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Title: First Law Title Record # 44202
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1956-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Mike Donovan
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Current Tags: science fiction (2), robots (1), Titan (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1967Translated by Pierre Billon
French
Première loi?Premiere loi
1968 Italian Cuore di mamma
1969Translated by J. Kröner
Dutch Eerste wet
1980Translated by Alfredo Santiago
Spanish Primera Ley
1982Translated by Fredy Köpsell
German Das Erste Gesetz
1984Translated by Domingo Santos.
Spanish Primera ley
1990Translated by Mihai Samoilă
Romanian Prima lege
1991
  • Translated by Mirjana Živković & Zoran Živković
Serbian Prvi zakon [as by Isak Asimov]
1993Translated by Bihari György
Hungarian
Az első törvény?Az elso torveny
Az elsooe toerveeny
1995Translated by Georgeta Stancu
Romanian Prima lege
2004Translated by Laura Serra
Italian La Prima Legge

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantastic Universe, October 1956 1956-10-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson King-Size Publications, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
132
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 Hannes Bok Checkmark
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1960-04-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Prentice-Hall  
$3.95?$: US dollar
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1960-10-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Prentice-Hall / SFBC  
$1.20?$: US dollar
xv+
270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1962-09-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Panther 1414
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
223
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.
anth Art Sussman Checkmark
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1962-09-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Panther 1414
A5/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
223
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.
anth Art Sussman  
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1963-05-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Panther 1414
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
223
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.
anth Art Sussman Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1964-11-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$5.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
556
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Thomas Chibbaro Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1964-12-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC  
$1.90?$: US dollar
xiii+
556
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Thomas Chibbaro Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1966-01-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books R-1283
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1967-00-00 Isaac Asimov Dennis Dobson  
35/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
556
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Rest of the Robots 1968-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 025944
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1968-02-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Paperback Library 54-633
$0.75?$: 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.
anth Jerome Podwil Checkmark
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus 1968-02-00 ed. Hans Stefan Santesson Paperback Library 54-633
C$0.75?C$: 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.
anth Jerome Podwil Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1968-03-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books R-1783
$0.50?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1968-11-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books     159
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.
coll Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1969-09-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books T-2085
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1970-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 025944
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1971-10-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books T-2565
$0.75?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Paul Lehr  
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1971-10-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books T-2565
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
159
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.
coll Paul Lehr Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories 1973-00-00 ed. James Moffett, Robert Pierce Houghton Mifflin 0-395-14263-6   123
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.
anth Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1973-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1973-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1974-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1974-02-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books 0-515-03296-4
$0.95?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll John Schoenherr Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1974-05-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books 0-515-03296-4
$1.25?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll  
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1974-05-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books 0-515-03296-4 / V3296
$1.25?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1975-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.50?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1975-10-00 Isaac Asimov Pyramid Books 0-515-03296-4
$1.25?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1976-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.50?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1978-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.75?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1978-03-00 Isaac Asimov Jove / HBJ 0-515-04551-9
$1.50?$: US dollar
159
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.
coll Don Brautigam Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1979-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£0.85?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1981-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther / Granada 0-586-02594-4
£1.25?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll Dennis Rolfe Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1982-04-09 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-17724-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
557+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1982-07-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday & Company / SFBC 5134
$6.98?$: US dollar
xiv+
557
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1982-10-00 Isaac Asimov Granada 0-246-11923-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
xiv+
557
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Robot Collection 1983-00-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-19152-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
510+
404
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots 1983-08-00 Isaac Asimov Berkley Books 0-425-06119-1
$2.75?$: US dollar
179
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.
coll Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05724-2
£2.95?£: UK pound
682
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.
coll Chris Foss Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1984-00-00 Isaac Asimov Panther 0-586-05724-2
£2.95?£: UK pound
682
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.
coll Chris Foss Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1986-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05724-2
£3.50?£: UK pound
682
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.
coll Chris Foss Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1986-05-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-246-12099-1
£9.95?£: UK pound
208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Robot 1988-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05724-2
£3.95?£: UK pound
688
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.
coll  
The Complete Robot 1990-00-00 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-586-05724-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
682
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.
coll Chris Foss Checkmark
The Complete Robot 1993-00-00 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-586-05724-2
£5.99?£: UK pound
688
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.
coll Chris Foss Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots 1994-01-10 Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 0-586-02594-4
£4.99?£: UK pound
223
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.
coll  
The Complete Robot 1995-00-00 Isaac Asimov Voyager 0-586-05724-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
688
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.
coll Chris Moore Checkmark
The Complete Robot 2000-11-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 33046
$12.98?$: US dollar
559
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Robot 2018-05-17 Isaac Asimov HarperVoyager 978-0-00-827781-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
611
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.
coll Mike Topping  
The Rest of the Robots 2018-05-17 Isaac Asimov HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers 978-0-00-827780-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
210
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.
coll Mike Topping Checkmark
The Complete Robot date unknown Isaac Asimov Voyager / HarperCollins 0-586-05724-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
688
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.
coll Chris Moore Checkmark
The Complete Robot date unknown Isaac Asimov HarperVoyager 978-0-00-827781-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
611
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.
coll Mike Topping Checkmark
The Complete Robot date unknown Isaac Asimov HarperVoyager 978-0-00-827781-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
611
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.
coll Mike Topping Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots date unknown Isaac Asimov Doubleday (Doubleday Science Fiction)  
$6.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
556
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Thomas Chibbaro Checkmark
The Rest of the Robots date unknown Isaac Asimov HarperVoyager / HarperCollinsPublishers 978-0-00-827780-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
210
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.
coll Mike Topping Checkmark
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