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Victory Unintentional |
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
|---|---|
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jovian Menace |
| Genre(s) | science fiction short story |
| Published in | Super Science Stories |
| Publisher | Popular Publications |
| Media type | Magazine |
| Publication date | August 1942 |
| Preceded by | Not Final |
Victory Unintentional is a humorous science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the August 1942 issue of Super Science Stories and included in the collections The Rest of the Robots (1964) and The Complete Robot (1982). It is a sequel to a non-robot story, "Not Final", published the previous year, and one of the few stories by Asimov to postulate non-human intelligences in the Solar System. It is also one of the few positronic robot stories by Asimov that does not form part of the larger Robot/Foundation series.
Plot
Human colonists on Ganymede send three extremely powerful and durable robots, ZZ One, ZZ Two, and ZZ Three, to explore the surface of Jupiter and contact the Jovians.
They discover that the Jovians have a vastly larger population than the humans, since Jupiter has a much greater surface area than Earth. They're also more advanced scientifically. More than anything, the Jovians are arrogant, threatening to use force-field technology to leave Jupiter, in order to destroy humanity. But they mistake the immensely strong and resistant robots for humans. The robots, oblivious to this misconception, unintentionally demonstrate their superiority in several incidents, including their ability to exist in a vacuum, lack of need for oxygen, and ability to withstand extremely cold and hot environments. The Jovians' belief in their own superiority crumbles and, to save face, they swear eternal peace with the humans.
| The Rest of the Robots by Isaac Asimov |
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Robot AL-76 Goes Astray • Victory Unintentional • First Law • Let's Get Together • Satisfaction Guaranteed • Risk • Lenny • Galley Slave |
| The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov |
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A Boy's Best Friend • Sally • Someday • Point of View • Think! • True Love • Robot AL-76 Goes Astray • Victory Unintentional • Stranger in Paradise • Light Verse • Segregationist • Robbie • Let's Get Together • Mirror Image • The Tercentenary Incident • First Law • Runaround • Reason • Catch that Rabbit • Liar! • Satisfaction Guaranteed • Lenny • Galley Slave • Little Lost Robot • Risk • Escape! • Evidence • The Evitable Conflict • Feminine Intuition • —That Thou art Mindful of Him • The Bicentennial Man |
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