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"Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us, the possible consequences, and the possible solutions."
- Isaac Asimov
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| Home Therapy Appliances, Inc. | ||
| A store at which a variety of therapy devices are made available |
Elwood Caswell was not a well man. Fortunately, our consumer economy was ready for him.
| Perspiring freely, Caswell continued down Broadway toward the 43rd
Street branch of Home Therapy Appliances, Inc. His friend Magnessen
would be finishing work soon, returning to his little apartment less
than a block from Caswell's. How easy it would be, how pleasant, to
saunter in, exchange a few words and....
No! Caswell took a deep gulp of air and reminded himself that he didn't
really want to kill anyone. It was not right to kill people. The
authorities would lock him up, his friends wouldn't understand, his
mother would never have approved.
 (Mechanotherapy devices from 'Bad Medicine') |
| Technovelgy from Bad Medicine,
by Robert Sheckley. Published by Galaxy in 1956 Additional resources -
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Home Therapy Appliances included such wondrous devices as IBM's Alcoholic Reliever, the portable Bendix Anxiety Reducer, the Denicotinizer and the Rex Regenerator - a mechanotherapist.
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