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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Well, if we go with that (perfectly accurate) read, none of the robot stories are about robots. All the robot stories are really about humans and their foibles...
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It seems to me that modern robot science-fiction, its editors and readers are sometimes hypocritical. They laud Asimov but damn any new robot fiction that demonstrates robots with human personality. Asimov often broke this rule. His robots were not true robots. They exhibited character. I think that's fine and necessary. Modern editors / readers seem to have forgotten that. Robots are the modern imps. See the drones in Iain Banks.
For that matter, I suppose Asimov's robot torch has been passed to Iain Banks.