Miscellaneous Robot Short
Stories
Stories in which robots kill or attempt to
kill humans:
- "Lost Memory" (1952) by Peter Philips
- "Second Variety" (1953) by Philip K. Dick
- "Short in the Chest" (1954) by Idris Seabright
- "First to Serve" (1954) by Algis Budrys
- "Mark XI" (1957) by Cordwainer Smith
Stories in which robots/androids are
confused with or look like humans:
- "Marionettes Inc." from The Illustrated Man
(1951) by Ray Bradbury
- A husband secretly buys a robot look-alike to replace him
while he takes a pleasure trip. He has an unpleasant shock when
he realizes his wife prefers the robot.
- "Satisfaction Guaranteed" (1951) by
Isaac Asimov
- "Imposter" (1953) by Philip K.
Dick
- "Made in USA" (1953) by J. T. Macintosh
- "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1954) by Alfred Bester
- "The Darfstellar" (1955) by Walter M. Miller
- "Comfort Me, My Robot" (1955) by Robert Bloch
- "Synth" (1966) by Keith Roberts
- "G. B. S. --Mark V" by Ray Bradbury
- A man on a space voyage becomes obsessed with a robot
replica of George Bernard Shaw.
- "Downwind from Gettysburg" from I Sing the Body
Electric! (1969) by Ray Bradbury
- An enraged theatregoer shoots a robot replica of Abraham
Lincoln.
- "I Sing the Body Electric!" from I Sing the Body
Electric! (1969) by Ray Bradbury
- Three children receive a robotic grandmother that can
perfrom miraculous feats.
- "Punishment without Crime" from Long After
Midnight (1976) by Ray Bradbury
- A man buys a robot replica of his cheating wife so he can
take out his anger on it. He is subsequently arrested, found
guilty of murder, and sentenced to death.
- Replica (1987) by Richard Bowker
Robot Courtroom Dramas:
- "How-2" (1954) by Clifford Simak
- "Galley Slave" (1957) by Isaac Asimov
- "Robots Should Be Seen" (1958) by Lester del Ray
Man-Robot Boxing matches:
- "Title Fight" (1956) by William Campbell Gault
- "Steel" (1956) by Richard Matheson
- "The Champ" (1958) by Robert Presslie
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