Isaac Asimov's Robot City

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Isaac Asimov's Robot City
Isaac Asimov's Robot City
AuthorVarious
IllustratorPaul Rivoche
Cover artistPaul Rivoche
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
PublisherByron Preiss Visual Publications
Published1987–1990, 1993–1994
Media typePrint (Paperback)
No. of books18

Isaac Asimov's Robot City is a series of science fiction novels written by various authors beginning in 1987, and is loosely connected to Isaac Asimov's Robot series.

Contents

The concept for the novels began as a collaboration of Asimov and writer/editor/publisher Byron Preiss, with Asimov acting as a technical consultant. [1] Byron & Asimov then issued a writing challenge to write a series involving the Three Laws of Robotics, which brought about a collaboration of several authors; Asimov provided the premise for the series, which filled in the gap between Asimov's own robot stories and his Foundation series, explaining the disappearance of the robots prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. [2] [3] He also wrote introductions for each book of the first two series. [4] Additionally, the end of each book includes a "Data Bank", which features illustrations by Paul Rivoche and paired descriptions, providing further information about characters, objects and locations from the stories.

Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens followed in this series starting in 1989. A third series, Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time , was started in 1993 and written exclusively by William F. Wu.

Novels

No.TitleAuthorDateISBN
1Odyssey Michael P. Kube-McDowell July 1987 0-441-73122-8
2Suspicion Mike McQuay September 1987 0-441-73126-0
3Cyborg William F. Wu November 1987 0-441-37383-6
4Prodigy Arthur Byron Cover January 1988 0-441-37384-4
5Refuge Rob Chilson March 1988 0-441-37385-2
6Perihelion William F. Wu June 1988 0-441-37388-7

Perihelion ends with a promise that the story "'continues with Robot City #7", [5] which refers to Changeling, the first volume of Robots and Aliens [ citation needed ]

Adaptations

An audio drama of book 1, Odyssey, was released by Caedmon Audio in 1988 on audio cassette, with the voice of Peter MacNicol. [6]

A video game adaptation, Robot City, was released for PCs in 1995. The player takes the role of Derec exploring Robot City in a first-person perspective.

A 2004 graphic novel, titled Isaac Asimov's Derec ( ISBN   0-7434-8708-7), adapted parts of the first and second books of the series, and was illustrated by Paul Rivoche and written by Doug Murray. A second volume was planned, [7] but never materialized.

References

  1. ↑ "SciFi master in new book lines". Record-Journal . August 31, 1986. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Robert A. Collins; Robert Latham (1988), Science fiction & fantasy book review annual, Meckler, ISBN   978-0-88736-249-1
  3. ↑ Asimov, Isaac (1987). Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey. Byron Preiss Visual Publications. p. xi. ISBN   0-441-73122-8. Byron said that I would serve as a consultant to make sure that my robots stay "Asimovian," that I would answer questions, make suggestions, veto infelicities, and provide the basic premise for the series as well as challenges for the authors.
  4. ↑ Isaac Asimov (1990). Robot Visions. Penguin. pp. 17–18. ISBN   0-451-45064-7. […] Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc., began to put out a remarkable series of books under the general title of Isaac Asimov's Robot City, and I was asked to do essays on robotics for each of them.
  5. ↑ Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Perihelion. Byron Preiss Visual Publications. 1988. p. 162. ISBN   0-441-37388-7. Isaac Asimov's Robot City continues with Robot City #7 […]
  6. ↑ "Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Peter Macnicol - Isaac Asimov's Robot City". Discogs. 1988.
  7. ↑ Isaac Asimov's Derec. ibooks, inc. 2004. p. 119. ISBN   0-7434-8708-7. Journey back to the confusing, surprising, and sometimes deadly world of Robot City in Isaac Asimov's Derec, Volume 2: After The Deluge.
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