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Andrew Liptak
10/27/09

In reply to Meet The Young, Frisky Susan Calvin, In "I, Robot" Prequel Trilogy
Interesting. I'm a bit excited for this, because I've always thought that Susan Calvin's story was one of those really cool stories that was never told. #books
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Chip Skylark of Space
10/26/09

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At this point, who is the Asimov Estate? David and Robyn are in their 50s, and Isaac's 2nd wife is in her 80s. Are there grandchildren? Who the hell needs the money that these stories represent? Are there mortgage payments that need to be made? #books
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gorehound
10/26/09

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i am praying they dont fuck up one of my fave scifi ever the original foundation trilogy.i also loved end of eternity.
i own all the original paperbacks in my library which is an awesome collection of old rarities.

and i have no hopes for more i robot movies. #books
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Obee Juan
10/26/09

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OMFG! I see nothing but bad bad bad things coming from this. The "I, Robot" movie was hideous. I was especially appalled over how the "estate" said Asimov would have been proud of it. They obviously have never read his material nor understand his oft-stated reasons for how he designed his robot universe. The movie was a compelete bastardization of everything he strove to portray in his books. #books
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
10/26/09

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Who asked for this?

Sadly, I will probably buy it. #books
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NefariousNewt
10/26/09

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*headdesk*

Is science fiction so bereft of original ideas, that we have to recycle or extend the worlds of previous great authors of the field?

I don't need a trilogy of "frisky" Susan Calvin books. I don't need any more Asimov robot novels written by people not named Isaac Asimov. Frankly, I wish everyone (including his estate) would leave his legacy alone. This is simply the prostitution of The Good Doctor's name and ideas. #books
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goldfarb
10/26/09

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it should always be noted when discussing the Will smith "I, Robot" film that it is NOT an adaptation of any of Asimov's stories but rather based "on a screenplay written in 1995 by Jeff Vintar, entitled Hardwired. " that was then shit upon by various people including Akiva Goldsman
[en.wikipedia.org])#Development #books
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cletar
10/26/09

@goldfarb: the robot who dreamed of liberating other robots bit was straight out of the last Asimov robot story. #books
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Jeff Edsell
10/26/09

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It would be nice to see Harlan Ellison's "I, Robot" script made. I think filmmaking has finally reached the point where it could happen. #books
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Dunny0
10/26/09

@Jeff Edsell: Was that the one plublished as an illustrated screenplay? I loved that... Would have been a far better movie than iRobot. #books
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Jeff Edsell
10/26/09

@Dunny0: Yup, that's the one. The scope was massive, and I doubt it could have been executed properly when it was written. #books
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cash907
05/24/09

In reply to How Isaac Asimov's Non-Deadly Robots Got Lethal
Dors didn't deactivate due to her actions resulting in the death of a human being, she deactivated because the human being she killed had figured out she was a robot, and used a device to scramble her positronic pathways beyond repair about a millisecond before she bashed his head in, literally. She had harmed humans numerous times before this, serving as Seldon's bodyguard, which shouldn't have been able to happen unless the Zeroeth law was sufficiently strong enough to override the First law. The only reason she was able to do something that Giskard and his kind could not, was because her brain was designed with the Zeroeth law hardwired in, instead of as a philosophical concept as it was for him, as well as her creator R. Daneel Olivaw.

You need to go back and reread Asimov's books Alasdair... your memory is slipping a bit.
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Alasdair Wilkins
05/24/09

@cash907: I'm going to have to disagree with you somewhat. I actually looked over the relevant passages from Forward the Foundation in writing this post, and although I glossed over the role of the Electro-Clarifier (something I've now corrected) I'm still pretty sure she had some problems with so completely violating the First Law. Specifically, she says: "I finally killed a human being. --First time. --Makes it worse." That's clearly ascribing at least a portion of her pain to the killing itself, not her poisoning. Either way, she's pretty deadly, and that's my real point.
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Grey_Area
05/24/09

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It's a shame everyone forgets Asimov's role on the long-running TV comedy the Goodies.

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Anekanta - Go Play!
05/24/09

@Grey_Area: He seems so young!
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Grey_Area
05/24/09

@Atnakena: Time travel, duh.
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