Susan Calvin

Susan Calvin
Robot psychoanalyist
from 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

• Wikipedia entry on Susan Calvin
• William Warner, "The Gender of Science Fiction: I, Robot: Misogyny and the Heroic Irony of Dr. Susan Calvin" (Study guide, 2002)