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 NERFINISHED
centralTheme artificial intelligence
gender roles
human-robot love
what it means to be human
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacterType robot woman
firstPublicationYear 1938
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science-Fiction NERFINISHED
form short story
genre science fiction
hasReception widely regarded as a classic science fiction short story
hasTitleCharacter Helen NERFINISHED
includedIn various science fiction anthologies
influenced discussions of robot ethics in fiction
later robot romance stories
language English
mainCharacter Dave NERFINISHED
Helen NERFINISHED
Phil NERFINISHED
medium magazine
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Dave NERFINISHED
notableFor classic status in Golden Age science fiction
early depiction of romantic love between human and robot
originalPublisher Street & Smith NERFINISHED
period Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED
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