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その家庭に配送されてきた家政用ロボット・アンドリューには、いかなる偶然からか本来ないはずの芸術的才能が備わっていた。彼は一個の家電ではなく一人の友として遇されるようになり、やがてロボットと人との違いを探究し始める。法的自由を、衣服を、人間そっくりのボディを求めた彼が最後に求めたものは。ロボットSFの傑作を長編化。
内容（「BOOK」データベースより）
マーティン家に送られてきた家政用ロボット、アンドリューには、いかなる偶然からか、本来ないはずの芸術的才能が備わっていた。一個の家電ではなく一人の友として遇されるうちに、彼はロボットと人との違いを探究するようになる。法的自由を、衣服を、そして人間そっくりのボディを求めた彼が最後にたどりついた結論とは?ロボットSFの傑作「バイセンテニアル・マン」長編版。
From Publishers Weekly
The third and final collaborative novel from Silverberg and the late Asimov ( Nightfall ; The Ugly Little Boy ) follows Asimov's classic story, "The Bicentennial Man," step by step (whole sentences and paragraphs remain), adding extra scenes for length. The novel chronicles the quest of the robot Andrew Martin (dubbed NDR-113 at the factory) to achieve the rights, privileges, appearance and ultimately even the weaknesses of being fully human. When brought to the home of wealthy politician Gerald Martin, Andrew is little more than a standard household robot, but he quickly develops a remarkable, even artistic, skill in woodworking. He proceeds to stretch his increasingly human-like mind, seeking and winning his freedom and legal rights, grieving as human friends die and he lives on, replacing his robotic parts with organic prostheses of his own design. But he cannot replace his positronic brain, so he must finally appeal to the World Court to be declared human in all respects. Focused on the question of what it means to be human, Asimov's short story is a masterpiece in which the thinness of the background doesn't matter. The absence of a convincing future world or well-developed characters is glaring here. Readers interested in contemplating the human potential of robots would do better to reread the original.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
Powerful and haunting,
The Positronic Man is an unforgettable novel that redefines Isaac Asimov's and Robert Silverberg's place among the greatest science fiction authors of all time.
In the twenty-first century the creation of the positronic brain leads to the development of robot laborers and revolutionizes life on Earth. But to the Martin family, their household robot NDR-113 is more than a trusted friend, a confidant, a member of the family. For through some unknown manufacturing glitch, Andrew has been blessed with a capacity for love and a drive toward self-awareness and devlopment that are almost...human.
But almost is not enough. Andrew's dream is to become fully human. Facing human prejudice, the laws of robotics, and his own mechanical limitations, Andrew will use science and law in his quest for the impossible, arriving at last at a terrifying choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price.
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