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Robot Visions

From Isaac Asimov, the Hugo Award-winning Grand Master of Science Fiction whose name is synonymous with the science of robotics, 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.

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Contents:

Robot Visions • cover and interior artwork by Ralph McQuarrie

Introduction: The Robot Chronicles • essay by Isaac Asimov

Robot Visions / short story by Isaac Asimov

Too Bad! (1989) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Robbie (1940) / short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow)

Reason [Mike Donovan] (1941) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Liar! [Susan Calvin] (1941) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Runaround [Mike Donovan] (1942) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

Evidence [Susan Calvin] (1946) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin] (1947) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin] (1950) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

Feminine Intuition [Susan Calvin] (1969) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

The Bicentennial Man (1976) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

Someday (1956) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Think! (1977) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Segregationist (1967) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Mirror Image [Elijah Bailey/R. Daneel Olivaw] (1972) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Lenny [Susan Calvin] (1958) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Galley Slave [Susan Calvin] (1957) / novelette by Isaac Asimov

Christmas Without Rodney (1988) / short story by Isaac Asimov

Essays by Isaac Asimov: Robots I Have Known (1954); The New Teachers (1976); Whatever You Wish (1977); The Friends We Make (1977); Our Intelligent Tools (1977); The Laws of Robotics (1979); Future Fantastic (1989); The Machine and the Robot (1978); The New Profession (1979); The Robot As Enemy? (1979); Intelligences Together (1979); My Robots (1987); The Laws of Humanics (1987); Cybernetic Organism (1987); The Sense of Humor (1988); Robots in Combination (1988).

The volume features many black-and-white illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 496
  • Publisher
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780451450647
  • Characters
  • R. Daneel Olivaw, Lije Bailey, Susan Calvin
  • Genres
  • fiction, robots, classics, anthologies, fantasy, audiobook, collections
  • Release date
  • 1991