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The electrical valet performed another useful service - barbering:
It was useless for the victim to protest. The electrical valet produced a
pair of shears, and set to work; and
Harry thought it wise not to resist too
strenuously, lest some accidental motion cause half of his lip to be forfeited.
Compare to the automatic valet from Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999 (1899) by Arthur Bird, the butler-valet robot from The Jester (1951) by William Tenn, the robant from The Impossible Planet (1953) by Philip K. Dick, the consumption robots from The Midas Plague (1954) by Frederik Pohl, the robutler from The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970) by Harry Harrison and the autobutle from The Godmakers (1972) by Frank Herbert. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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