Portia Charney

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Portia Charney is a fictional character known primarily as the close companion and emotional counterpart to the android protagonist Andrew Martin in Isaac Asimov’s and Robert Silverberg’s novel "The Positronic Man."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Positronic Man NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme humanity
human–robot relationships
identity
love
basedOnWork Asimov short story "The Bicentennial Man" NERFINISHED
closeCompanionOf Andrew Martin NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED
Robert Silverberg NERFINISHED
emotionalCounterpartOf Andrew Martin NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Positronic Man NERFINISHED
genreOfWork science fiction
hasGender female
hasRelationshipToAndrewMartin confidante
emotional partner
hasRelationshipType friendship with Andrew Martin
hasRole emotional anchor for Andrew Martin
major supporting character
hasSpecies human
inUniverseOccupation human companion to Andrew Martin
languageOfWork English
medium novel
narrativeFunction explores themes of humanity and emotion
partOfSeries Robot universe (Asimov-related works) NERFINISHED

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Andrew Martin closeRelationshipWith Portia Charney