May 28-31 -- Dr. John Elefteriades' Transplant will be the IBPA booth #2959 at BEA 2009. Come by to examine the book and to meet Dr. John Elefteriades himself!!

SATURDAY 3:30 - 4:30 at BEA 2009 -- Go to Table 20 in the Autographing Area to meet Dr. Elefteriades in person and to get a signed copy of Transplant.

July 18, 2009 -- Dr. John Elefteriades will be at the Barnes and Noble, Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway in New Haven on July 18 at 1:00PM. Tel. no: 203-787-5555.

I,robot publicity:

Could the robots in Howard S. Smith's I,robot exist?

Versions of them already do!!

For example, Boston Dynamics, has a working prototype of a four-legged robot designed to haul supplies.

A bit more engineering, and you'd have the eight-legged Beta robot shown in Howard S. Smith's I,robot.

Click here to see the YouTube video of the robotic prelude to Beta -- Boston Dynamic's 'Big Dog'.

Click here for a prelude of robots to the Alpha robot shown in Howard S. Smith's I,robot. Some of these robots are equipped with machine guns. (Yup... it's getting scary.) While the robots shown in this video don't have a fraction of the intelligence of the Alpha, the trend has already started, and will increase. (Indeed, the artificial neural networks that power Alpha's intelligence are real -- they were presented by Howard S. Smith at a neurosciences conference in 2000.)

While these first-generation military robots do not walk on two legs, the latter does in fact exist. Click here for a nicer application of robots -- the two legged Asimo conducting the Detroit Symphony.

Armed robots started operating in Iraq in 2007. Click here for news and video.

This is just the start. Click here to see a press release or article (links change with time) regarding hundreds of billions of dollars the US Department of Defense will be spending on robotic soldiers. Robots will emerge... but unlike in the Jetsons, they will not be there to organize our houses or take the dog for a walk.

Click here to see how well current android robots do at duplicating human expressions.

Why review this book? Why stock this book?

-Well-written, entertaining story.  A whole new story.  In a pre-pub review, ForeWord Magazine writes: “This I,robot is honestly better than both of those stories [Isaac Asimov's book or Will Smith's movie] put together.”

-Asimov wrote his sci-fi classic in the 1940s, before computers even existed. (The ENIAC, for example, appeared only in 1946.)   It’s time to update to a more realistic technology that could emerge, as well as to a more realistic reason for the emergence of these expensive machines. (The 2004 film, while entertaining, did neither.)

-The emergence of robots is actually happening now… but unlike in the Jetsons, they will not be there to organize our houses or take the dog for a walk. As noted above, robots are emerging as military robots.  Armed robots started operating in Iraq in 2007.  The US DOD has allocated hundreds of billions of dollars for future purchases.

- Author expert in robotics and artificial intelligence (eg, all automated  self-checkout machines based on his work)

- Strong book launch

- Trade distribution set up: AtlasBooks, Ingram, Baker&Taylor, Scholarly (Canada) & Gazelle (U.K., Europe)

See Alpha live!! Click here for appearances of the robot.

7-foot posters ofAlpha now available for reading groups and booksellers.

I, robot book will be on exhibit at the PMA booth at PLA 2008 Public Library Association Annual Conference

Visit us at booth #760. Free ARCs of I,robot !!

I, robot book will also be on exhibit at the BEA New Title Showcase exhibition area at Book Expo America 2008.
I, robot book will also be on exhibit at the PMA booth at Book Expo America 2008.
Dr. Howard Smith will be autographing ARCs June 1st 10 to11AM - Science Fiction salute - Autographing Area at Book Expo America 2008
Dr. Howard Smith will be interviewed and audio podcast at the BEA 2008 Author's Studio on Saturday, May 31 at Book Expo America 2008

I, robot will be on exhibit at the AtlasBooks/Quanta booth #215 at
Book Expo Canada 2008

Visit us at booth #413. Free ARCs of I,robot !!

Dr. Howard Smith will be autographing ARCs June 28, June 29 and June 30. For exact hours, please check "Meet the Authors" section of the Exhibit Guide Book
I, robot book will also be on exhibit at the PMA booth at ALA 2008 American Library Association Show

I, robot book will be on exhibit at the PMA booth at Frankfurt Book Fair 2008

Dr. Howard Smith will be at Denvention 3.

Wed 14:30 -- Reading from Howard S. Smith's I,robot
Thur 14:30 -- Panel: Nanomedicine: What we know now, what might happen later
Thur 16:00 -- Signing of Howard S. Smith's I,robot (300 free ARCs available)
Sat 11:30 -- Panel: I Built it in my Basement: Lasers for the Modern World
Sat 16:00 -- Panel: I'd Buy That!: An Imaginative Look at Inventions of the Future

I,robot will be at the PNBA show in Portland, OR, Sept. 16-17, 2008.

I,robot will be at the NEIBA show in Boston, MA, 9/19-20/08

I,robot will be at the MPIBA show in Colorado Springs, CO, 9/19-20/08

I,robot will be at the NAIBA show in Cherry Hill, NJ, 9/21-22/08

I,robot will be at the MBA show in St. Paul, MN, 9/27/08

I,robot will be at the NCIBA show in Oakland, CA, 10/4-5/08