SPOILERS Feet of Clay Discussion **Spoilers**

[Ponderstibbons]

Yes. Dorfl smashes the treadmills and frees the animals, but doesn't tell them what happens next. They are terrified of freedom (as we can see in the scenes with Fred Colon), which is similar to what happened to the people after Lorenzo was decapitated.

It's appropriate that Dorfl should have this discussion with Vimes. "Welcome to the world", etc. It is indeed (or can be) frightening to be free.

You are absolutely right Rath. That " welcome to the world", gave me much to reflect on. Loved Feet Of Clay. Onwards and upwards to Hogfather!!

 

[RathDarkblade]

Glad you enjoyed Feet of Clay! It's one of my favourite Discworld books.

 

[FluffyVixen]

Am I crazy or is this book by and large parodying Asimov's "I, Robot"? We have a cop investigating robot's crime, and "the words" are kind of like 3 (4) laws of robotics. Unfortunately I am not actually familiar with the source material, only the movie adaptation starting Will Smith.

 

[raisindot]

I haven't read FOC in a while, so I don't specifically remember the parts with Asimov's laws of robotics quoted, but the book as a whole is not a parody of I, Robot. It's a much more meaningful examination of what it means to be sentient and moral and the benefit and price of free will, using the Eastern European Jewish folklore of golems as s starting point. (Note: I don't believe that the Jewish golems had chems placed in their heads. That may have been a Pterry innovation.)