Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 17:11:07 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: I, Robot
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>I think there was an outer limits episode (both
>incarnations) entitled "I robot," which dealt with the
>described scenario of a robot having killed its
>creator.

Actually based on a story of the same name but written by Eando Binder =
(joint pseudonym of Otto and Earl Binder) published in Amazing, Jan 1939.  =
The wrote a series of stories dealing with the character "Adam Link".
(some bio details: http://members.tripod.com/~gwillick/binder.html )

> Perhaps they've kind of merged the concepts
>together and figured "I Robot" was a useful and easily
>recognizable umbrella title.
>
>I'm just hoping it doesn't end up like The
>Bicentennial Man.

Far worse was Nightfall.   An appaling piece of codswallop . . .

mjw