My Robot

What if the first machine a child loved was also the first one to shape his soul? In My Robot, Henry Slesar tells a haunting, emotionally charged story of childhood, memory, and the uneasy bond between human affection and mechanical obedience. Through the eyes of a boy who worships his extraordinary robot companion, Faw-Faw, the reader enters a world where love, discipline, and invention collide with unsettling force. What begins as a tender recollection of comfort and wonder slowly reveals deeper currents: a brilliant father driven by ambition, a mother troubled by conscience, and a child caught between innocence and the cold logic of progress. Slesar's prose is intimate, vivid, and deeply unsettling, building a portrait of a family transformed by one man's dream of intelligent machines. The robot at the center of the story is more than a marvel of technology; it is a surrogate parent, a teacher, a protector, and perhaps a warning. As the boy remembers the voices, the punishments, and the stories that shaped him, the line between nurturing and control grows ever thinner. My Robot is a powerful science fiction tale about the cost of invention, the fragility of childhood, and the human need to be loved, understood, and remembered. It is at once tender and disturbing, a story that lingers long after the final page. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.