Chapter XXIII. I, Asimov

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The old man smiled and said to Alice, "When Lawrence gives a speech, you are standing in the lower left corner of him, this dress is so beautiful. ”

Alice sneered in her heart, I can't imagine that this old man is the same as that Speck, and he is a damn LOLI controller or something, otherwise why don't you look at Mr. Lawrence and just stare at herself?

But in his heart, he still had to smile obediently: "This is what Sissi picked for me, and I haven't worn it before tonight." Actually, this is the first time I've worn such a beautiful dress, and I'll have to thank her again for a while, after all, if it were my own, I would never buy it. ”

Anyway, no one knows that their family has made a lot of money by trading stocks, and Alice doesn't think there is anything wrong with this sentence. After all, this dress was indeed bought by Sissi, and it is also a new children's clothing specially launched by Chanel this year, not to mention the price, it is a limited edition in itself.

On the surface, as an ordinary girl, it is normal that she will not buy it.

Fortunately, the old man didn't seem to recognize this as Chanel's new spring children's clothing, and he didn't seem to be a senior LOLI controller, but he still said with a smile: "You and this guy's daughter, that Sissi are classmates, right? What do you usually like to do? Do you like to read?"

Before Alice could speak, Mr. Lawrence smiled and said, "Please, Isaac, why can't you get rid of your old problems for so many years?

After speaking, he smiled at Alice: "Alice, let me introduce you, this is the famous science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, have you heard of his name?"

Alice blinked.

Asimov?

Very familiar name.

What for?

Science fiction writer.

What science fiction writer?

I don't know.

"Terminator" and "Alien"?

No, they're movies.

"Hmm...... Very familiar name......"

After thinking about it for a long time, Alice didn't think of a reason, so Alice had to tell the truth: "But it's just familiar, I'm sorry, that ...... Forgive me, Mr. Asimov, for not being very old, what is your famous work ......?"

I guess I also think that if I say only one work, Alice may not know it, Asimov thought about it, and said with a smile: "The three laws of robots, have you heard of it?"

Alice blinked again.

"The Three Laws?"

"Ahh

It's the same thing at the beginning of the "I, Robot" movie!

"Ah, you wrote that thing!?"

Ah, yes, Asimov, a science fiction writer, the three laws of robots, three unknown and familiar names, identities, and nouns come together, and it's really like that!

"Uh...... In which novel, please?"

Of course, the two men present couldn't guess what kind of mental activity Alice had, but when they saw that she had expressed it in four sentences in a row, they couldn't help laughing.

"No, Isaac, you're such a failure, you can't recognize the name, you don't know what the work is, only such a law is remembered by other little girls!haha~ No, no, I'm laughing at me, you're a failure!"

"That...... Alice?"

Asimov looked even more crying and laughing: "Have you heard of my law...... But I don't know which book it's in?"

Of course I know, old lady.

Alice rolled her eyes inwardly.

Did the movie "Me, Robot" talk about this at the beginning, the three lines of subtitles are displayed in turn, and then the plot of the robot diving to save people is not? And the movie also said that the three laws are actually loopholes, so the robots have "turned bad" later......

But that's a movie starring Will Smith, what does it have to do with you?

"Hmm...... I'm sorry, but I just remember that there was such a law. ”

Alice smiled wryly, but also sincerely. After all, remembering the content of the book, but not knowing the name of the book, and even the author himself only "seems to have heard of it" in front of the author himself, is really ...... It's embarrassing.

After all, according to Mr. Lawrence, this gentleman is very famous.

"When did you come up with it?"

Asked like this, Alice is indeed curious, when did Asimov come up with this famous quote in "I, Robot" starring Will Smith?

"Oh, that's early. ”

Asimov, who was obviously in his sixties, looked at Mr. Lawrence beside him and said with a smile: "In the fifties, when I wrote the book "I, Robot", you were only six or seven years old, right?"

After speaking, he looked at Alice: "As for you, child, that's it...... Kid, kid, what's wrong with you, kid?"

Alice shook her head vigorously, and her white little face was flushed.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I drank vodka secretly, farewell!"

With a few words, she quickly ran away.

It's so embarrassing!

Alice has lived for twelve years, and it is the first time she feels so embarrassed!

