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A review by tcdk
Robot Visions by Isaac Asimov
3.0
Reread this - it's been maybe 30 years since I read it the first time...
A collection of classic Asimov Robot stories and essays, like Robbie, Think and Bicentennial Man.
It’s a really mixed bag - most of the stories har still quite good and the “mystery” is often interesting and entertaining. What’s less nice is the misogyny. Asimov is so much a child of his times and does absolutely nothing to break free of that. He could imagine a thinking robot, but not a woman, that wasn’t utterly controlled by her feelings. Some of it is rather painful to read.
The essays are also quite a mixed bag. Sometimes they are still interesting and a bit prophetic, other times they are just very far of the mark and involuntarily funny.
A collection of classic Asimov Robot stories and essays, like Robbie, Think and Bicentennial Man.
It’s a really mixed bag - most of the stories har still quite good and the “mystery” is often interesting and entertaining. What’s less nice is the misogyny. Asimov is so much a child of his times and does absolutely nothing to break free of that. He could imagine a thinking robot, but not a woman, that wasn’t utterly controlled by her feelings. Some of it is rather painful to read.
The essays are also quite a mixed bag. Sometimes they are still interesting and a bit prophetic, other times they are just very far of the mark and involuntarily funny.