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The Tercentenary Incident
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First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (August 1976 issue), by Isaac Asimov, this Short Story is similar to the earlier "Evidence", having a prominent political figure assumed to be a robot.Lawrence Edwards, a member of the President's security team, is watching from high above during the Tercentenary celebration hosted by the President of America. He's taken by surprise when the President is assassinated with a weapon that turns him into a cloud of dust. The President then reappears, claiming that what had just been destroyed was a robot duplicate and delivers an amazing speech.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The bulk of the story takes place over eighteen months later, Edwards is meeting with Francis Janek, personal secretary to the President. In the intervening time, he has collected witness statements and is convinced that the President has been killed and replaced by his robot duplicate, in defiance of the First Law."The Tercentenary Incident" has been republished several times; The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (1976), Urania (issue #738, December 1977), Meine Freunde Die Roboter (1982), The Complete Robot (1982), Future Crime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come (1992), Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Volume 2 (1992). | |
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Assassination Attempt: The titular incident refers to when someone attempted to kill the President of America during the 300th anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence. It is foiled due to the fact that a robotic duplicate of the President, realistic enough to fool the average citizen, had been the one out in public, and the real President appears from hiding to reassure the crowd and give an incredible speech. Except that Edwards thinks it really was the President who had been killed, and the one in hiding had been the robot. | |
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Deceptively Human Robots: The President of America has a robotic duplicate who acted as a body double at formal events, where it would withstand more-than-casual scrutiny. The term "android" is mentioned, but it was still called a robot. After it foiled an Assassination Attempt by getting destroyed instead of the President, they did not recommission a new one. The robot had been part of a conspiracy to Kill and Replace the President, and has maintained the subterfuge for over a year. | |
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