| Re: Dr. Susan Calvin
I was so pleased to read in manephelian's and eleniel's messages that they too liked/loved Daneel Olivaw.
I think I am in love with him myself. He sounds the ideal 'person' for me: handsome, elegant, superbly strong (see how he dealt with that bullying crewman Niss in 'Robots and Empire), dignified, controlled, loyal, patient....
And, at times, I too can well relate to Susan Calvin's preference for robots over people ("They're a cleaner better breed that we [humans]are"). I'm probably a bit of a Susan Calvin myself - without her tremendous brains, of course!
The cover of an American version 'Robots and Murder' has what I think is the most gorgeous image of Daneel on it (all smouldering bronze high-cheekbones etc!) - I'd love to be able to get hold of it but I'm from England so seems I would have to order it over Amazon from America.
Does anyone know of any other images/pics I might find of him? (Sad, I know!)
Oh, and does Daneel appear in any detail in Asimov's 'Foundation' series? I do actualy like Asimov's style of writing too - unlike a lot of modern SF writers he's so plain and clear and ungushy and one can just simply get to the story.
Lastly, as I'm new here, I don't want to make any gaffs: is there a difference between 'Post Reply' and 'Quick Messages'? |