American American Science Science FictionFiction

Science Fiction: your experienceScience Fiction: your experience

• What sci-fi stories have you read?• What sci-fi movies do you remember?

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What is Science Fiction?What is Science Fiction?

Fictional narratives that deal with the impact produced by scientific & technological advances upon human beings and society.

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HARD SCIENCE FICTION: a particular emphasis on scientific accuracy and technological hardware detail

Types of Science Fiction:Types of Science Fiction:

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SOFT SCIENCE FICTION: focus on human characters and their relations and feelings, while de-emphasizing the details of technological hardware and physical laws

Types of Science Fiction:Types of Science Fiction:

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FICTION: concerned less with technology and space opera and more with sociological speculation about human society

Types of Science Fiction:Types of Science Fiction:

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Isaac Asimov (1919/20-1992)Isaac Asimov (1919/20-1992)

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InterviewInterview

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About his lifeAbout his life

• EARLY EDUCATION: Science fiction pulp magazines .

• Science fiction fandom (1930s)• Astounding Science Fiction

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• ROBOT : "FORCED LABOR"

• I, ROBOT (1950)—A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES

I, Robot (1950)I, Robot (1950)

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Asimov’s robots in motion picturesAsimov’s robots in motion pictures

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Robbie: Plot OverviewRobbie: Plot Overview

1) How does the story open?2) What does Gloria promise

Robbie?3) Does she fulfill her promise?

Why?4) What is Mr. Weston’s

response? How does it change?5) Which is Mr. Weston’s final

plan?6) How does the story end?

Match the characters to their viewpoint :Match the characters to their viewpoint :

1. GRACE WESTON …is wary of technology

2. GEORGE WESTON …is entirely ignorant of the fact that Robbie is a robot

1. GLORIA WESTON …sees Robbie as a playmate.

Analyzing quotations:Analyzing quotations:

• “The little girl protested, ‘Again? I’ve told you Cinderella a million times. Aren’t you tired of it? –It’s for babies.’” (p. 7)

• “It’s that robot Gloria calls Robbie. He doesn’t leave her for a moment (p. 8)

• “And yet he loved his wife –and what was worst his wife knew it.” (p.10)

Some questions…Some questions…• In what part of the story are the Three Laws of

Robotics introduced?

• Name some technological devices present in the story

• What are the aspects that make Robbie a science fiction story?

Possible Themes in “Robbie”Possible Themes in “Robbie”

• Technophobia: confronting Frankenstein’s complex

• Ethical and moral responsibility

• Technology as a potential benefit to human life

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