Isaac Asimov's Robot City
Template:Short description Template:Infobox book series 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.
The concept for the novels began as a collaboration of Isaac Asimov and writer/editor/publisher Byron Preiss, with Asimov acting as a technical consultant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref name="My Robots (Introduction)">Template:Cite book</ref> He also wrote introductions for each book.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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<ref group=n>Titled Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens on first publication.</ref> followed in this series starting in 1989. It was originally published by Ace Books.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The plot deals with the Three Laws and encounters between robots and different varieties of alien life.Template:Cn
Novels
Isaac Asimov's Robot City
Perihelion ends with a promise that the story "'continues with Robot City #7",<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> which refers to Changeling, the first volume of Isaac Asimov's Robots and AliensTemplate:Cn
Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens
Adaptations
An audio drama of book 1, Odyssey, was released by Caedmon Audio in 1988 on audio cassette, with the voice of Peter MacNicol.<ref name="Robot City Audiobook">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A video game adaptation, Robot City, was released for PCs in 1995. The player takes the role of the protagonist, Derec, exploring Robot City in a first-person perspective.
A 2004 graphic novel, titled Isaac Asimov's Derec (Template:ISBN), 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,<ref name="Isaac Asimov's Derec Vol. 2 teaser">Template:Cite book</ref> but never materialized.