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"I've come across more and more people who've actually tried reading science fiction and can't make it make sense."
- Samuel R. Delany
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| He registered at a stereoscreen booth; an elevator lofted him two hundred feet to the surface, then another five hundred feet to his room level. He was shown into a long chamber, finished in pleasant tones of olive green, straw, russet and white. One wall was sheer glass looking over Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and the ocean. Farr sighed in contentment. Iszic houses in many ways were remarkable, but never would they supersede the Hotel Imperador.
Farr took his bath, floating in hot water faintly scented with lime. Rhythmical fingers of cooler water jetted and surged, massaging his legs, back, ribs, shoulders… He almost fell asleep. The bottom of the tub elevated, angled gently to vertical, and set him on his feet. Blasts of air removed his wetness; sunlamp radiation gave him a quick pleasant scorch. He came out of the bath to find a tall Scotch-and-soda waiting for him... |
| From The Houses of Iszm,
by Jack Vance. Published by Better Publications in 1954 Additional resources -
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Compare to the 'fresher from Gulf (1949) by Robert Heinlein and the Roujin Z-0001 robotic bath bed from Roujin Z (1991) by Katsuhiro Otomo.
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