The Soul of the Robot

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Overview:

Title: The Soul of the Robot
Author: Barrington J. Bayley
Year: 1977
ISBN-10: 0704312905
Publisher: Quartet Books
Price: £0.70
Pages: 206
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Soul of the Robot
Notes: "Soul of a Robot" on cover and spine, but the title page says "The Soul of the Robot". Internally it looks like a Quartet book, but the Spine and Front Cover show Orbit logo.
Price and month of publication from Locus #203 (August 1977).
"First published by Allison & Busby Limited, London, 1974" on copyright page Statement of first publication is incorrect: the Allison & Busby edition was published in 1976; the Doubleday edition was published in 1974
Last numbered page is 205. Novel ends on unnumbered page 206
Artist credited here