/lit/ - Literature

>>19951759
He liked Asimov however

>>19754707
He liked Isaac Asimov's stories however. Wonder why.

>reading the short story "risk"
>strong independent womyn susan calvin is called for help
>the general bows to her whim
>she orders a soldier to reapir the ship because she doesnt want to damage a 2 million dollar robot while the soldier risks getting lobotomized if the mission goes wrong
>threatened with a court martial if he doesn't
>mission ends up a success
>turns out it was calvin's defective robots not the army ship that broke
>soldier returns chastises calvin and says he will be an antirobot activist back on earth
>"um akshually, i predicted that it was the robot that was at fault and chose you for the mission because you are antirobot"
>"now go back to your bunk sweetie"
>meek soldier whimpers away and general is awed by calvin
Holy fuck what a hack writer

>>19282916
He liked Isaac Asimov's works however

Wonder why