Robot Visions

Isaac Asimov

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Contains 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: Robbie, the very first robot his imagination brought to life; Susan Calvin, the original robot psychologist; Stephen Byerley, the humanoid robot; and the famous human-robot team of Lije Baley 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.

Contents:

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
Published
1990
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Author

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov’s name is synonymous with the future—a future shaped by boundless imagination, scientific inquiry, and an unwavering belief in human progress. With a prolific career spanning across science fiction, popular science, and beyond, Asimov not only anticipated technological advancements but also explored the philosophical and ethical questions that would arise from them. His writing, characterized by its clarity, precision, and expansive ideas, set the stage for generations of readers to dream about the potential of science and humanity. Born in 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia, Asimov’s journey to becoming one of the most influential…