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Pay for the Printer by Philip K. Dick:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
"The Biltong saved civilization after the destruction of World War III - but the price was too high for a ravaged Earth."
Remarkable short story describes the Biltong life forms that take over all the work of making consumer goods. When the Biltong are dying, humanity must solve the vexing problem of making things.
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Biltong Life Form Remarkable organic manufacturing aliens, probably indigenous to the Centaurus system.
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Puddinged A poorly formed 3D printed copy, with an interior that was a mass of malformed material.
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