A series of events made it impossible for her to stand in front of Asimov anymore, and she trotted all the way to a corner, and was finally able to avoid them through a group of guests.

"What the hell?"

Standing against the wall, Alice was speechless and held her forehead.

Asimov, she admits in her heart, she does know the name very familiarly!

World-famous science fiction master, what Asimov!

But what works has this writer written...... She really didn't know.

In fact, when she suddenly heard the name, Alice subconsciously associated it with Verne.

Needless to say, Captain Grant's Children, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island" are all well-known novels, as a genius who predicted the existence of submarines as early as the last century, the name of "the father of science fiction" can be said to have spread all over the world.

But this Isaac Asifmo ...... Who is it?

"Kid, what are you doing in the corner on such a night worth enjoying?"

Seeing Alice's figure of "running away" not far away, Speike couldn't help but think that this girl was bullied by someone, so he came to her through layers of crowds.

"Are you...... Ah, Mr. Speick of Bantam Books?"

When she saw someone coming, Alice's eyes immediately lit up.

"I would like to ask a question, sir, Isaac Asimov, what are the well-known works of this writer?"

Speike was a little dazed by such a question, but seeing that Alice did not look like she had just been bullied, he was relieved: "Mr. Asimov, he is a master of science fiction, and he is here tonight." ”

As he spoke, he pointed directly to the corner of the living room, and through the layers of people, Asimov's figure was clearly visible.

"Mr. Asimov is over sixty years old this year and has already written about four hundred books, as for the works, have you heard of the Galactic Empire series?"

Alice shook her head quite dazedly, orthodox science fiction or something, she had only read Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem", and she hadn't even read Verne's works.

“…… Does it have anything to do with Lucas's Star Wars?"

Speck burst out laughing, expecting an elementary school girl to read Asimov's work, which was a bit embarrassing.

"Is this...... Haha, I guess you should ask Lucas, kid. ”

"As for the Galactic Empire, it is a series of novels that Asimov has been working on since the fifties. It is about the fact that when human beings entered the universe with the power of robots, they established an entire galactic empire in the galaxy, and this country is very huge, with 25 million inhabited planets alone, spanning 100,000 light-years, and a population of several trillions!"

It's big, it's big, but as soon as she knows it's a science fiction novel from the fifties, Alice doesn't need to read it to know that this work will definitely not get into her eyes.

Just hearing this so-called grand scene, she couldn't help but pout. The writing era is here, even if the scale is doubled, it is estimated that the characters will only eat a Big Mac for lunch, right?

Just listen to Speick continue: "Then one day a genius was born, and a mathematician named Harry Shelton invented a new discipline called psychohistory, which, in layman's terms, is macro-prophecy. ”

“…… Macro?"

Speike nodded and said: "Yes, macro, this so-called prophecy is actually to reason about the social behavior of people with a huge base through mathematical formulas, and then draw possibilities." You know, kid, this is science fiction, not Lord of the Rings!"

"Uh...... Well, what then? What did the priest propose?"

At this moment, in the face of Alice, a cute little girl who "knows nothing", Speike is really inspired to tell a story.

He first looked at the lively crowd around him, and made a lot of momentum to reveal the shocking secret, and then spoke mysteriously.

"You know, Alice, that Sheldon prophesied that although there was no warning, the Galactic Empire, which had existed for 10,000 years, was about to fall!"

In this way, he reveals the mystery in an almost aria tone.

Then, I saw Alice standing in place with a calm face.

Spek: "............"

Alice: "............"

Spek: "............"

Alice: "............ Oh. ”

Speick: "...... Oh?"

"Just an 'oh'!?"

Spike shouted in frustration: "The Galactic Empire is about to fall! Alice, a huge empire spanning 100,000 light years, with 25 million inhabited planets, and trillions of people, is going to collapse after a full 10,000 years of history!!"

Hearing Spek's high-pitched shout, the joyful men and women around him couldn't help but stop talking, and all of them focused their eyes.

In fact, it was eye-catching enough when Speike was talking to the only girl in the room.

But now, what's going on?

"Oh......"

In the face of everyone's different eyes and Speick's frustrated shouts, Alice is still very calm.

Then the sci-fi version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms began. ”

Speike blinked, he knew this Chinese masterpiece.

"Uh...... Yes. ”