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
This is an 18-page introductory essay by Asimov. It consists of 17 pages of text and a one-page illustration by Ralph McQuarrie; these are the page counts of the hardcover edition. This essay was later reprinted in Asimov's collection Gold.Stories
| Title | Year | First appeared |
| "Robot Visions" | 1990 | First appeared in this collection |
| "Too Bad!" | 1989 | First appeared in The Microverse |
| "Robbie" | 1940 | First appeared in Super Science Stories under the title "Strange Playfellow” |
| "Reason" | 1941 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Liar!" | 1941 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Runaround" | 1942 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Evidence" | 1946 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Little Lost Robot" | 1947 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "The Evitable Conflict" | 1950 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Feminine Intuition" | 1969 | First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| "The Bicentennial Man" | 1976 | First appeared in Stellar #2 |
| "Someday" | 1956 | First appeared in Infinity Science Fiction |
| "Think!" | 1977 | First appeared in Isaac [Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine] |
| "Segregationist" | 1967 | First appeared in Abbotempo 4 |
| "Mirror Image" | 1972 | First appeared in Analog: Science Fiction - Science Fact |
| "Lenny" | 1958 | First appeared in Infinity Science Fiction |
| "Galley Slave" | 1957 | First appeared in Astounding Science Fiction |
| "Christmas Without Rodney" | 1988 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
Essays
| Title | Year | First appeared |
| "Robots I Have Known" | 1954 | First appeared in Computers and Automation, October 1954 |
| "The New Teachers" | 1976 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "Whatever You Wish" | 1977 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The Friends We Make" | 1977 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "Our Intelligent Tools" | 1977 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The Machine and the Robot" | 1978 | |
| "The Laws of Robotics" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The New Profession" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "The Robot As Enemy?" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "Intelligences Together" | 1979 | First appeared in American Way magazine |
| "My Robots" | 1987 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Robot City — Book 1: Odyssey |
| "The Laws of Humanics" | 1987 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Robot City — Book 2: Suspicion |
| "Cybernetic Organism" | 1987 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Robot City — Book 3: Cyborg |
| "The Sense of Humor" | 1988 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Robot City — Book 4: Prodigy |
| "Robots in Combination" | 1988 | First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Robot City — Book 6: Perihelion |
| "Future Fantastic" | 1989 | First appeared in Special Reports magazine, Spring 1989 |