Robot Visions, Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions, Isaac Asimov
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Robot Visions

Author: Isaac Asimov

Narrator: Graham Winton

Unabridged: 16 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/02/2015

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

From Isaac Asimov, the Hugo Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction, 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.

About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov began writing his Foundation series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned over 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named "Grand Master of Science Fiction" by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades. He died, at the age of seventy-two, in April 1992.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Simona on September 17, 2019

“...for if we study in detail two entirely different kinds of intelligence, we may learn to understand intelligence in a much more general and fundamental way than is now possible...” Robot Visions contains three stories not included in The Complete Robot, namely "Christmas Without Rodney"(1988), "To......more

Goodreads review by Xabi1990 on January 05, 2019

7/10. Otro recopilatorio de cuentos de robots. Pues eso, que lo mismo que comenté para Yo Robot o Sueños de robot: que las Tres Leyes y Asimov siempre estarán conmigo.......more

Goodreads review by Alice on March 26, 2009

After I, Robot, I was hungry for more robot stories, and Robot Visions was the only other robot collection I could find at my local library. A good chunk of the collection are in I, Robot, but without the connecting segments where Susan Calvin was interviewed. I personally enjoyed I, Robot more and......more

Goodreads review by Rosanna on May 10, 2020

Prima Legge: “Un robot non può recar danno a un essere umano né può permettere che a causa del proprio mancato intervento un essere umano riceva danno”. Seconda legge: “Un robot deve obbedire agli ordini impartiti dagli esseri umani purché tali ordini non contravvengano alla prima legge”. Terza legge:......more

Goodreads review by David on September 24, 2020

Three New Stories and some Repetitive Essays 23 September 2020 I have to admit that the only reason I purchased this book was so that I could read the three robot stories that aren’t in any of the other books that I have, and that is quite annoying because there are a bunch of stories that appear in......more