Gloria’s thrilled because she thinks they are going to search for Robbie. Gloria mopes for a month until they to take her to New York to distract her with movies and sightseeing. Gloria’s father, George Watson, is delighted with Robbie, but her mother, Grace, instinctively dislikes the robot and finally convinces George to get rid of it and tell their daughter that the robot simply disappeared. Gloria loves her nursemaid robot, Robbie, a fun and caring playmate. She starts by describing an eight-year-old girl, Gloria, whom she met briefly, a youngster who had one of the first robots. The eBook version of the 2004 edition forms the basis for this study guide.ĭr Susan Calvin, preparing to retire as the world’s first robopsychologist, agrees to an interview for a feature article on her life. The Foundation books also have been adapted into a TV series. Some of Asimov’s works have been made into films, including I Robot, The Bicentennial Man, and Nightfall. I, Robot is part of a large future history that includes the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Asimov won many awards, including multiple Hugo and Nebula prizes for science fiction writing. His works include science fiction, mysteries, fantasies, children’s books, popular science, history, and religion. Extremely prolific, he published 500 fiction and nonfiction books along with hundreds of stories and essays. Asimov (1920-1992) is one of the most important science fiction writers of the 20th century.
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