Robot Visions (1990) is a collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays by Isaac Asimov. Many of the stories are reprinted from other Asimov collections, particularly I, Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. It also includes the title story, "Robot Visions" (written specifically for this collection[1]), which combines Asimov's motifs of robots and of time travel. It is the companion book to Robot Dreams (1986).
 First edition | |
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ralph McQuarrie |
| Language | English |
| Series | Robot series |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Publisher | Roc |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 0-451-45000-0 |
| Preceded by | Robot Dreams |
| Followed by | The Positronic Man |
Contents
editIntroduction: The Robot Chronicles
editAn 18-page introductory essay by Asimov, consisting of 17 pages of text and a one-page illustration by Ralph McQuarrie (these are the page counts of the hardcover edition). This essay (minus the illustration) was later reprinted in Asimov's collection Gold.
Stories
edit| Title | Year | First appeared |
|---|---|---|
| "Robot Visions" | 1990 | First appeared in this collection |
| "Too Bad!" | 1989 | First appeared in The Microverse |
| "Robbie" | 1940 | First appeared in Super Science Stories under the title "Strange Playfellow” |
| "Reason" | 1941 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Liar!" | 1941 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Runaround" | 1942 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Evidence" | 1946 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Little Lost Robot" | 1947 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "The Evitable Conflict" | 1950 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Feminine Intuition" | 1969 | First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| "The Bicentennial Man" | 1976 | First appeared in Stellar #2 |
| "Someday" | 1956 | First appeared in Infinity Science Fiction |
| "Think!" | 1977 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
| "Segregationist" | 1967 | First appeared in Abbotempo 4 |
| "Mirror Image" | 1972 | First appeared in Analog: Science Fiction - Science Fact |
| "Lenny" | 1958 | First appeared in Infinity Science Fiction |
| "Galley Slave" | 1957 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Christmas Without Rodney" | 1988 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
Essays
edit| Title | Year | First appeared |
|---|---|---|
| "Robots I Have Known" | 1954 | First appeared in Computers and Automation, October 1954 |
| "The New Teachers" | 1976 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "Whatever You Wish" | 1977 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The Friends We Make" | 1977 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "Our Intelligent Tools" | 1977 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The Machine and the Robot" | 1978 | |
| "The Laws of Robotics" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The New Profession" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The Robot As Enemy?" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "Intelligences Together" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "My Robots" | 1987 | |
| "The Laws of Humanics" | 1987 | |
| "Cybernetic Organism" | 1987 | |
| "The Sense of Humor" | 1988 | |
| "Robots in Combination" | 1988 | |
| "Future Fantastic" | 1989 | First appeared in Special Reports magazine, Spring 1989 |
References
edit- ^ Asimov, Isaac: Robot Visions, p. 17. Roc, 1990.
External links
edit- Robot Visions title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Robot Visions at Open Library