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An [[Isaac Asimov]] character. She is Robot psychoanalysis.
| Names        = Susan Calvin
| Occupation =  Robot psychoanalyist
| Works        = Asimov's [[Robots series]]
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'''Susan Calvin''' is an [[Isaac Asimov]] character in his [[Robots series]]. She is a Robot psychoanalyst, and is the stereotypical sexless old maid scientist.


In the action film, "I, Robot", very loosely based on Asimov's series, she is played by Bridget Moynahan.
==Further reading==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Calvin Wikipedia entry on Susan Calvin]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Calvin Wikipedia entry on Susan Calvin]
* [[William Warner]], [http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/WarnerTeach/E192/Asimov/asimov2.html "The Gender of Science Fiction: ''I, Robot'': Misogyny and the Heroic Irony of Dr. Susan Calvin"] (Study guide, 2002)


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Latest revision as of 19:21, 3 January 2011

Susan Calvin

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Susan Calvin is an Isaac Asimov character in his Robots series. She is a Robot psychoanalyst, and is the stereotypical sexless old maid scientist.


In the action film, "I, Robot", very loosely based on Asimov's series, she is played by Bridget Moynahan.

Further reading