Robot Visions


Robot Visions 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", which combines Asimov's motifs of robots and of time travel. It is the companion book to Robot Dreams.

Contents

Introduction: The Robot Chronicles

An 18-page introductory essay by Asimov, consisting of 17 pages of text and a one-page illustration by Ralph McQuarrie. This essay was later reprinted in Asimov's collection Gold.

Stories

TitleYearFirst appeared
"Robot Visions"1990First appeared in this collection
"Too Bad!"1989First appeared in The Microverse
"Robbie"1940First appeared in Super Science Stories under the title "Strange Playfellow”
"Reason"1941First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"Liar!"1941First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"Runaround"1942First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"Evidence"1946First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"Little Lost Robot"1947First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"The Evitable Conflict"1950First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"Feminine Intuition"1969First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
"The Bicentennial Man"1976First appeared in Stellar #2
"Someday"1956First appeared in Infinity Science Fiction
"Think!"1977First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
"Segregationist"1967First appeared in Abbotempo 4
"Mirror Image"1972First appeared in Analog: Science Fiction - Science Fact
"Lenny"1958First appeared in Infinity Science Fiction
"Galley Slave"1957First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction
"Christmas Without Rodney"1988First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Essays

TitleYearFirst appeared
"Robots I Have Known"1954First appeared in Computers and Automation, October 1954
"The New Teachers"1976First appeared in American Way magazine
"Whatever You Wish"1977First appeared in American Way magazine
"The Friends We Make"1977First appeared in American Way magazine
"Our Intelligent Tools"1977First appeared in American Way magazine
"The Machine and the Robot"1978
"The Laws of Robotics"1979First appeared in American Way magazine
"The New Profession"1979First appeared in American Way magazine
"The Robot As Enemy?"1979First appeared in American Way magazine
"Intelligences Together"1979First 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"1989First appeared in Special Reports magazine, Spring 1989