Published to tie in with the major feature film starring Will Smith, which opens in August 2004, 'I, Robot Volume One' contains the first five stories of Asimov's book. Both humorous and suspenseful in tone, they follow the progress of robot technology in the 21st century. Read here by Garrick Hagon, Isaac Asimov's collection of short stories explores the human condition and our changing understanding of it, vis-a-vis the robot. Each is linked by the reminisces of Susan Calvin, robo-psychologist with US Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. On one level 'I, Robot' is an examination of the social pessimism and anxiety that holds back potentially beneficial advances. A timeless classic, it has profound insights for our times.