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CatBar · 14th September 2007, 09:21 PM

Many thanks j.d.worthington for your response to my query as to which further books Daneel appears in. I'd better get going then on the Foundation series, which I've never yet read and which look seriously BIG!

[quote=ghost8772;921345]Daneel was a cool character, the penultimate holmes. was interesting to see his growth through the robot novels to the finished product at the end of Foundation and Earth. [quote]

Daneel was certainly cool OK - in all senses of the word (one of the things that turned me on, in the first place). Would be interested to know what a 'penultimate holmes' is.

Yes, I liked seeing Daneel's growth throughout the 4 Robot novels (he just kept getting cooler and smarter, eg that time when he tied up that bullying crewman Niss in knots [Robots and Empire] - wasn't hung up about hurting that human, not after he, Daneel, had programmed the Zeroth Law into himself. Good career move, I could say.

So I'm certainly looking forward to seeing 'the finished product' at the end of the Foundation novels.

It would be great to see any DVD that might come out of the Robot Novels (who might act Daneel I wonder?) I got fond of Elijah Baley too, as he got to loving Daneel like a friend, and I also got fond of Giskard too and was so sad when he 'expired' at the end of Robots and Empire.

They made a great threesome, Lije, Giskard and Daneel, and I wished they could've all gone on together for the next 20,000 years.

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CatBar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Berkshire Posts: 15	Re: Dr. Susan Calvin Many thanks j.d.worthington for your response to my query as to which further books Daneel appears in. I'd better get going then on the Foundation series, which I've never yet read and which look seriously BIG! [quote=ghost8772;921345]Daneel was a cool character, the penultimate holmes. was interesting to see his growth through the robot novels to the finished product at the end of Foundation and Earth. [quote] Daneel was certainly cool OK - in all senses of the word (one of the things that turned me on, in the first place). Would be interested to know what a 'penultimate holmes' is. Yes, I liked seeing Daneel's growth throughout the 4 Robot novels (he just kept getting cooler and smarter, eg that time when he tied up that bullying crewman Niss in knots [Robots and Empire] - wasn't hung up about hurting that human, not after he, Daneel, had programmed the Zeroth Law into himself. Good career move, I could say. So I'm certainly looking forward to seeing 'the finished product' at the end of the Foundation novels. It would be great to see any DVD that might come out of the Robot Novels (who might act Daneel I wonder?) I got fond of Elijah Baley too, as he got to loving Daneel like a friend, and I also got fond of Giskard too and was so sad when he 'expired' at the end of Robots and Empire. They made a great threesome, Lije, Giskard and Daneel, and I wished they could've all gone on together for the next 20,000 years.