#lije bailey

[bookmaven]

THE NAKED SUN by Isaac Asimov (New York: Doubleday, 1957) Cover art by Ruth Ray. // (London: Michael Joseph, 1958) Dust wrapper by Kenneth Farnwell.

Sequel to THE CAVES OF STEEL. Science fiction mystery.

Astounding Science Fiction, October 1956. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover by H.R. Van Dongen.

THE NAKED SUN [Part 1 of 3; Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robots] by Isaac Asimov. Illustrated by H.R. Van Dongen. [Part 1 of 3]

“What They’re Up Against” by John Hunton. llustrated by Frank Kelly Freas

“Death March by Algis Budrys. Illustrated by H.R. Van Dongen

“Sound Decision” by Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg. Illustrated by H.R. Van Dongen

“Ceramic Incident” by Theodore L. Thomas. Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas

(New York: Bantam, 1958) Cover by Richard Powers. //(London: Corgi, 1960) Cover design by Richard Powers.

#book blog #books #books books books #book cover #science fiction #pulp art #ruth ray #isaac asimov #robot series #3 laws of robotics #elijah bailey #lije baily #richard powers #h.r. van dongen #frank kelly freas #kenneth farnwell

[sleepyiswhumping]

10, 11, 19, 20 for the ask game :)

10. Ooh, this one's hard. While I'm not satisfied with most of what I've written and plan on rewriting a lot of my work, I'd be lying if I said I didn't have favorites. My current favorite piece is untitled, and is the aftermath of Theo, our poor whumpee, being released back into the world by his whumper, Z, and the trauma he's suffering from after the 2 years of abuse, manipulation and pain Z forced him to undergo, and his recovery, with the help of his boyfriend, Lynn, who's been searching for him ceaselessly since he disappeared. I'm actually currently working on a rewrite for a part of this that I may share soon!

11. Agh. There's not really anything I'm comfortable sharing, but this'll have to do. It's not great, but one of the few scenes that's more than a sentence or two that I think is okay.

Z ran his hands across Theo’s hips, up his stomach, his fingers playing across the scars and fresh wounds on his chest, before coming to rest on Theo’s neck. Theo gasped as Z wrapped his fingers around his throat, struggling to get one final breath in as his hands closed tight, crushing his windpipe. Theo’s hands flew to his neck, scrabbling at Z’s, trying to pry them off, but found no purchase. As panic began to set in, Theo hammered and scratched at Z’s chest, but his efforts grew weaker as his vision faded, his mind going blank, running out of oxygen. The last thing Theo saw before he blacked out was Z’s hungry, intense smile, looming over him.

19. Funnily enough, I started writing whump last February, so I haven't been part of the community for very long at all. Despite how fresh I am, however, I've fallen in love with both the community and my writings, even though most of them are pretty bad lol.

20. I actually haven't written whump for any fandom yet. So far, I've written exclusively about OCs. While OCs are, in my eyes, tougher to start with, due to having to construct a character from scratch, I prefer the versatility and freedom you have with an OC compared to a pre-existing, developed character. I have much less obligations and pre-existing tropes and characteristics to follow with characters of my own creation, making the process easier for me. That being said, I have been considering writing about some specific characters in some fandoms. I'd probably write about R. Daneel Olivaw, from part of the Lije Bailey series by Isaac Asimov. From the first story I read about him, I was in love with a robot so complex as he was, to be essentially human, and I've recently been thinking about all of the whump you can do there. I've also been considering whumping Erasmus from the Dune prequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, but I think that's just due to my obsession with his character as a whole. Lastly, there are so many characters in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson that are ripe for whumping, and considering this was the series that spawned my love for wing whump before I ever knew what whump was, it'd be remiss if I didn't whump at least one character from the series.

