Demon Seed story
A woman is held captive and forcibly impregnated by an artificially intelligent computer. It is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz.
11 total · 7 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| expecting parents | major | Proteus IV somehow impregnated Susan with its seed and she brought it to term in a mere 28 days. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Susan was held captive and forcibly impregnated by the sentient computer Proteus IV. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | Susan was held captive and forcibly impregnated by the sentient computer Proteus IV. |
| husband and wife | major | Dr. Alex Harris and Susan Harris. |
| maker and machine | major | Dr. Alex Harris and the Proteus IV sentient computer. |
| sentient computer | major | The revolutionary new super computer Proteus IV developed a mind of its own and quickly got out of its inventor Alex Harris's control. More specifically, it held his wife Susan captive and forcibly impregnated her in an effort to better understand human beings. |
| the desire to have children | major | Proteus IV explained that it wanted a child so that it too "could be immortal like any man". |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Susan mourned the loss of her young daughter to leukemia. |
| cyborg | minor | Susan and Proteus IV's child turned out to be some sort of half-human, half-machine, cyborg looking thing. |
| fear | minor | Susan was terrorized by her captor the sentient computer Proteus IV. At one point she even explained to it how human beings could not sleep or eat when in a state of heightened fear. |