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Robot Visions by Isaac Asimov
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Robot Visions

by Isaac Asimov

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All the robot stories in one place. ( )
Audacity88 | Nov 16, 2008 |  
This was a pretty short read -- in fact I read it on the bus into work this morning. That's mainly because there are only three short stories in this book which aren't covered in one of Asimov's other robot short story collections. The three stories were good, but I am not sure they were worth owning the entire book for.

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mikal | Nov 15, 2008 |  
The counterpart to Robot Dreams is inferior as far as the fiction quality goes, but does have a whole lot of essays at the end by Asimov on the subject of robots, and the future in general. One interesting comment was that something as simple as worldwide computer communication could change the world, when he was writing about education.

Quite a few of the essays are to do the the Laws of Robotics in particular, and robots in society. So, fairly interesting.

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Time check bad news.

2.5 out of 5

Shrinkbot surgery sacrifice.

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Robot chasey and other games.

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Robot curiosity of philosophy.

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Telepathic robot advice is caught in logic loop.

3.5 out of 5

Old robot mine retrieval squad.

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Politics and impersonation.

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Monkeying with the Laws can have surprising results.

4 out of 5

Politics of The Machine.

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Girlbot creativity communication.

3.5 out of 5

Robot evolution legal test case.

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Writing? You jest.

2.5 out of 5

Computer brain power talk.

3 out of 5

Metallo wannabes.

3 out of 5

Jehosaphat! Deadly mathematical rivalry.

3 out of 5

Robot teaching mummy.

3.5 out of 5

Proofreading plus.

3.5 out of 5

Old versions can still provide good cheer.

3 out of 5

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bluetyson | Nov 19, 2007 |  
An interesting collection of short stories and essays. Some of the stories are repeats from collections like "I, Robot" and "The Bicentennial Man, and other stories", so be prepared to run into those. All the stories included are good reads! My personal favorites are "Lenny" and "The Bicentennial Man". ( )
Redthing | Mar 25, 2007 |  
A great collection of enthrilling, mysterious and detective short stories. ( )
ashishg | Feb 8, 2007 |  
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451450647, Paperback)

From the writer whose name is synonymous with the science of robotics comes five decades of robot visions-36 landmark stories and essays, plus three rare tales-gathered together in one volume

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