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Robot Visions

By: Isaac Asimov
Narrated by: Graham Winton
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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.

Meet all of Asimov's most famous creations: Robbie, the very first robot that his imagination brought to life; Susan Calvin, the original robot physchologist; Stephen Byerley, the humanoid robot; and the famous human-robot detective team of Lije Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw, who appeared in such best-selling 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.

©1990 Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. (P)2015 Recorded Books Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Technology Robotics Computer Science Artificial Intelligence

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Apologies for the sexist title, but it sounds more pithy than 'human'.
A journey looking at the psychology of the Robot, constrained by the 3 laws of robotics. This IS a book that I will enjoy again. But in a revised order.
The performance is excellent and I'd like to believe just how the author would have wanted the robot to sound.

Man becomes God, Robots become Man

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Fascinating man a real inspiration. Listening to his stories and to think some were written nearly 80years ago and so relevant today.

Fantastic

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beautifully imagined and written, with such prescience.
Sally and Bicentennial Man stand out, but every short story is perfect.

perfect

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Wordy in depth exploration of all things Robot by the genius himself who took us into that realm so breathtakingly.

Fabulous

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How have I gone my entire life never having read anything by Isaac Asimov?!
One of the best collection of short stories I have ever read. Really engaging stories full of great ideas. Just brilliant!

Robot Visions

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I'd previously read some of Asimov's work, but most of these stories were new to me; I greatly enjoyed them, particularly 'The Bi-Centennial Man' which is now one of my favourite stories by any author. 'Evidence' was another favourite of mine, although I had read this before.

I also found the essays really interesting. They were written over 4 decades, from the 50s to the 80s, and it is interesting to see how Asimov's ideas progressed through time, and with advancing real world robots. It's also interesting to look back now and see what parts of his predictions have already come true, what parts still have potential to come true, and what parts he got wrong.

Great stories and Interesting Essays

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Really enjoyed the essays and short stories. The narrater did a sterling job and is Asimov's voice to me now!

Great selection and reading

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Technical issue - aa few blank spots that caused me to fast forward
Otherwise, if you like Azimov, you would surely like the stories as well. Some thoughts on various topics that seem to be very topical nowadays given the ai revolution

Very cool short stories. Performance was great but there are some blank spots in some of the stories

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Great selection, didn't have all the stories referenced in the essays at the end.

Great selection, but too limited

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Robot Dreams was better. Still, this was good as well. There is some small overlap between the two.

Decent

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