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First Law

1956 short story by Isaac Asimov
VisualArtwork literary_work Q784262

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12 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Isaac Asimov[2]
Genre
science fiction[3]
Language of work or name
American English, English[7][8]
Publication date
1956[10]
Follows
Risk[4]
Followed by
Let's Get Together[5]
Part of the series
Robot series[6]
Country of origin
United States[9]
Form of creative work
short story[13]
Published in
The Rest of the Robots[11]
Title
First Law[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en First Law cs První zákon fr Première Loi he החוק הראשון hu Az Első Törvény it La prima legge it La Prima Legge ru Первый закон uk Перший закон
🔖 Identifiers · 7
OpenAlex ID
C2994438922
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Fantastic universe 195610.jpg ↗
FantLab work ID
7080
Freebase ID
/m/06y4cj
ISFDB title ID
44202
NooSFere story ID
22138
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1002542

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Language of work or name 2
English, American English
Author 1
Isaac Asimov
Country of origin 1
United States
Followed by 1
Let's Get Together
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Let's Get Together
Follows 1
Risk
Form of creative work 1
short story
Genre 1
science fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Part of the series 1
Robot series
Preceded by (successor) 1
Risk
Published in 1
The Rest of the Robots
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First Law is a literary work[1].

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Isaac Asimov literary work United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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