Unpositioned Something is wrong
The positronic man / Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg

A household robot with a unique manufacturing glitch develops self-awareness and seeks to be legally recognised as a human being. His lifelong quest involves using science and law to overcome his mechanical nature and navigate human prejudice.
Author
ISBN
Publisher
CONNECTIONS

No connections
LOCATION HISTORY

No location history available for this book.
FULL RECORD

Accession Number: 32308
Site: Vernon O Content
Collection: N/A
Location: N/A
Binding Type: Hard Back
Book Images

Hover to see live images
The positronic man / Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg spine
No live
The positronic man / Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg cover
No live
Vernon Fields

View in Vernon Browser
vernon_accession	32308
vernon_id	44610
vernon_slug	the-positronic-man-isaac-asimov-and-robert-silverberg
vernon_authors	Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov
vernon_tags	Literature, Philology, Fiction, Robots -- Fiction, Robotics, Science fiction, Speculative fiction
vernon_production_date	1993
vernon_brief_description	This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes
vernon_object_type	Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
vernon_locations	On Shelf
vernon_ob_status	Accessioned
vernon_isbn_issn	0575047003
vernon_subject_people	—
vernon_subject_objects	—
vernon_subject_classes	—
vernon_last_sync_timestamp	2026-05-12 10:40
vernon_cover_image_id	56688
VERNON RECORD

{
  "slug": "the-positronic-man-isaac-asimov-and-robert-silverberg",
  "opacObjectId": "44610",
  "opacCollection": {
    "opacCollectionId": "1"
  },
  "imagesCollection": {
    "images": [
      {
        "imageId": "56688",
        "cssColors": [
          {
            "hex": "000000",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 62.55,
            "colorName": "black",
            "lightness": 0,
            "colorGroup": "gray",
            "saturation": 0,
            "formattedColorName": "black"
          },
          {
            "hex": "deb887",
            "hue": 34,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 17.25,
            "colorName": "burlywood",
            "lightness": 70,
            "colorGroup": "brown",
            "saturation": 57,
            "formattedColorName": "burly wood"
          },
          {
            "hex": "a0522d",
            "hue": 19,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 3.03,
            "colorName": "sienna",
            "lightness": 40,
            "colorGroup": "brown",
            "saturation": 56,
            "formattedColorName": "sienna"
          },
          {
            "hex": "4682b4",
            "hue": 207,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 0.94,
            "colorName": "steelblue",
            "lightness": 49,
            "colorGroup": "blue",
            "saturation": 44,
            "formattedColorName": "steel blue"
          }
        ],
        "rawColors": [
          {
            "hex": "232a35",
            "hue": 216,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 62.55,
            "lightness": 17,
            "saturation": 20
          },
          {
            "hex": "e3c08f",
            "hue": 35,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 17.25,
            "lightness": 72,
            "saturation": 60
          },
          {
            "hex": "1d3a7c",
            "hue": 221,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 14.78,
            "lightness": 30,
            "saturation": 62
          },
          {
            "hex": "ae4c2b",
            "hue": 15,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 3.03,
            "lightness": 42,
            "saturation": 60
          },
          {
            "hex": "3c75a7",
            "hue": 208,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 0.94,
            "lightness": 44,
            "saturation": 47
          },
          {
            "hex": "577180",
            "hue": 201,
            "rank": 6,
            "presence": 1.34,
            "lightness": 42,
            "saturation": 19
          },
          {
            "hex": "74a2c3",
            "hue": 205,
            "rank": 7,
            "presence": 0.11,
            "lightness": 60,
            "saturation": 39
          }
        ],
        "imageLabels": [
          {
            "count": 18276,
            "score": 82.72,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Publication",
            "imageLabelId": 23
          },
          {
            "count": 12102,
            "score": 78.35,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Book cover",
            "imageLabelId": 90
          },
          {
            "count": 11321,
            "score": 72.14,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Poster",
            "imageLabelId": 21
          },
          {
            "count": 14517,
            "score": 70.27,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Book",
            "imageLabelId": 67
          },
          {
            "count": 5205,
            "score": 65.15,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Advertising",
            "imageLabelId": 71
          },
          {
            "count": 3939,
            "score": 54.67,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Fiction",
            "imageLabelId": 91
          },
          {
            "count": 4649,
            "score": 51.57,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Science",
            "imageLabelId": 180
          },
          {
            "count": 353,
            "score": 50.76,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Universe",
            "imageLabelId": 588
          },
          {
            "count": 2850,
            "score": 50.69,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Novel",
            "imageLabelId": 2008
          }
        ],
        "imageDerivatives": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/39488/afa5d0bd4f4581d9d315a1d3354ca91acc454f3d.jpg",
            "width": "532",
            "height": "800",
            "identifier": "LARGE"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/39488/afa5d0bd4f4581d9d315a1d3354ca91acc454f3d.jpg",
            "width": "266",
            "height": "400",
            "identifier": "MEDIUM"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/39488/afa5d0bd4f4581d9d315a1d3354ca91acc454f3d.jpg",
            "width": "23",
            "height": "35",
            "identifier": "NANO"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/39488/afa5d0bd4f4581d9d315a1d3354ca91acc454f3d.jpg",
            "width": "100",
            "height": "150",
            "identifier": "SMALL"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/39488/afa5d0bd4f4581d9d315a1d3354ca91acc454f3d.jpg",
            "width": "50",
            "height": "75",
            "identifier": "TINY"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/39488/afa5d0bd4f4581d9d315a1d3354ca91acc454f3d.jpg",
            "width": "798",
            "height": "1200",
            "identifier": "XLARGE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totalImages": 1
  },
  "objectSearchScore": 1.2969817,
  "opacObjectFieldSets": [
    {
      "identifier": "accession_no",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "32308"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "The positronic man / Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "The positronic man / Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "other_name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "artist_last_first",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Asimov, Isaac"
        },
        {
          "value": "Silverberg, Robert"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "1993",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "earliest_date",
              "value": "1993-01-01Z"
            },
            {
              "key": "latest_date",
              "value": "1993-12-31Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "edition",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "brief_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "measure_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "credit_line",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "curr_loc_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "On Shelf",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"On Shelf\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "ob_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Accessioned"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "lender",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_owner",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_start",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_expiry",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "object_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "object_type:\"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "collection",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Science Fiction Collection/Special Collections/Library",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "collection:\"Science Fiction Collection/Special Collections/Library\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "London/England"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "physical_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "language",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "English"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "isbn_issn",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "0575047003"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_1",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "usual_loc_being",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Zone S3/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_class",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Science fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Science fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Speculative fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Speculative fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Robots -- Fiction/Robotics",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Robots -- Fiction/Robotics\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_date",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_period",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_9",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relationshipsCollection": {
    "relationships": [
      {
        "relatedRecords": [
          {
            "slug": "isaac-asimov",
            "title": "Isaac Asimov",
            "relatedRecordId": "8429"
          },
          {
            "slug": "robert-silverberg",
            "title": "Robert Silverberg",
            "relatedRecordId": "8372"
          }
        ],
        "relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person",
        "relatedRecordType": "person",
        "totalRelatedRecords": 2
      }
    ],
    "totalRelationships": 1
  }
}