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.

http://www.stillhq.com/book/Isaac_Asi... ( )

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.

Robot Visions : Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Too Bad! - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Robbie - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Reason - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Liar! - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Runaround - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Evidence - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Little Lost Robot - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : The Evitable Conflict - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Feminine Intuition - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : The Bicentennial Man [short story] - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Someday - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Think! - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Segregationist - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Mirror Image - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Lenny - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Galley Slave - Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions : Christmas Without Rodney - Isaac Asimov

Time check bad news.

2.5 out of 5

Shrinkbot surgery sacrifice.

3 out of 5

Robot chasey and other games.

3.5 out of 5

Robot curiosity of philosophy.

3.5 out of 5

Telepathic robot advice is caught in logic loop.

3.5 out of 5

Old robot mine retrieval squad.

4 out of 5

Politics and impersonation.

3.5 out of 5

Monkeying with the Laws can have surprising results.

4 out of 5

Politics of The Machine.

3 out of 5

Girlbot creativity communication.

3.5 out of 5

Robot evolution legal test case.

4 out of 5

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

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/11... ( )

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". ( )

A great collection of enthrilling, mysterious and detective short stories. ( )

In this collection of short stories, Asimov explores the seemingly impossible paradoxical situations that may arise in the human/robot or robot/robot cohabitation, despite the 3 fundamental laws of robotics (did you know Asimov invented this word?) meant to prevent any harmful situations.
Concise, strikingly simple yet every time surprising, these stories form a must read for the casual reader as well as for the sci-fi fan. ( )