Sample Poem from The Robot Scientist’s Daughter and the pre-order page is up for signed copies!
- At January 23, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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A sneak peek poem from my upcoming book, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter. This one has references to tropes of scientist’s daughters in sci-fi films, including Bladerunner and Killer Shrews. Hope you enjoy!
The Robot Scientist’s Daughter (in Films)
Is always beautiful in films, in a neat blonde updo
and fifties-style dress. She helps the hero escape,
she leads him off the island or planet, she gives him the code
to shut down all the robots before they take over the world.
The robot scientist’s daughter carefully holds on to secrets
about her father at the dinner table. She’s demure but knows
her way around a gun rack or a test tube. She sneaks out
to rescue prisoners after her father has a drink. The robot
scientist’s daughter must be there to humanize
the robot scientist; he is both a protagonist we identify with
and a villain we know must fall. If he had no daughter,
the camera would have no way to enter his laboratory
with a sympathetic eye. Sometimes the robot scientist’s daughter
pretends to be a robot herself, handing out food efficiently
without smudging her makeup. Sometimes she turns out to be a robot
all along implanted with heartwarming but false memories.
Sometimes she has a telepathic link to genetically-engineered dinosaurs. When she was a child, she had only robots to play
games with, mostly hide-and-seek and chess. This helped
and hurt her socialization. The robot scientist might be named Morbius, while his daughter is named Susan. She will be
the downfall, the island crumbling, scientist buried beneath rubble, killer shrews loosed on the world.
And now, for the first time ever, you can pre-order your signed copy of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter! If you do, you may get it before the release date AND get the added bonus of special swag!
Update at 10:30 AM Pacific 1/24: While we figure out why forms won’t work on my web site, I’ve gone back to using PayPal buttons instead of the fancy order form.
You can pre-order a signed copy from me via PayPal here:
If you would rather mail me a check, please e-mail me at jeannine.gailey at live.com and let me know your shipping address.
Kristin Berkey-Abbott
I tried to pre-order and got this message:
“You don’t have permission to do that!”
I tried again–same message. I was trying to use a check–I wonder if the same result would come with the Paypal option.
Jeremy Brett
No, it does the same thing with the paypal option. A momentary glitch?
Jeannine Gailey
Apologies! I’m working to get the glitch fixed, but in the meantime, you can e-mail me at jeannine dot gailey at live dot com and order from me directly (and Kristin, of course you can use a check 😉
Marci Ameluxen
As you know I have been a HUGE fan of your Robot Scientist Daughter poems over the years, I can’t be more excited about this book coming out, Jeannine! And the cover art is perfect. Expect my email order shortly!