?£: UK pound |
184 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Rian Hughes |  |
| Tik-Tok | 1984-00-00 | John Sladek | Corgi | 0-552-12454-0 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
174 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Chris Moore | |
| Tic-Toc ou as Memórias de um Robot | 1985-00-00 | John Sladek | Editorial Presença | 162 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||||
| Tik-Tok | 1985-06-00 | John Sladek | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #631) | 0-88677-048-3 / UE2048 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
254 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Peter Gudynas | |
| Tik-Tok | 1985-06-00 | John Sladek | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | 0-88677-048-3 / UE2048 | C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
254 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Peter Gudynas | |
| Urania #999 | 1985-06-23 | ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini | Mondadori | 999 | Lit 3,000?Lit: Italian lira |
142 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Karel Thole | |
| Tick-Tack | 1985-12-00 | John Sladek | Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31115) | 3-548-31115-6 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
174 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Carl Lundgren | |
| Tik-Tok | 1986-03-00 | John Sladek | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #419) |
2-207-30419-1 | 219 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Elrik | |
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| Ticktack | 1989-00-00 | John Sladek | Sam J. Lundwall Fakta & Fantasi | 91-7992-015-2 | skr 242?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| Tik-Tok | 1998-03-00 | John Sladek | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #419) |
2-207-24740-6 | F25.00?F: French frank |
219 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Laurent Merzoug | |
| Tik-Tok | 2001-02-00 | John Sladek | Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions) | 0-575-07235-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
184 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | |
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| Tik-Tok | 2003-02-00 | John Sladek | Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions) | 0-575-07235-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
184 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Chris Moore | |
| Tik-Tok | 2011-09-29 | John Sladek | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11059-5 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Reproductive System / The Müller-Fokker Effect / Tik-Tok | 2013-11-28 | John Sladek | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-11070-0 | £18.99?£: UK pound |
496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni |
Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller (1983) in Locus, #275 December 1983
- Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1984) in White Dwarf, January 1984
- Review by Chris Bailey (1984) in Vector 118
- Review by Brian Stableford (1984) in SF & Fantasy Review, March 1984
- Review by David Pringle (1984) in Imagine, April 1984
- Review by Joseph Nicholas (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #52
- Review by Richard E. Geis (1985) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1985
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1986) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #79 April 1986
- Review [French] by Richard Comballot (1987) in Fiction, #382
- Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 216
- Review by Simon Ings (2001) in The Third Alternative, #27
- Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
- 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)