Robot On The Run

 

1. I will not cheat and google…
   I will not cheat and google…
   Ha!

   Now I’m worried about Phil  ha!

   

   Posted by SouthernDoll       02/18/2006  at  04:02 PM  



2. That’s OK, Doll. Phil is worried about you.

   

   Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  04:06 PM  



3. I Robot (made into movie), Caves of Steel, Earth is Room Enough, Robots of Dawn, ??????

   Duhhh… R.Daneel Olivah (sp)

   Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  04:11 PM  



4. help me out people --- Susan was born in Australia—they printed a REAL birth notice on the fictional date, just for fuN --- WHATS THE 5TH BOOK?

   Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  04:12 PM  



5. HINT? Was the 5th one the last?

   Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  04:16 PM  



6. ROBOTS & EMPIRE!

   Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  04:23 PM  



7. Oink!! me thinks you are on a roll !

   How many points thus far??

   My money is on Oink!  goooooo Oink!

   

   Posted by SouthernDoll       02/18/2006  at  04:34 PM  



8. Sorry. “I, Robot” was a short story. Doesn’t count.

   “Caves Of Steel” (1954) and “Robots of Dawn” (1983) and “Robots And Empire” (1985) are three of the five novels. “Earth Is Room Enough” was a short story collection, not a novel.

   Three down, two to go. One written in 1957 and the last in 1992.

   

   Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  04:39 PM  



9. The last one was the one made into a movie.

   

   Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  04:41 PM  



10. I GOT ‘EM WITHOUT GOOGLING!  uhhh --- would consulting my bookshelf be considered cheating, Sir?

    OINK suspects it would, and waits for instructions.

    Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  04:54 PM  



11. Strange coincidence but I have just sat through Bladerunner. No doubt I will dream of electric sheep tonight!
    Skipper I couldn’t answer the questions but I am a fan of Asimov’s work, both fiction and non fiction. I must read Neutrino: ghost particle of the atom again. Asimov had a great way of putting highly technical issues into everyday language that even a thicko like me can understand.

    Posted by LyndonB       02/18/2006  at  05:05 PM  



12. No, Oink. Consulting one’s bookshelf is an admirable thing as it demonstrates a literary taste (and good sense if you have Asimov’s novels there).

    Go ahead. Gimme what you think are the answers!

    -- a hushed silence falls over the ship’s crew as the short, dishevelled marine steps up to the mast, tugs his forelock to the Cap’n and begins to recite ....

    Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  05:08 PM  



13. I agree, LyndonB. Dr. A could make even the most complex subject in astrophysics understandable to practically anyone. You always got the feeling that he understood more than you but he was more than happy to help you understand in a kind, fatherly sort of way.

    Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  05:10 PM  



14. mustaavit blowup dolls aint robots oink, you can let him down now,

    Posted by bulldog       02/18/2006  at  05:11 PM  



15. POSITRONIC MAN—novel

    THE NAKED SUN

    Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  05:11 PM  



16. you cant see the book shelf, for robots i mean blow up dolls

    Posted by bulldog       02/18/2006  at  05:13 PM  



17. .

    Posted by bulldog       02/18/2006  at  05:14 PM  



18. electric sleep lindon? they just put up the price, im to scared to put on my electric blanket,

    Posted by bulldog       02/18/2006  at  05:20 PM  



19. YOU GOT IT, OINK! That’s ten points! Wanna go for Double Jeopardy and guess which one was made into a movie and the name of that movie?

    I don’t expect anyone to know the 10,000 point bonus question except for me. And no, I didn’t have to Google to find out. When I saw the movie a few years ago, I almost fell out of my seat because .... I WORKED IN THOSE BUILDINGS AT ONE TIME!

     

    Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  05:27 PM  



20. That P.O.S. “I Robot”?*** I didn’t think Asimov wrote anything like it, except the title.

    Positronic Man? Since I haven’t read that novel. The company?—not the 1st clue.

    *** The movie was OK, if not for stealing the title.

    Now that I HAVE Googled, Ike’s widow sez he died of AIDS from open heart blood transfusion.

    Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  05:35 PM  



21. Yeah Oink!

    

    my money is still on Oink at least getting the 100 more points.

    go Oink go Oink go Oink!!

    I will not cheat and google…
    I will not cheat and google…
    Tho’ I REALLY want cheat and google !

    

    Posted by SouthernDoll       02/18/2006  at  05:38 PM  



22. Hey Oink!

    Just got in. I’m rootin’ for ya…

    Posted by Cheese_tensor       02/18/2006  at  05:58 PM  



23. Nope, it wasn’t that piece of shiite “I, Robot” starring Will Smith in which Hollywood stole the title and threw a good story away.

    It was another novel in the list and was made into quite a good movie, although not very popular. They did stick to Asimov’s original story at least.

    Hint: The novel was “Positronic Man”.

    Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  06:02 PM  



24. Give up?

    

    Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  06:53 PM  



25. The movie was “Bicentennial Man” (1999), starring Robin Williams as Andrew the android.

    The headquarters of US Robots & Mechanical Men was the gleaming, cylindrical towers of Oracle Corporation at Redwood Shores, California. Oracle is the second largest software company in the world. I worked there from 1996 to 1998.

    

    

    Posted by The Skipper       02/18/2006  at  07:15 PM  



26. I Knew it only from Googling. The original story was co-written with Silverberg.  I been out. Cheesey, U snooz u looz.

    A scene that stuck with me from first reading was when Elijah orders the robots to keep R. Daneel incommunicado, “Don’t let him contact anybody”. Too bad he didn’t forbid him from receiving messages.

    And thanks to my cute, pert cheerleader.  Maybe next time.

    Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  07:58 PM  



27. P.S. Maybe “Foundation” Trilogy quiz next time?  Send me an email ‘heads up’ but don’t tell Camembert.

    Posted by Oink       02/18/2006  at  08:24 PM  



28. WTG porky. I’ll have to dig out the Foundation series from boxes, though. It’s been decades since I read them and I’m preparing to move. I’ll need some advance warning.

    I believe I once saw Asimov during an intermission in a Victor Borge show in NYC. I didn’t have the guts to approach him, much to my everlasting regret. Twinkling eyes and string tie.  I think that he knew I had spotted him and may have been amused by my indecision. I still kick myself and it’s been thirty years or so.

    Posted by StinKerr       02/19/2006  at  12:16 AM  



29. You’ve all been commenting about his SF novels, but I think Issac Asimov’s educational books on physics and chemistry are also top-notch. Reading them helped me with my degree, as they supplied a lot of incidental history of science, which I liked, as it gave a stronger narrative to the whole oeuvre. He wrote a brilliant demolition of the pseudo-scientific “Worlds in Collision” by A. Velikovsky. To some extent, he was also the James Randi of scientific literature - flying the flag for real science.

    Posted by DWMF       02/19/2006  at  03:39 PM  



30. I believe his grocery lists would be educational and entertaining. The ability he demonstrated in making all kinds of things understandable to the uninitiated made him a superb teacher. I never saw anything that he couldn’t turn his mind to and explain to anyone. I understand that he also authored textbooks. I’m certain that they are superb. I’d read anything he authored.

    Posted by StinKerr       02/19/2006  at  04:17 PM  



31. Where oh Where is Phil??!!

    

    Posted by SouthernDoll       02/19/2006  at  06:05 PM  

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