# Oy vay, Robot

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-vay-robot/255279 "2004-07-15T16:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-vay-robot/255279/21 "2004-07-17T01:08:29Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> By the way, the title of this thread recalls the book **Oi, Robot** , published by the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It contained the results of various contests they ran, and the one referred to by the title was a contest where you had to add one letter to an SF title to get something new. A lot of people apparently submitted **Hi, Robot** , and the choice of **Oi,Robot** (using the Greek Oi, rather than the Yiddish Oy) must have stood out from the pack.

Too bad you couldn’t add **two** letters to an SF title.

Because _ **I, Rowboat** _ would be a heck of a movie title.

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**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-vay-robot/255279/22 "2004-07-17T13:14:17Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> Yeah, but VALIS kicked ass!

Had to google that one **pravnik**.  
“…suggests an ancient, greater civilization placed a satellite in orbit to control and guide human destiny.” (Here’s the [link](http://www.allscifi.com/Topics/info_498.asp?BSID=3655391))  
Reminds me of a series of Orson Scott Card books, the Homecoming series.

Valis sounds like a neat book, though. Do you recommend it really?

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