Foundation universe This story is retro-set within Asimov's Foundation universe, which also includes his earlier Susan Calvin positronic robot tales. It is clearly set centuries prior to the events of his novella "Mother Earth" and the novel The Caves of Steel, during a period in which the Spacer worlds have yet to turn against the people of the Earth, and in which the U.S. Robots corporation is still active. In The Robots of Dawn, Dr. Han Fastolfe refers to Andrew Martin as a robot that was supposed to have undergone "gradual humanization", but states that such a thing would have been impossible, because the shape of the body dictates the state of the mind. Awards "The Bicentennial Man" was awarded the Hugo Award best science fiction novelette of 1976. It was awarded the Nebula Award for best science fiction novelette after Ursula K. Le Guin refused the award for her novelette "The Diary of the Rose" in protest of the Science Fiction Writers of America's political intolerance in revoking Stanisław Lem's membership. Adaptations Bicentennial Man (1999), film directed by Chris Columbus, based on novelette "The Bicentennial Man" and on novel The Positronic Man References External links Robot series short stories by Isaac Asimov Foundation universe books 1976 short stories B Hugo Award for Best Novelette winning works Nebula Award for Best Novelette-winning works American novels adapted into films American science fiction novels Biorobotics in fiction Androids in literature United States Bicentennial