''Robot Visions'' (1990) is a collection of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
short stories and factual essays by
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and ...
. Many of the stories are reprinted from other Asimov collections, particularly ''
I, Robot
''I, Robot'' is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines '' Super Science Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' bet ...
'' and ''
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories''. It also includes the title story, "Robot Visions" (written specifically for this collection
[Asimov, Isaac: ''Robot Visions'', p. 17. Roc, 1990.]), which combines Asimov's motifs of
robots and of
time travel
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. It is the companion book to ''
Robot Dreams'' (1986).
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 (these are the page counts of the hardcover edition). This essay (minus the illustration) was later reprinted in Asimov's collection ''
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...
''.
Stories
Essays
References
External links
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Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov
Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
1990 short story collections
Roc Books books