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"...science fiction is sort of like a sociological genome. It's a huge range of possible futures, most of them useless; some vital. You never really know in advance."
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| Mechanical Dentist | ||
| No human graduated from dental school here. |
This is an early mention of the idea of a robotic dental clinic.
| At the unfashionable end of Main Street were some farm implement shops, places to buy surveying instruments and geologic detectors and the building that housed the Interstellar News Service Frostbite Bureau. It was a couple of front rooms on the second floor, with a mechanical dentist below, an osteopath above, and a “ride-up-and-save” parka emporium to the rear. |
| Technovelgy from Make Mine Mars,
by C.M. Kornbluth. Published by Science Fiction Adventures in 1952 Additional resources -
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