18 books like A Prize Inside

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The Big Catch Anastasia Suen · 2009 Robot and Rico are off to the beach! While Rico is busy fishing, Robot is bored. Rico wants to catch the biggest fish, but Robot may end up with a bigger surprise. Shares Bilingual, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots

Skate Trick Anastasia Suen · 2009 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Roll! Jump! Flip! Rico has learned a lot of new skateboard tricks. Robot wants to learn too. Can Rico teach Robot, or will his skateboarding dreams disappear? Shares Bilingual, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots

Norby, the Mixed-up Robot Janet Asimov · 1983 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Jeff Wells, a Space Academy student, and Norby, a second-hand robot with unusual abilities, find themselves involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who intends to take over the universe. Shares Robots, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Eager Helen Fox · 2003 · ★ 3.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be--a machine? Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can't be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them… Shares Robots, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Eager's nephew Helen Fox · 2004 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In a world which has banned self-aware robots, Eager and his brilliant but headstrong nephew, Jonquil, come out of hiding to visit the Bell family, and soon become involved in the mysterious and dangerous events surrounding them and their friends. Shares Robots, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Isaac Asimov's Inferno Roger MacBride Allen · 1994 · ★ 2.0 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In a Universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The Second Law states, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. When a key politician is murdered, suspicion falls on Caliban... the only robot without guilt or conscience, with no need to obey or to respect humanity... a robot without the Three Laws.… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov's Utopia Roger MacBride Allen · 1996 · ★ 4.0 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The Third Law states, A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. The world of Inferno is dying. A world where Spacers work with Settlers, where standard Three-Law robots exist alongside the controversial New-Law robots. A world that will be uninhabitable… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov's Caliban Roger MacBride Allen · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The First Law states, A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens. Caliban is created... A robot without guilt or conscience. A robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity. A robot… Shares Robots, Science Fiction

The killer thing Kate Wilhelm · 1967 · ★ 3.2 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A robot destroys its inventor and programs itself to kill all life. How much must be sacrificed to stop it? Shares Robots, Science Fiction

The Runaway Robot Lester del Rey · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate this is one of the first sf books that I read and will always remember it. Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Stories of Robots Russell Punter · 2004 · ★ 4.2 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Light Shares Robots, Children's fiction with this book.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick · 1920 · ★ 4.2 · 534p · ≈ 17h · Moderate ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a… Shares Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots, Children's fiction

The Scary Night Anastasia Suen · 2009 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light A crackling fire. Weird shadows. Strange noises. And a scary story. Are Robot and Rico ready for their first campout? Shares Bilingual, Ficción juvenil, Spanish language materials, Robots

The Robot Novels Isaac Asimov · 1954 · ★ 4.4 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Robots, Science Fiction with this book. Shares Robots, Science Fiction

Test drive Anastasia Suen · 2010 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Shares Toys, Robots, Children's fiction with this book.

A bad case of robots Kenneth Oppel · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Humourous stories - robots - fiction. Shares Robots, Children's fiction

Columbus of Space Garrett Putman Serviss · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group. Serviss’ reputation was such that his articles appeared in almost every major American magazine. Beginning in January of that year Frank Munsey’s All-Story magazine began the serialization of Serviss’ epic science fiction adventure A Columbus of Space. Just three months earlier the… Shares Science Fiction

Riotous Robots Dr. Mike Goldsmith · 2003 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Riotous robots are taking over the world, and this cybernetic guide tells you just how they are doing it. Read on and you'll discover a robot that's forced to snack on slugs for a living and a robo-alligator that works as a scarecrow. You'll also learn how to tell your cyborgs from your cyberpets. Shares Robots

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