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Abercrombie Station by Jack Vance:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Engaging novella describes the orbiting world of Abercrombie Station, a playground for the obese that celebrates adipose extremes. A conventionally beautiful Earth teenager, Jean Parlier, is hired to seduce the owner of the Station.
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Spray-On Gloves Fashionable evening gloves that are sprayed onto the hand and arm.
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