Annihilator story
A newspaper reporter is stalked by androids.
10 total · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android clone of a person | major | The passengers on a flight were replaced with identical-looking androids. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Robert's girlfriend Angela was surreptitiously replaced by an identical-looking android. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | One android after another was out to hunt down Robert. |
| romantic love | major | Robert and his girlfriend were in a loving relationship until such time as she was replaced by an identical-looking android. Later, Robert and Layla found love while Robert was on the run from the law for allegedly having murdered his girlfriend. |
| facing organized pursuit | minor | Robert was on the lamb for allegedly having murdered his girlfriend, Angela. He hid out at Layla's place but not much was made of it after that. |
| helping a stranger in need | minor | Robert, a fugitive from the law, thanked Layla for helping him even though he was a stranger, although she clearly had a romantic interest in him. |
| master and pet | minor | Robert and his fluffy white dog Boots. |
| murder | minor | The police were after Robert for the murder of his girlfriend. |
| technophobia | minor | Angela would have nothing to do with computers. Her android replace, by contrast, was a computer whiz. |
| vivisection | minor | Angela wrote an editorial arguing that more experiments ought to be performed on live animals. |