Supertoys Last All Summer Long

I denne study guide får du hjælp til at analysere novellen “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” af Brian Aldiss. Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af novellen samt forslag til at fortolke og perspektivere den.

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Titel: “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” (1969)
Forfatter: Brian Aldiss
Genre: Short story

Brian Aldiss, OBE (1925-2017) var en engelsk forfatter, der især var kendt for sine noveller og romaner inden for science fiction-genren. Aldiss modtog op til flere priser for netop science fiction. Novellen “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” blev brugt som inspiration for spillefilmen A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), der blev instrueret af Steven Spielberg.

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The title of the short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss is intriguing, as it suggests that the story will deal with toys with a special characteristic, but readers do not know what the toys are or why they last all summer.

The text refers to super-toys directly, as Henry explains that these synthetic beings do not possess intelligence: “ ‘There have been mechanicals on the market with mini-computers for brains – plastic things without life, super-toys’ ” (ll. 68-69). These super-toys are actually robots.

However, while David has existed for three years (l. 17) and is a super-toy, he is clearly ‘intelligent’ in some way. David is different from both the new synthetic serving-man and from Teddy, who are shown to have limited intelligence and little independence of thought. David is aware of emotions such as love and craves them although he does not understand them.