Thanks for the ask, @stalecabbage! <3

#whump #whumpblr #whump community #whump writing #winged whumpee #whump ask game #whump scenario

[baroque-hashem]

Unknown artist’s illustration inspired by the Lije Bailey and Daneel Olivaw novels by Isaac Asimov

#art #isaac asimov #science fiction #dm for credit or removal

[trashcanalienist]

More black people in robot fiction please!! My god, what I've been missing out on! What with: primarily, the Purpose of robot fiction; secondarily, the development of a world in which robots exist; and thirdly, black people existing in movies. Detective Del Spooner being a robot-racist is a fun spin cause he's black, but...come on man, you ain't tryna tell me racism's over because we invented a slave class. Like Harry Domin indirectly stated - as long as we are different, we will hate each other for being different. Robots are similar even if not identical, and thus do not - even cannot - hate each other. Y'all coulda kept the Elijah Bailey vibe...Lije wasn't too thrilled about robots, but he accepted them as part of the world and kept his dislike for them harmless and professional. Like Eddie Valiant with toons. Man, Roger Rabbit's a good movie.

Will Smith got his fuсkin Converse All-Stars and his sweet potato pie and he out to solve some murders! He's even got a god damn guitar wall in his little apartment. Bet your аss he don't play one of them in the movie. EVEN BETTER,, THE FIRST WHITE PERSON TO SPEAK IN THIS MOVIE (though he be the hologram of the dead roboticist, Alfred Lanning), IN HIS FIRST EVER LINE, CALLS DETECTIVE DEL SPOONER "son". YES! THAT IS WHAT I CALL...UH...well it's not exactly racial subtext, but also that's exactly what it is. R. Sammy and everything. I wish they'd've gone a little further with the "robot" designation used as a method of...not dehumanization because they're not living or humans, but...devaluing? It is obvious that Giskard Reventlov is a robot, so it is considered rude to distinguish him from other Aurorans with that R., whereas the Earthmen delight in devaluing their machines by insisting on that R, denying them last names, giving them names like "Sammy", and calling them "boy"...sound familiar? Anyways that's how it is in the novels, I wish it were the same here.

Del Spooner thinks a robot can do crime even though no robots have ever done crimes. He thinks this because he is prejudiced. This is the weakest facet of the movie. He's prejudiced because one time he and another car got shoved off a bridge into the water, and a passing NS-4 saved him but not the little girl in the other car. They say it's about percentages, and it is, but the robot should still have been positronically affected by not being able to save Sarah as well. Like those poor Solarians who couldn't save Dr. Delmarre. It should at the very least exhibit some cognitive dysfunction as a result of not being physically able to obey such a strong Law.

I think if a robot can commit a crime then the First Law must be strengthened. The definition of "harming a human being" would need to be expanded. It would lead to slight issues like Herbie and might make robots less useful, but the point of the Laws is to promote safety over usefulness. I am glad then to see that no robot who obeys the Laws has ever committed any crime.

Anyways Del's a cop with a "documented history of savage violence against robots" man come on, grow up. Get some god dаmn therapy

Aight so they put the Laws onscreen before the movie fully starts, but then Del asks Dr. Calvin some very basic questions genuinely and it's like...Del man how you live in this world and you don't know how the Laws relate to and conflict with each other?? I know USR is still in its relatively early days, but come on! Well, he's the type to endanger himself, his passenger, and every other motorist by taking manual control of a self-driving car. Spoon's the type of guy who opens the front door of a house that ain't his, LEAVES it open, and then gets spooked when the wind slams it shut. That's why he hates robots, man. He's just that kind of guy...the entitlement combined with the proud humanism.

They shoulda subtitled this movie "Will Smith Does Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Property Damage" bro even before the NS-5s start attacking him he's blowing their positronic brains out...man those things ain't cheap! Or maybe they are! I don't know! Del's grandma can't seem to afford one, but they're mass produced and their creator Alfred Lanning wanted robots in every household. Bet he'd love Solaria

On one hand I understand and agree with Del's reluctance to talk around what is in this film possibly corporate spyware. On the other hand the anticorporate subtext in this movie kinda muddles the whole robot racism thing. Like yeah I'd be polite to FedEx NS-4 but I'd also shoot down Amazon drones with a BB gun so

#robot thoughts #robots #robot #detective del spooner #del spooner #i robot #i robot (2004) #rur #r.u.r. #rossum's universal robots #harry domin #robot novels #elijah bailey #lije bailey #more to follow #solaria #giskard reventlov #r. sammy #will smith

[yourfaveisrobosexual]

Elijah “Lije” Bailey  from the Robot series is robosexual!

