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Runaround
” Stated in I, Robot.


Reason
” Six months after “
Runaround
”.


Catch That Rabbit
” Six months after “
Reason
”.


Safety First
” Stated in story.


Liar!
” Stated in I, Robot.


Satisfaction Guaranteed
” Characters have the same titles as in “
Liar!
”. Susan Calvin is more knowledgeable about emotions than in “
Liar!
”, so the story takes place later.


Balance
” Susan Calvin’s robotic servants flatter her in a manner similar to Herbie from “
Liar!
”, but she seems much more at ease with the idea, which places the story after “
Liar!


Lenny
” Peter Bogart is now Senior Mathematician, so the story comes after “
Satisfaction Guaranteed
”.


Blot
” Story of the first exploratory mission to Miranda. Given a mission to Mars in 1998 and a first expedition to Mercury in 2005, a mission to Uranus in 2026 seems reasonable.


Little Lost Robot
” Stated in I, Robot.


Escape
” Within a few months of “Little Lost Robot”.


Cal
” Cal seems to be the prototype for the EZ robots of “
Galley Slave
”, so allowing a couple of years for the design and production of the latter places the story in 2031.


Evidence
” Stated in I, Robot.


PAPPI
” Immediately after “
Evidence
”.


Risk
” Takes place ‘some years’ after “
Little Lost Robot
”.


Galley Slave
” Stated in the story.


First Law
” Stated in the story.


Plato’s Cave
” Shortly before Stephen Byerly becomes Regional Coordinator.


The Evitable Conflict
” Stated in I, Robot.


Robot Dreams
” Late in Susan Calvin’s career with US Robots.

I, Robot
The links between the stories are set fifty years after Susan Calvin joins US Robots in 2008.


Feminine Intuition
” Five years after Susan Calvin retires from US Robots.


The Fourth Law of Robotics
” Susan Calvin’s great-niece has her job.


Christmas Without Rodney
” Slighting reference to the 20th century suggests the story takes place in the 21st. Common use of robot servants suggests the latter part of the century, when the Frankenstein Complex has faded away.


Kid Brother
” Acceptance of household robots on Earth dates the story to the same general era as “
Christmas Without Rodney
” and “
Light Verse
”.

 

 

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