Perspectives

This part will help you with some points that will give you a wider perspective on “True Love” by Isaac Asimov: the sci-fi genre, similar works, and works by the same autho…

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Relevance today

While the story was published in 1977, it is probably more relavant today than it was at the time of publishing. At the time of publishing, it was a sci-fi, futuristic fiction. Nowadays, with the growing automation of our lives and cutting edge research on AI, the story becomes less futuristic and closer to a possible future.

First of all, some of the sci-fi elements mentioned in…

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Works in the same genre

Science-fiction is a literary genre present in different literary periods and movements. A piece of fiction is categorized as sci-fi if it includes some of the following characteristics: speculation (potential worlds, futures, societies, technological advancements, etc.) and a futuristic scientific context (time travel, space travel, intelligent technology, etc.). Note that science-fiction usually rejects the supernatural (whic…

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Works with the same theme

A short story that explores the theme of Artificial Intelligence is “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” By Brian Aldiss. T…

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Works by the same author

If you want to get better acquainted with Isaac Asimov’s style of writing we encourage you to read the story “The Fun They H…