First Law

"First Law"
Short story by Isaac Asimov
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inFantastic Universe
Publication typePeriodical
PublisherKing-Size Publications
Media typePrint (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)
Publication dateOctober 1956
Chronology
SeriesRobot series
 
Robot AL-76 Goes Astray
 
Runaround

"First Law" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in the October 1956 issue of Fantastic Universe magazine and later collected in The Rest of the Robots (1964) and The Complete Robot (1982).[1] The title of the story is a reference to the first of the Three Laws of Robotics.