Robot Stories (2003): My Robot Baby story
A married couple care for a robot infant.
7 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| becoming like what you oppose | choice | The story climaxes with Marcia realizing that she'd inadvertently followed in her own mother's footsteps and become a terrible mother herself. |
| caring for a baby | major | Marcia struggled mightily to care for her robot baby. |
| husband and wife | major | Marcia and Ray were shown balancing their work lives with caring for their robot baby. Young Marcia hid in the closet as her parents shouted at one another. |
| speculative robot | major | A main novelty of the story is a toaster-sized, egg-shaped robot that was programmed to behave like a human baby. |
| the desire to have children | major | Marcia and Ray were looking forward to adopting a child. |
| father and daughter | minor | Marcia went to see her handyman father about tampering with her robot baby's electronics to make it less of a hassle to care for. |
| mother and daughter | minor | Young Marcia was told by her mother to never fall in love, get married, and have children. |