Lyuben Dilov
| Lyuben Dilov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 December 1927 Cherven Bryag, Bulgaria |
| Died |
10 June 2008 (aged 80) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Genre | Science fiction, Philosophy |
Lyuben Dilov (Любен Дилов, 1927, Cherven Bryag - 10 June 2008, Sofia[1]), also known as Luben Dilov and Ljuben Dilov was a Bulgarian science-fiction writer.
He graduated from Sofia University, specializing Bulgarian language and literature. He started writing as a student and his first stories were published in Narodna Mladezh youth newspaper.[1]
He has won a number of domestic and international literary awards an himself established the Graviton Award in science fiction.[1]
Dilov's son, Lyuben Dilov Jr. (bg:Любен Дилов-син), is a Bulgarian politician and screenwriter.
Works
He was an author of over 35 books.[1]
Dilov described in his 1974 novel The Trip of Icarus the Fourth Law of Robotics extending the original three laws proposed by Isaac Asimov: A robot must establish its identity as a robot in all cases." [2][3]
Dilov gives reasons for the fourth safeguard in this way: "The last Law has put an end to the expensive aberrations of designers to give psychorobots as humanlike a form as possible. And to the resulting misunderstandings..."[2]
His story Contacts of a Fourth Kind was included in the anthology Tales from the Planet Earth.
Novels
- «Атомният човек» — 1958
- «Кладенецът на таласъмите» — 1963
- «Помня тази пролет» — 1964
- «Многото имена на страха» — 1967
- «Тежестта на скафандъра» — 1969
- «Пътят на Икар» — 1974
- «Парадоксът на огледалото» — 1976
- «Звездните приключения на Нуми и Ники» — 1980
- «Пропуснатият шанс. Из съчиненията на моя компютър» — 1981
- «Незавършеният роман на една студентка» — 1982
- «До Райската планета и назад. Другите приключения на Нуми и Ники» — 1983
- «Жестокият експеримент» — 1985
- «Библията на Лилит» — 1999
- «Голямата стъпка» — 1999
- «Демонът на Максуел» — 2001
- «Да избереш себе си» — 2002
Stories and Short Stories
- «Напред, човечество!» — 1971
- «Цялата истина около шимпанзето Топси» — 1976
- «Новогодишна трагедия» — 1978
- «Странните качества на Борис Левиташки» — 1979
- «Експеримент в криминалния жанр» — 1981
- «Ограбената истина» — 1981
- «Предисторията на едно заболяване» — 1981
References
- 1 2 3 4 www.novinite.com
- 1 2 Dilov, Lyuben (aka Lyubin, Luben or Liuben) (2002). Пътят на Икар. Захари Стоянов. ISBN 954-739-338-3.
- ↑ Another Fourth Law of Robotics was proposed by Harry Harrison in the tribute anthology Foundation's Friends in 1989.