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Isaac Asimov · 1942novelette
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Robot SPD-13 or "Speedy" sent for liquid selenium on Mercury gets stuck (actually running "drunkenly" in a circle and babbling nonsense) between the vague command and the danger the pool seems to pose for him; Powell must risk his life in direct sunshine to end the impasse by invoking the First Law.
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- Mike Donovan
- contained in Hallucination Orbit: Psychology in Science Fictionanthology
- contained in I, Robotcollection
- contained in Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computersanthology
- contained in Robot Visionscollection
- contained in The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimovcollection
- contained in The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Onecollection
- contained in The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume Onecollection
- contained in The Complete Robotcollection
- contained in The Robot Collectionomnibus