Robot Visions

Isaac Asimov

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ROC SCIENCE FICTION
01 March 1991

Science fiction; Science; Robots; Future Society

From Isaac Asimov, the Hugo Award-winning Grand Master of

Science Fiction, comes

five decades of robot visions: thirty-four landmark stories and

essays—including three rare tales—gathered together in one volume.

Meet all of Asimov’s most famous creations including: Robbie, the very

first robot that his imagination brought to life; Susan Calvin, the original

robot psychologist; Stephen Byerley, the humanoid robot; and the famous

human/robot detective team of Lije Bailey and R. Daneel Olivaw, who have

appeared in such bestselling novels as The Robots

of Dawn and Robots and

Empire.

Let the master himself guide you through the key moments in the fictional

history of robot-human relations—from the most primitive computers and mobile

machines to the first robot to become a man.

“It’s good to have Isaac’s classic robot

stories, and his commentary on them, in one handsome volume.”—Arthur C.

Clarke

By: Isaac Asimov
Imprint: ROC SCIENCE FICTION
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 173mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780451450647
ISBN 10: 0451450647
Publication Date: 01 March 1991
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The Robot Chronicles Stories Robot Visions Too Bad! Robbie Reason Liar! Runaround Evidence Little Lost Robot The Evitable Conflict Feminine Intuition The Bicentennial Man Someday Think! Segregationist Mirror Image Lenny Galley Slave Christmas Without Rodney Essays Robots I Have Known The New Teachers Whatever You Wish The Friends We Make Our Intelligent Tools The Laws of Robotics Future Fantastic The Machine and the Robot The New Profession The Robot as Enemy? Intelligences Together My Robots The Laws of Humanics Cybernetic Organism The Sense of Humor Robots in Combination

Reviews for Robot Visions

This collection offers 18 stories about robots as well as brief essays in which Asimov comments on robots in fiction, the Frankenstein complex, his famous Three Laws and the development of actual robots. ``The earliest tales here, written from 1940 to 1960, remain among the most-loved in the field, --Publishers Weekly Classic stories with new material, both fiction and fact, that puts the whole theme together in a larger context. --Poul Andersen