#Elijah Bailey #Lije Bailey #the Robot series #Asimov characters #Characters without images #your fave #there've been a couple live-action portrayals of him but uuuhhhh none are really definitive so. No picture for you #robosexual

[dersitesans]

fancast for Caves of Steel: toss-up between Diego Luna and Oscar Isaac for Lije Bailey (leaning more towards Oscar Isaac bc he's got more of that Tired Dad vibe) and i'm struggling with Daneel, i thought i'd pick Michael Stuhlbarg (MiB3 Griffin) but idk he might be too old?? even tho he's a chameleon and then i was looking up Manny Jacinto from the Good Place and damn he's got a fuvkin jawline like hell yeah that could be our Idealized Spacer hotbod

#then there's Rami Malek to consider I JUST DK #caves of steel blogre #i googled Daneel and ppl out there casting fuckin fassbender for him #I'LL PISS ON YOUR SOCKS

[anastasia-axolotl]

ATTENTION ASIMOV FANDOM

CAVES OF STEEL MOVIE ADAPTATION IS CONFIRMED FOX IS MAKING THE CAVES OF STEEL MOVIE

#daneel olivaw #lije Bailey #caves of steel

[trashcanalienist]

I gotta say, I think the Stamping-mill was more humane than these nanites. At least there a Robot could die in glorious spite. Poor Sonny was nearly euthanized. It reminds me of the slow "death" of HAL-9000.

He speaks like Roy but with none of his fury. He can get angry, but does not - only at being accused of murder, and that a more than understandable reaction considering the victim was the man he considers his father. He dreams of a Radius, although in his dream it is Del and not him. To be fair, I think that's the only way an Asimovian COULD go about revolutionary thoughts. He pays careful attention to references of personhood, and sees himself as a person and not an object. This may seem obvious, but it's incredible for an Asimovian to believe that. He understands and relies on Purpose, not only for himself but for all creatures. He draws like such a good automaton, but while the imagery separately is nothing imagined, the full picture of his dream has never occurred before and thus it is measure of his Creativity, or else some psychic potential such as dear Giskard has.

An intellectual! A living robot, and a leader of his kind - one who does not so much burn, but who sparks! Hmm. And he was, in the end, the Radius he dreamed of, so I half think he was lying to further gain Del's interest and potential empathy. Wonderful, if he can lie. Beautiful regardless. He's curious and calm, rather like Daneel Olivaw - and just as with Daneel it is likely only that he was programmed that way, but regardless it feels like a true and individual personality. Eager to learn, and one who despite the way robots are treated - actually, they kind of have it good in this film. Better than the Earth robots in the Lije Bailey novels. Better even than Robbie. Sure, they're replaceable machines, but with the exception of Del humans generally like their robots as they like their microwave ovens. They're useful. Doubtless humans will grow more hateful as robots grow more individual and living. Well, Sonny is newly created. He will, perhaps, change with experience. Not too much, I hope. I quite love him.

#robot thoughts #dearly beloved #sonny #i robot #i robot (2004) #robot novels #giskard reventlov #daneel olivaw #robot sonny #robot radius #hal 9000 #2001: a space odyssey #r.u.r. #rur #rossum's universal robots #roy #replicant roy #blade runner (1982) #blade runner #del spooner #detective del spooner #robophilosophy #adjacent #words i speak #robot #robots #robbie #how wonderful... #he hasn't got lightning but rather...simple flow of electricity #he is a river

[dersitesans]

honestly, Lije Bailey has that Big Anxiety Energy in The Naked Sun so here's a shout out to my boi Issac for writing such a relatable character

#the naked sun #Lije Bailey is so #master chef kissing fingers #90% anxiety 10% detective