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A review by sassmistress
Robot Visions by Isaac Asimov, Ralph McQuarrie
challenging
funny
mysterious
4.0
Asimov short stories are always good. There are a couple of excellent ones in here, especially Robbie (great intro to Asimov's robots), Evidence (politician forced to prove he's not a robot, twist ending ), Someday (less about the 3 laws, but a delicious development of sentience , and Feminine Intuition (mystery to solve!). Bicentennial Man is one he's particularly proud of, and you'll love it if you want to think about the nature of humanity).
However, I felt this collection in particular did Susan Calvin dirty. Liar! and Lenny, in particular. There's some old-school sexism that seeps through.
I also don't like the stories where the laws get a little fuzzier, like Runaround ("counterpotentials" can weight a lower law heavy enough to make the robot loop), and Mirror Image was more about human psychology than the robots.
This collection doesn't contain most of my favorites! I may try another one to see how it compares.
However, I felt this collection in particular did Susan Calvin dirty. Liar! and Lenny, in particular. There's some old-school sexism that seeps through.
I also don't like the stories where the laws get a little fuzzier, like Runaround ("counterpotentials" can weight a lower law heavy enough to make the robot loop), and Mirror Image was more about human psychology than the robots.
This collection doesn't contain most of my favorites! I may try another one to see how it compares.