Helen O'Loy

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Helen O'Loy is a classic science fiction short story about a robot woman and human love, written by American author Lester del Rey.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
science fiction short story ⓘ
author Lester del Rey ⓘ
centralTheme artificial intelligence ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
human-robot love ⓘ
what it means to be human ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacterType robot woman ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1938 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science-Fiction ⓘ
form short story ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasReception widely regarded as a classic science fiction short story ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Helen ⓘ
includedIn various science fiction anthologies ⓘ
influenced discussions of robot ethics in fiction ⓘ
later robot romance stories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Dave ⓘ
Helen ⓘ
Phil ⓘ
medium magazine ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Dave ⓘ
notableFor classic status in Golden Age science fiction ⓘ
early depiction of romantic love between human and robot ⓘ
originalPublisher Street & Smith ⓘ
period Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
setting near-future United States ⓘ
subjectMatter creation of a lifelike robot companion ⓘ
emotional programming of robots ⓘ

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Lester del Rey → notableWork → Helen O'Loy ⓘ
Lester del Rey → notableWork → Helen O'Loy ⓘ
subject linked to: Leonard Knapp