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Robot Visions (1990) is a collection of science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 short stories and factual essays by Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov , was a Russian-born United States author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books....
. Many of the stories are reprinted from other Asimov collections, particularly I, Robot
I, Robot

I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies....
 and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. However, the stories in I, Robot (which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine) were edited to make a more cohesive whole; Robot Visions reprints the magazine versions without these emendations.






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Robot Visions (1990) is a collection of science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 short stories and factual essays by Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov , was a Russian-born United States author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books....
. Many of the stories are reprinted from other Asimov collections, particularly I, Robot
I, Robot

I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies....
 and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. However, the stories in I, Robot (which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine) were edited to make a more cohesive whole; Robot Visions reprints the magazine versions without these emendations. It also includes the title story, "Robot Visions", which combines Asimov's motifs of robots and of time travel
Time travel

Time travel is the concept of moving between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space, either sending objects backwards in time to a moment before the present, or sending objects forward from the present to the future without the need to experience the intervening period ....
. It is the companion book to Robot Dreams
Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams is a collection of Isaac Asimov's short stories, intended largely to show a series of Asimov robot-inspired drawings by Ralph McQuarrie....
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Contents


Stories

  • “Robot Visions”
  • “Too Bad!”
  • “Robbie”
  • “Reason
    Reason (Asimov)

    "Reason" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that was first published in the April 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and collected in I, Robot , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “Liar!
    Liar!

    "Liar!" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that first appeared in the May 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and was reprinted in the collections I, Robot and The Complete Robot ....
    ”
  • “Runaround
    Runaround

    "Runaround" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, featuring his recurring characters Powell and Donovan. It was written in October 1941 and first published in the March 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction....
    ”
  • “Evidence
    Evidence (Asimov)

    "Evidence" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the September 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections I, Robot , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “Little Lost Robot
    Little Lost Robot

    "Little Lost Robot" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections I, Robot , The Complete Robot , Robot Dreams , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “The Evitable Conflict
    The Evitable Conflict

    "The Evitable Conflict" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the June 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and subsequently appeared in the collections I, Robot , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “Feminine Intuition
    Feminine Intuition

    "Feminine Intuition" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the October 1969 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and collected in The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions....
    ”
  • “The Bicentennial Man
    The Bicentennial Man

    The Bicentennial Man is a novella in the Isaac Asimov's Robot Series by Isaac Asimov. The story formed the basis of the novel The Positronic Man , co-written with Robert Silverberg, and the 1999 film Bicentennial Man , starring Robin Williams....
    ”
  • “Someday
    Someday (short story)

    "Someday" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the May 1956 issue of Infinity and reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough and The Complete Robot ....
    ”
  • “Think!
    Think! (Asimov short story)

    "Think!" is a science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that first appeared in 1977 in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. It also appeared in the collection The Complete Robot....
    ”
  • “Segregationist
    Segregationist (Asimov)

    "Segregationist" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story was written in April 1967 and was first published in December in Abbottempo, a magazine produced by Abbott Laboratories, then later included in the collections Nightfall and Other Stories , The Complete Robot and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “Mirror Image
    Mirror Image (Asimov)

    Mirror Image is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the May 1972 issue Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and collected in The Best of Isaac Asimov , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “Lenny
    Lenny (Asimov)

    "Lenny" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the January 1958 issue of Infinity , and included in the collections The Rest of the Robots , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “Galley Slave
    Galley Slave

    "Galley Slave" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the December 1957 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections The Rest of the Robots , The Complete Robot , and Robot Visions ....
    ”
  • “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"