by Isaac Asimov · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401324178
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«Visiones de robot» is Isaac Asimov's collection of science fiction stories and essays, published by Plaza & Janés in hardback (497 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together 36 of Asimov's stories and essays about robots, written throughout his career and presented by their creator as a synthesis of half a century of reflection on robotics. It includes three new narratives for this edition and covers the author's milestones: from Robbie to Susan Calvin, the first robopsychologist, via Stephen Byerley, the humanoid robot, and the detective duo Lije Baley and Daneel Olivaw. Ralph McQuarrie illustrates the book.
It is part of the Robot series (position 0.5) and is translated by Lorenzo Cortina.
Recommended for science fiction readers interested in robots and the work of Isaac Asimov.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
